Apple M2 Pro vs Xeon E7-8837

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8837 and Apple M2 Pro processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	537
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E7	Apple Apple M-Series
Architecture codename	Westmere (2010−2011)	no data
Release date	5 April 2011 (13 years ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,280	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8837 and Apple M2 Pro basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	8 (Octa-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	8	12
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	20	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	3.3 MB
L2 cache	2 MB	36 MB
L3 cache	24 MB	24 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm
Die size	513 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2600 Million	40000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8837 and Apple M2 Pro compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	8 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	LGA1567	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	2424 ‑ 3504 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8837 and Apple M2 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8837 and Apple M2 Pro technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8837 and Apple M2 Pro are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8837 and Apple M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066	no data
Maximum memory size	4 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.113 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 April 2011	17 January 2023
Physical cores	8	12
Threads	8	12
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	2424 Watt

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