Apple M2 vs Xeon 6741P
Aggregate performance score
Xeon 6741P outperforms M2 by a whopping 574% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 29 | 977 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Apple Apple M-Series |
| Power efficiency | 8.07 | 17.96 |
| Designer | Intel | Apple |
| Release date | 1 January 2025 (less than a year ago) | 10 June 2022 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon 6741P and M2 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 cores | 48 (Octatetraconta-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 96 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2.424 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 3.48 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 2 MB |
| L2 cache | no data | 20 MB |
| L3 cache | 288 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | Intel 3 nm | 5 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 79 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 20000 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon 6741P and M2 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.
| Socket | FCLGA4710 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 20 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 6741P and M2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon 6741P and M2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| SGX | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 6741P and M2 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 6741P and M2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5(6400MT/s) | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 4 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 8 | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Apple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 6741P and M2.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 136 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 57.27 | 8.50 |
| Recency | 1 January 2025 | 10 June 2022 |
| Physical cores | 48 | 8 |
| Threads | 96 | 8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 20 Watt |
Xeon 6741P has a 573.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.
Apple M2, on the other hand, has 1400% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon 6741P is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M2 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon 6741P is a server/workstation processor while Apple M2 is a notebook one.
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