Apple M1 (8-core GPU) vs Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 (8-core GPU) and Intel Xeon E5-2618L 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 (8-core GPU)

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 22 nm
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 92% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3687 vs 1917
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14156 vs 11181
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3687 vs 1917
PassMark - CPU mark 14156 vs 11181

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3

  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 3.204 GHz
  • 48x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 16 GB
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz vs 3.204 GHz
Maximum memory size 768 GB vs 16 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple M1 (8-core GPU)
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3687
1917
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
14156
11181
Name Apple M1 (8-core GPU) Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 3687 1917
PassMark - CPU mark 14156 11181
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3682
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 18932

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple M1 (8-core GPU) Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Firestorm/Icestorm Haswell
Launch date 10 Nov 2020 Q3'14
OS Support macOS Big Sur 11.0, macOS Ventura 13.3, iPadOS 14.5, iPadOS 16.4.1
Place in performance rating 369 386
Processor Number APL1102 E5-2618LV3
Vertical segment Laptop Embedded
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.064 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 22 nm
Maximum frequency 3.204 GHz 3.40 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 8 16
Transistor count 16 billion
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature 87.025°C
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

Max memory channels 2 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 66.67 GB/s 59 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB 768 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4 1600/1866

Graphics

Execution Units 32
Graphics base frequency 1278 MHz
iGPU core count 8

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 10 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 75 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3

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® AVX2
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)