Xeon E5-4640 v3 vs Apple M4 Max (16 cores)

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M4 Max (16 cores)
2024
16 cores / 16 threads, 90 Watt
27.97
+328%
Xeon E5-4640 v3
2015
12 cores / 24 threads, 105 Watt
6.53

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) outperforms Xeon E5-4640 v3 by a whopping 328% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon E5-4640 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1681049
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple M4no data
Power efficiency29.415.89
Architecture codenameno dataHaswell-EP (2014−2015)
Release date30 October 2024 (less than a year ago)1 June 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon E5-4640 v3 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1624
Base clock speedno data1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.51 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography3 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data356 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
Number of transistorsno data2,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon E5-4640 v3 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 data4
Socketno dataFCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon E5-4640 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon E5-4640 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon E5-4640 v3 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon E5-4640 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M4 40-core GPUno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon E5-4640 v3.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data40

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 27.97 6.53
Recency 30 October 2024 1 June 2015
Physical cores 16 12
Threads 16 24
Chip lithography 3 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 105 Watt

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) has a 328.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 33.3% more physical cores, a 633.3% more advanced lithography process, and 16.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-4640 v3, on the other hand, has 50% more threads.

The Apple M4 Max (16 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-4640 v3 in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M4 Max (16 cores) is a notebook processor while Xeon E5-4640 v3 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon E5-4640 v3, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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