Xeon Silver 4114 vs Apple M1 Pro

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M1 Pro
2021
10 cores / 10 threads
10.83
+31.3%
Xeon Silver 4114
2017
10 cores / 20 threads, 85 Watt
8.25

Apple M1 Pro outperforms Xeon Silver 4114 by a substantial 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M1 Pro and Xeon Silver 4114 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking721919
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data6.32
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple M-SeriesIntel Xeon Silver
Power efficiencyno data9.19
Architecture codenameno dataSkylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date18 October 2021 (3 years ago)11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$694

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Apple M1 Pro and Xeon Silver 4114 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads1020
Base clock speed2.064 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.22 GHz3 GHz
Multiplierno data22
L1 cache2.9 MB640 KB
L2 cache28 MB10 MB
L3 cache24 MB13.75 MB
Chip lithography5 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data78 °C
Number of transistors33700 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M1 Pro and Xeon Silver 4114 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 configurationno data2 (Multiprocessor)
Socketno dataFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)no data85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro and Xeon Silver 4114. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Apple M1 Pro and Xeon Silver 4114 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M1 Pro and Xeon Silver 4114 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro and Xeon Silver 4114. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M1 Pro 16-Core GPUno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M1 Pro and Xeon Silver 4114.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

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.

Apple M1 Pro 10.83
+31.3%
Xeon Silver 4114 8.25

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.

Apple M1 Pro 17201
+31.2%
Xeon Silver 4114 13107

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.83 8.25
Recency 18 October 2021 11 July 2017
Threads 10 20
Chip lithography 5 nm 14 nm

Apple M1 Pro has a 31.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

Xeon Silver 4114, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.

The Apple M1 Pro is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4114 in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M1 Pro is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4114 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M1 Pro and Xeon Silver 4114, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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