Xeon Silver 4516Y vs Apple M3 Max 16-Core

Primary details

Comparing Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Silver 4516Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking189not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple M3no data
Power efficiency31.33no data
Release date30 October 2023 (1 year ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads1648
Base clock speed2.748 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.06 GHz3.7 GHz
L3 cacheno data45 MB
Chip lithography3 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data81 °C
Number of transistors92000 Millionno data
64 bit support+-

Compatibility

Information on Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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)78 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Silver 4516Y. 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

Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Silver 4516Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Silver 4516Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M3 Max 40-Core GPUno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Silver 4516Y.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 16 24
Threads 16 48
Power consumption (TDP) 78 Watt 185 Watt

Apple M3 Max 16-Core has 137.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4516Y, on the other hand, has 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Xeon Silver 4516Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M3 Max 16-Core is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4516Y is a server/workstation one.


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