Apple M1 Pro 8-Core vs Xeon D-1548
Aggregate performance score
M1 Pro 8-Core outperforms Xeon D-1548 by an impressive 90% 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 | 1371 | 916 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.73 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon D | Apple M-Series |
| Power efficiency | 12.27 | no data |
| Designer | Intel | Apple |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Broadwell (2015−2019) | no data |
| Release date | 1 November 2015 (10 years ago) | 18 October 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $555 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon D-1548 and M1 Pro 8-Core 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.06 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 3.22 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 20 | no data |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 2.3 MB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 28 MB |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Die size | 246.24 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 80 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 3200 Million | 33700 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon D-1548 and M1 Pro 8-Core 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | no data |
| Socket | FCBGA1667 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 28 MB + 16 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1548 and M1 Pro 8-Core. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| GPIO | + | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon D-1548 and M1 Pro 8-Core technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1548 and M1 Pro 8-Core 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 D-1548 and M1 Pro 8-Core. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU ( - 1296 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1548 and M1 Pro 8-Core.
| PCIe version | 2.0/3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 24 | no data |
| USB revision | 2.0/3.0 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 6 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 8 | no data |
| Integrated LAN | + | no data |
| UART | + | 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 | 5.15 | 9.76 |
| Recency | 1 November 2015 | 18 October 2021 |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 28 Watt |
Xeon D-1548 has 100% more threads.
Apple M1 Pro 8-Core, on the other hand, has a 89.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 60.7% lower power consumption.
The Apple M1 Pro 8-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon D-1548 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon D-1548 is a server/workstation processor while Apple M1 Pro 8-Core is a notebook one.
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