Apple M1 Max vs Xeon E7-8891 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8891 v4 and M1 Max processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated532
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataApple M-Series
Release date1 April 2016 (8 years ago)18 October 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8891 v4 and M1 Max 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads2010
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.06 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.22 GHz
Bus rate9.6 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data2.9 MB
L2 cacheno data28 MB
L3 cache60 MB48 MB
Chip lithography14 nm5 nm
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data57000 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8891 v4 and M1 Max 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 configuration8no data
SocketFCLGA2011no data
Power consumption (TDP)165 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8891 v4 and M1 Max. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8891 v4 and M1 Max technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8891 v4 and M1 Max 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 E7-8891 v4 and M1 Max. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600no data
Maximum memory size3 TBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth85 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M1 Max 32-Core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8891 v4 and M1 Max.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes32no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2016 18 October 2021
Threads 20 10
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm

Xeon E7-8891 v4 has 100% more threads.

Apple M1 Max, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-8891 v4 and M1 Max. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E7-8891 v4 is a server/workstation processor while Apple M1 Max is a notebook one.


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