Apple M4 Max (14 cores) vs Xeon E5-1620 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1286not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.01no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon E5Apple M4
Power efficiency3.14no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell-EP (2016)no data
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)30 November 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$294no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads814
Base clock speed3.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz4.51 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
Multiplier35no data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)no data
L3 cache10 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Die size246.24 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)69 °Cno data
Number of transistors3,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA2011no data
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) 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 E5-1620 v4 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400no data
Maximum memory size1.5 TBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M4 32-core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores).

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 30 November 2024
Physical cores 4 14
Threads 8 14
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 80 Watt

Apple M4 Max (14 cores) has an age advantage of 8 years, 250% more physical cores and 75% more threads, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 75% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-1620 v4 is a server/workstation processor while Apple M4 Max (14 cores) is a notebook one.


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