Apple M1 vs Xeon E7-8870

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8870 and Apple M1 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1191
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-EX (2011)	no data
Release date	5 April 2011 (13 years ago)	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,616	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8870 and Apple M1 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	10 (Deca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	20	8
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.064 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	18	no data
L1 cache	640 KB	2 MB
L2 cache	2.5 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	16 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	16000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8870 and Apple M1 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	FCLGA1567,LGA1567	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8870 and Apple M1. 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 E7-8870 and Apple M1 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 E7-8870 and Apple M1 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 E7-8870 and Apple M1. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	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 M1 8-Core GPU

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 April 2011	10 November 2020
Physical cores	10	8
Threads	20	8
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm

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