Xeon Platinum 8260M vs Apple M4 Pro (12 cores)

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores)
2024
12 cores / 12 threads, 32 Watt
27.99
+30.9%
Xeon Platinum 8260M
2018
24 cores / 48 threads, 165 Watt
21.39

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) outperforms Xeon Platinum 8260M by a substantial 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8260M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking167253
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.95
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesApple M4Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency82.7812.27
Architecture codenameno dataCascade Lake-SP (2018)
Release date30 October 2024 (less than a year ago)11 December 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,705

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8260M 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads1248
Base clock speed2.592 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.51 GHz3.9 GHz
Multiplierno data24
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data35.75 MB (shared)
Chip lithography3 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8260M 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 (Multiprocessor)
Socketno dataFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)32 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8260M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® 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 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8260M 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 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8260M 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 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8260M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data2 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 16-core GPUN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8260M.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 27.99 21.39
Recency 30 October 2024 11 December 2018
Physical cores 12 24
Threads 12 48
Chip lithography 3 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 32 Watt 165 Watt

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) has a 30.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 415.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8260M, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

The Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Platinum 8260M in performance tests.

Note that Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8260M is a server/workstation one.


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