Xeon w5-3525 vs Apple M1
Aggregate performance score
Xeon w5-3525 outperforms Apple M1 by a whopping 499% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1257 | 149 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 70.58 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Apple Apple M-Series | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 10.11 |
| Designer | Apple | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | no data | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 10 November 2020 (4 years ago) | 24 August 2024 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,339 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
M1 and Xeon w5-3525 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Performance-cores | no data | 16 |
| Threads | 8 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 2.064 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| L1 cache | 2 MB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 45 MB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 4x 477 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 75 °C |
| Number of transistors | 16000 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on M1 and Xeon w5-3525 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | no data | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 290 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M1 and Xeon w5-3525. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
M1 and Xeon w5-3525 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| SGX | no data | - |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by M1 and Xeon w5-3525 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 M1 and Xeon w5-3525. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR5-4800 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Apple M1 8-Core GPU | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M1 and Xeon w5-3525.
| PCIe version | no data | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 112 |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 5.12 | 30.66 |
| Recency | 10 November 2020 | 24 August 2024 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 16 |
| Threads | 8 | 32 |
Xeon w5-3525 has a 498.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.
The Intel Xeon w5-3525 is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 in performance tests.
Be aware that Apple M1 is a notebook processor while Xeon w5-3525 is a server/workstation one.
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