Apple M4 (8 cores) vs Xeon Gold 5218T

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5218T and Apple M4 (8 cores) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking557not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation11.68no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldApple M4
Power efficiency12.10no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)no data
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)28 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,561no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5218T and Apple M4 (8 cores) 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads328
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache1 MBno data
L2 cache16 MBno data
L3 cache22 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Maximum core temperature93 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218T and Apple M4 (8 cores) 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA3647no data
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218T and Apple M4 (8 cores). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5218T and Apple M4 (8 cores) 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 Gold 5218T and Apple M4 (8 cores) 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 Gold 5218T and Apple M4 (8 cores). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667no data
Maximum memory size1 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M4 8-core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5218T and Apple M4 (8 cores).

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 28 October 2024
Physical cores 16 8
Threads 32 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 5 Watt

Xeon Gold 5218T has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Apple M4 (8 cores), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 2000% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5218T and Apple M4 (8 cores). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 5218T is a server/workstation processor while Apple M4 (8 cores) is a desktop one.


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