Xeon E-2434 vs Apple M2 Max

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Primary details

Comparing Apple M2 Max and Xeon E-2434 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking393not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple M-Seriesno data
Power efficiency20.14no data
Architecture codenameno dataRaptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date17 January 2023 (1 year ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$293

Detailed specifications

Apple M2 Max and Xeon E-2434 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads128
Base clock speed2.424 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz5 GHz
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
L1 cache3.3 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache36 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache48 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors67000 Millionno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Apple M2 Max and Xeon E-2434 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 data1
Socketno dataFCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)79 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M2 Max and Xeon E-2434. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Apple M2 Max and Xeon E-2434 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M2 Max and Xeon E-2434 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 Max and Xeon E-2434. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M2 Max 38-Core GPUN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M2 Max and Xeon E-2434.

PCIe versionno data5
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 January 2023 14 December 2023
Physical cores 12 4
Threads 12 8
Power consumption (TDP) 79 Watt 55 Watt

Apple M2 Max has 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Xeon E-2434, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and 43.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Apple M2 Max and Xeon E-2434. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M2 Max is a notebook processor while Xeon E-2434 is a server/workstation one.


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