Apple M1 Pro 8-Core vs Xeon E7310

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7310 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated712
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataApple M-Series
Release date1 July 2007 (17 years ago)18 October 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7310 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core 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 coresno data8 (Octa-Core)
Threadsno data8
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.06 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.22 GHz
L1 cacheno data2.3 MB
L2 cacheno data28 MB
L3 cache4 MB L2 Cache16 MB
Chip lithography65 nm5 nm
Maximum core temperature66 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data33700 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range1.0V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7310 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core 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.

SocketPGA604,PPGA604no data
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt2060 ‑ 3220 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7310 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E7310 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core 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 E7310 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2007 18 October 2021
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 2060 Watt

Xeon E7310 has 2475% lower power consumption.

Apple M1 Pro 8-Core, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7310 and Apple M1 Pro 8-Core. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E7310 is a server/workstation processor while Apple M1 Pro 8-Core is a notebook one.


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