Apple M1 vs Xeon Gold 6330H

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6330H and Apple M1 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1191
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataApple Apple M-Series
Architecture codenameCooper Lake-SP (2021)no data
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6330H 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads488
Base clock speed2 GHz2.064 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)2 MB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)16 MB
L3 cache33 MB (shared)16 MB
Chip lithography14 nm5 nm
Number of transistorsno data16000 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6330H 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 configuration4no data
SocketFCLGA4189no data
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6330H and Apple M1. 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
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6330H 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 Gold 6330H 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 Gold 6330H and Apple M1. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 RDIMMno data
Maximum memory size1.12 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M1 8-Core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6330H and Apple M1.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2021 10 November 2020
Physical cores 24 8
Threads 48 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm

Xeon Gold 6330H has an age advantage of 4 months, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

Apple M1, on the other hand, has a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6330H and Apple M1. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6330H is a server/workstation processor while Apple M1 is a notebook one.


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