Apple M1 Pro 8-Core vs Xeon Gold 6338T

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6338T and M1 Pro 8-Core processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated722
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataApple M-Series
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)no data
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)18 October 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6338T and 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads488
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.06 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.22 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)2.3 MB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)28 MB
L3 cache36 MB (shared)16 MB
Chip lithography10 nm5 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)87 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data33700 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6338T and 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA4189no data
Power consumption (TDP)165 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6338T and M1 Pro 8-Core. 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+-
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6338T and M1 Pro 8-Core technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6338T and M1 Pro 8-Core 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 6338T and M1 Pro 8-Core. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200no data
Maximum memory size6 TBno data
Max memory channels8no data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU ( - 1296 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6338T and M1 Pro 8-Core.

PCIe version4.0no data
PCI Express lanes64no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2021 18 October 2021
Physical cores 24 8
Threads 48 8
Chip lithography 10 nm 5 nm

Xeon Gold 6338T has 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

Apple M1 Pro 8-Core, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6338T and M1 Pro 8-Core. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6338T is a server/workstation processor while Apple M1 Pro 8-Core is a notebook one.


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