Apple A14 Bionic vs Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

Comparative analysis of Apple A14 Bionic and Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Apple A14 Bionic

Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A14 Bionic

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 22 nm
15.8x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 95 Watt
2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3393 vs 1529

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3393 vs 1529

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 6
14 more threads: 20 vs 6
128x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 6 GB
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18250 vs 8545

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 6
Number of threads	20 vs 6
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 6 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	18250 vs 8545

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A14 Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3393

1529

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8545

18250

Name	Apple A14 Bionic	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	3393	1529
PassMark - CPU mark	8545	18250
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2846
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		19410

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A14 Bionic	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Firestorm/Icestorm	Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date	23 Oct 2020	Q3'13
OS Support	iOS 14.0, iPadOS 14.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Place in performance rating	539	549
Processor Number	APL1W01	E5-2658V2
Vertical segment	Mobile	Embedded
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	1.82 GHz	2.40 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	6	10
Number of threads	6	20
Transistor count	11.8 billion
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		87°C
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	1	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	6 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR4X-4266	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
Graphics
Execution Units	16
Graphics base frequency	1278 MHz
iGPU core count	4
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported		FCLGA2011
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)