Xeon Gold 6242 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
+69%
Xeon Gold 6242
2019
16 cores / 32 threads, 150 Watt
16.55

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) outperforms Xeon Gold 6242 by an impressive 69% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6242 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking168398
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data9.71
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple M4Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency29.4110.44
Architecture codenameno dataCascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date30 October 2024 (less than a year ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,529

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6242 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads1632
Base clock speedno data2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4.51 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data28
L1 cacheno data1 MB
L2 cacheno data16 MB
L3 cacheno data22 MB
Chip lithography3 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6242 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 (Multiprocessor)
Socketno dataFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6242. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6242 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6242 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 Gold 6242. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 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 Gold 6242.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 27.97 16.55
Recency 30 October 2024 2 April 2019
Threads 16 32
Chip lithography 3 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 150 Watt

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) has a 69% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6242, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.

The Apple M4 Max (16 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 6242 in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M4 Max (16 cores) is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6242 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6242, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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