Xeon Gold 6444Y vs Apple M2

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Primary details

Comparing M2 and Xeon Gold 6444Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking814not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple Apple M-Seriesno data
Power efficiency44.45no data
Architecture codenameno dataSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date10 June 2022 (2 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,517

Detailed specifications

M2 and Xeon Gold 6444Y 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads832
Base clock speed2.424 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.48 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache2 MB80K (per core)
L2 cache20 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data45 MB
Chip lithography5 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data75 °C
Number of transistors20000 Millionno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on M2 and Xeon Gold 6444Y 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)20 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M2 and Xeon Gold 6444Y. 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-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

M2 and Xeon Gold 6444Y 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 and Xeon Gold 6444Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M2 and Xeon Gold 6444Y. 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 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M2 and Xeon Gold 6444Y.

PCIe versionno data5
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 June 2022 10 January 2023
Physical cores 8 16
Threads 8 32
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 270 Watt

Apple M2 has 1250% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6444Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between M2 and Xeon Gold 6444Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M2 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6444Y is a server/workstation one.


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