Xeon Platinum 8480+ vs Apple M4 Pro (14 cores)

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Primary details

Comparing Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8480+ 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$10,710

Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8480+ 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)56 (Hexapentaconta-Core)
Threads14112
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz3.8 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data105 MB
Chip lithography3 nm10 nm
Die sizeno data4x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8480+ 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 data2
Socketno data4677
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8480+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8480+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8480+ are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8480+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800

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 Platinum 8480+.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 October 2024 10 January 2023
Physical cores 14 56
Threads 14 112
Chip lithography 3 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 350 Watt

Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) has an age advantage of 1 year, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 775% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8480+, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Xeon Platinum 8480+. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8480+ is a server/workstation one.


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