Xeon Gold 5520 vs Apple M2 Max

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Primary details

Comparing M2 Max and Xeon Gold 5520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking394not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple M-Seriesno data
Power efficiency20.12no data
Release date17 January 2023 (1 year ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

M2 Max and Xeon Gold 5520 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)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads1256
Base clock speed2.424 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache3.3 MBno data
L2 cache36 MBno data
L3 cache48 MB52.5 MB
Chip lithography5 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors67000 Millionno data
64 bit support+-

Compatibility

Information on M2 Max and Xeon Gold 5520 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.

Socketno dataFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)79 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M2 Max and Xeon Gold 5520. 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-+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

M2 Max and Xeon Gold 5520 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 M2 Max and Xeon Gold 5520 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M2 Max and Xeon Gold 5520. 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 M2 Max 38-Core GPUno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M2 Max and Xeon Gold 5520.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 January 2023 1 October 2023
Physical cores 12 28
Threads 12 56
Power consumption (TDP) 79 Watt 205 Watt

Apple M2 Max has 159.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5520, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 133.3% more physical cores and 366.7% more threads.

We couldn't decide between M2 Max and Xeon Gold 5520. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M2 Max is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5520 is a server/workstation one.


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