Apple M3 Max 14-Core vs Xeon E5450

Place in the ranking	2084	223
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Apple M3
Power efficiency	1.92	27.92
Release date	1 October 2007 (17 years ago)	30 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5450 and Apple M3 Max 14-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	no data	14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads	no data	14
Base clock speed	3 GHz	2.748 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	4.06 GHz
L3 cache	12 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	3 nm
Maximum core temperature	67 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	92000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.35V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5450 and Apple M3 Max 14-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.

Socket	LGA771	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	78 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5450 and Apple M3 Max 14-Core. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5450 and Apple M3 Max 14-Core technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5450 and Apple M3 Max 14-Core are enumerated here.

VT-x	+	no data
EPT	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E5450 1.62

Apple M3 Max 14-Core 23.01
+1320%

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.

Xeon E5450 2580

Apple M3 Max 14-Core 36552
+1317%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.62	23.01
Recency	1 October 2007	30 October 2023
Chip lithography	45 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	78 Watt

Apple M3 Max 14-Core has a 1320.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 16 years, a 1400% more advanced lithography process, and 2.6% lower power consumption.

The Apple M3 Max 14-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5450 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5450 is a server/workstation processor while Apple M3 Max 14-Core is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5450 and Apple M3 Max 14-Core, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.