Xeon Platinum 8558 vs Apple M1

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Primary details

Comparing Apple M1 and Xeon Platinum 8558 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 dataEmerald Rapids (2023)
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,650

Detailed specifications

Apple M1 and Xeon Platinum 8558 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)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads896
Base clock speed2.064 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache2 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache16 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB260 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
Number of transistors16000 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Apple M1 and Xeon Platinum 8558 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 data330 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M1 and Xeon Platinum 8558. 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

Apple M1 and Xeon Platinum 8558 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 Apple M1 and Xeon Platinum 8558 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 and Xeon Platinum 8558. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5 @ 5200 MT/s (1 DPC)
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 GPUN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M1 and Xeon Platinum 8558.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2020 14 December 2023
Physical cores 8 48
Threads 8 96

Xeon Platinum 8558 has an age advantage of 3 years, and 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Apple M1 and Xeon Platinum 8558. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M1 is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8558 is a server/workstation one.


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