Apple M2 vs Xeon Platinum 8268
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Platinum 8268 outperforms M2 by a whopping 135% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 341 | 1015 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.37 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Platinum | Apple Apple M-Series |
| Power efficiency | 10.40 | 45.41 |
| Designer | Intel | Apple |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake-SP (2018) | no data |
| Release date | 2 April 2019 (6 years ago) | 10 June 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $6,302 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Platinum 8268 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 | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 48 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 2.424 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 3.48 GHz |
| Multiplier | 29 | no data |
| L1 cache | 1.5 MB | 2 MB |
| L2 cache | 24 MB | 20 MB |
| L3 cache | 35.75 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 84 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | 20000 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Platinum 8268 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.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 8 (Multiprocessor) | no data |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 205 Watt | 20 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8268 and M2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Platinum 8268 and M2 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 Platinum 8268 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 Platinum 8268 and M2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 1 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 140.8 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A | Apple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8268 and M2.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 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 | 19.89 | 8.47 |
| Recency | 2 April 2019 | 10 June 2022 |
| Physical cores | 24 | 8 |
| Threads | 48 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 205 Watt | 20 Watt |
Xeon Platinum 8268 has a 134.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.
Apple M2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 925% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M2 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Platinum 8268 is a server/workstation processor while Apple M2 is a notebook one.
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