Xeon Platinum 8360H vs Apple M4 Max (16 cores)

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Primary details

Comparing Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8360H 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
Architecture codenameno dataCooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date30 October 2024 (less than a year ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8360H 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 speedno data3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.51 GHz4.2 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data33 MB (shared)
Chip lithography3 nm14 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8360H 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 data8
Socketno dataFCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8360H. 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+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8360H 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 Platinum 8360H 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 Platinum 8360H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory sizeno data1.12 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 Platinum 8360H.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 October 2024 6 April 2021
Physical cores 16 24
Threads 16 48
Chip lithography 3 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 225 Watt

Apple M4 Max (16 cores) has an age advantage of 3 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8360H, on the other hand, has 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8360H. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M4 Max (16 cores) is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8360H is a server/workstation one.


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