Apple M4 Max (14 cores) vs Xeon Silver 4110

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4110 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1056	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.95	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	Apple M4
Power efficiency	7.16	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	no data
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	30 November 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$501	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4110 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads	16	14
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	4.51 GHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	no data
L2 cache	8 MB	no data
L3 cache	11 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	3 nm
Maximum core temperature	77 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4110 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 configuration	2 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores). 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

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4110 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) 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 Silver 4110 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 Silver 4110 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	no data
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Apple M4 32-core GPU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Apple M4 Max (14 cores).

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 July 2017	30 November 2024
Physical cores	8	14
Threads	16	14
Chip lithography	14 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	80 Watt

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