Apple M1 Pro vs Xeon W-2150B

Place in the ranking	584	711
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon W	Apple M-Series
Power efficiency	10.18	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	no data
Release date	21 December 2017 (6 years ago)	18 October 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2150B and Apple M1 Pro 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	10 (Deca-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	20	10
Base clock speed	3 GHz	2.064 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	3.22 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	30	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	2.9 MB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	28 MB
L3 cache	13.75 MB (shared)	24 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Die size	484 mm²	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	68 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	33700 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2150B and Apple M1 Pro 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	2066	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	2064 ‑ 3220 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2150B and Apple M1 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon W-2150B and Apple M1 Pro technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2150B and Apple M1 Pro are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2150B and Apple M1 Pro. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	no data
Maximum memory size	512 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	85.33 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2150B and Apple M1 Pro.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon W-2150B 12.91
+19.3%

Apple M1 Pro 10.82

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon W-2150B 20510
+19.3%

Apple M1 Pro 17191