Xeon Gold 6418H vs Apple M4 Pro (14 cores)

Primary details

Comparing Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Gold 6418H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking180not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesApple M4no data
Power efficiency64.26no data
Architecture codenameno dataSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date30 October 2024 (less than a year ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,065

Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Gold 6418H 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads1448
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz4 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data60 MB
Chip lithography3 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data81 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Gold 6418H 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 dataFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Gold 6418H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Gold 6418H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Gold 6418H 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 (14 cores) and Xeon Gold 6418H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M4 20-core GPUno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Gold 6418H.

PCIe versionno data5
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 October 2024 10 January 2023
Physical cores 14 24
Threads 14 48
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 185 Watt

Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) has an age advantage of 1 year, and 362.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6418H, on the other hand, has 71.4% more physical cores and 242.9% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Gold 6418H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6418H is a server/workstation one.


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