Apple M4 (8 cores) vs Xeon Gold 6250L

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6250L and Apple M4 (8 cores) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Apple M4
Release date	1 January 2020 (4 years ago)	28 October 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6250L 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	8
Base clock speed	3.9 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	4 GHz
L3 cache	35.75 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	3 nm
Maximum core temperature	60 °C	no data
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6250L 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.

Socket	FCLGA3647	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6250L and Apple M4 (8 cores). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6250L 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 6250L 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 6250L and Apple M4 (8 cores). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	no data
Maximum memory size	4.5 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Apple M4 8-core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6250L and Apple M4 (8 cores).

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2020	28 October 2024
Threads	16	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	5 Watt

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