Xeon Platinum 8470Q vs Apple M1

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Primary details

Comparing M1 and Xeon Platinum 8470Q processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1207not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple Apple M-Seriesno data
Architecture codenameno dataSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$9,410

Detailed specifications

M1 and Xeon Platinum 8470Q 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)52
Threads8104
Base clock speed2.064 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.8 GHz
L1 cache2 MB80K (per core)
L2 cache16 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB105 MB
Chip lithography5 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data4x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data57 °C
Number of transistors16000 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on M1 and Xeon Platinum 8470Q 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
Socketno dataFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)no data350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M1 and Xeon Platinum 8470Q. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® 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-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

M1 and Xeon Platinum 8470Q technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by M1 and Xeon Platinum 8470Q are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M1 and Xeon Platinum 8470Q. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M1 8-Core GPUno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M1 and Xeon Platinum 8470Q.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2020 10 January 2023
Physical cores 8 52
Threads 8 104

Xeon Platinum 8470Q has an age advantage of 2 years, and 550% more physical cores and 1200% more threads.

We couldn't decide between M1 and Xeon Platinum 8470Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M1 is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8470Q is a server/workstation one.


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