Xeon Gold 6269Y vs Apple M4 Max (16 cores)

Primary details

Comparing Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6269Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking168not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple M4no data
Power efficiency29.41no data
Release date30 October 2024 (less than a year ago)1 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6269Y 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)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads1644
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.51 GHz3.7 GHz
L3 cacheno data30.25 MB
Chip lithography3 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data65 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6269Y 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 dataFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt240 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6269Y. 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-+
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 6269Y 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 6269Y 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 6269Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2667
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
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 6269Y.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 October 2024 1 April 2019
Physical cores 16 22
Threads 16 44
Chip lithography 3 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 240 Watt

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) has an age advantage of 5 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 166.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6269Y, on the other hand, has 37.5% more physical cores and 175% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Gold 6269Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M4 Max (16 cores) is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6269Y is a server/workstation one.


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