Apple M2 vs Xeon W-2140B

Place in performance ranking	631	842
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon W	Apple Apple M-Series
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	no data
Release date	21 December 2017 (6 years ago)	10 June 2022 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2140B and Apple 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	8 (Octa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	8
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	3.48 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	2 MB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	20 MB
L3 cache	11 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Die size	484 mm²	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	70 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	20000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2140B and Apple 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	2066	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	20 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2140B and Apple M2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon W-2140B and Apple M2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2140B and Apple M2 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2140B and Apple M2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	no data
Maximum memory size	512 GB	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	85.33 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Apple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2140B and Apple M2.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

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 W-2140B 11.18
+35.5%

Apple M2 8.25

Xeon W-2140B outperforms Apple M2 by 36% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon W-2140B 17299
+15.8%

Apple M2 14933

Xeon W-2140B outperforms Apple M2 by 16% in Passmark.