Xeon W-3235 vs Apple M4 (10 cores)
Aggregate performance score
Xeon W-3235 outperforms Apple M4 (10 cores) by a small 7% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 556 | 499 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 15.38 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Apple Apple M4 | Intel Xeon W |
| Power efficiency | 14.41 | 3.41 |
| Designer | Apple | Intel |
| Architecture codename | no data | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 7 May 2024 (1 year ago) | 3 June 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,398 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
M4 (10 cores) and Xeon W-3235 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 cores | 10 (Deca-Core) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 10 | 24 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.4 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 33 |
| L1 cache | no data | 768 KB |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 19.25 MB |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 72 °C |
| Number of transistors | 28 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on M4 (10 cores) and Xeon W-3235 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 configuration | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | no data | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 180 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M4 (10 cores) and Xeon W-3235. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
M4 (10 cores) and Xeon W-3235 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by M4 (10 cores) and Xeon W-3235 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M4 (10 cores) and Xeon W-3235. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 140.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Apple M4 10-core GPU | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M4 (10 cores) and Xeon W-3235.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 64 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 14.91 | 15.89 |
| Recency | 7 May 2024 | 3 June 2019 |
| Physical cores | 10 | 12 |
| Threads | 10 | 24 |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 180 Watt |
Apple M4 (10 cores) has an age advantage of 4 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 350% lower power consumption.
Xeon W-3235, on the other hand, has a 6.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 20% more physical cores and 140% more threads.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Apple M4 (10 cores) and Intel Xeon W-3235.
Be aware that Apple M4 (10 cores) is a notebook processor while Xeon W-3235 is a server/workstation one.
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