Xeon Platinum 8470N vs Apple M2

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Primary details

Comparing Apple M2 and Xeon Platinum 8470N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking859not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple Apple M-Seriesno data
Architecture codenameno dataSapphire Rapids
Release date10 June 2022 (2 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M2 and Xeon Platinum 8470N 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)52
Threads8104
Base clock speed2.424 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.48 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cache2 MB80K (per core)
L2 cache20 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data97.5 MB
Chip lithography5 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data4x 477 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data76 °C
Number of transistors20000 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Apple M2 and Xeon Platinum 8470N 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 Watt300 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M2 and Xeon Platinum 8470N. 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-NIno data+
AVXno data+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data+
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

Apple M2 and Xeon Platinum 8470N 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 M2 and Xeon Platinum 8470N 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 and Xeon Platinum 8470N. 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 supportno data+

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 Apple M2 and Xeon Platinum 8470N.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 June 2022 10 January 2023
Physical cores 8 52
Threads 8 104
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 300 Watt

We couldn't decide between Apple M2 and Xeon Platinum 8470N. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M2 is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8470N is a server/workstation one.


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