Apple A9X vs Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3

Comparative analysis of Apple A9X and Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3 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.

Apple A9X

Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A9X

Around 3% higher clock speed: 2.26 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 16 nm vs 22 nm
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1509 vs 1317

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.26 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1509 vs 1317

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 2
22 more threads: 24 vs 2
192x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 4 GB
3.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9061 vs 2515

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 2
Number of threads	24 vs 2
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	9061 vs 2515

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A9X
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1509

1317

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2515

9061

Name	Apple A9X	Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1509	1317
PassMark - CPU mark	2515	9061

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A9X	Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Twister	Haswell
Launch date	7 Sep 2016	Q2'15
OS Support	iOS 9.1, iOS 15.7.5, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating	1593	1583
Processor Number	APL1W24	E5-4648V3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Embedded
Performance
Base frequency	2.16 GHz	1.70 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	2.26 GHz	2.20 GHz
Number of cores	2	12
Number of threads	2	24
Transistor count	3 billion
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		87°C
Number of QPI Links		2
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	4 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR4-3200	DDR4
Graphics
Execution Units	48
Graphics base frequency	650 MHz
iGPU core count	12
Processor graphics	Custom PowerVR Series7XT
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
Package Size		52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported		FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		105 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)