Apple M1 vs Intel Xeon 6990E+
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Nov 2020
May 2026
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Server
Instruction Set
ARMv8
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Core Architecture
Icestorm and Firestorm
Clearwater Forest
Integrated Graphics
Apple M1 GPU
N/A
Generation
-
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Transistor Count
16 billions
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Manufacturing Process
5 nm
3 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
14 W
450 W
Peak Operating Temperature
-
98°C
Foundry
-
Intel
I/O Process Size
-
10 nm
I/O Die Size
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2x 241
Package
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FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
-
Performance Core Threads
8
-
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
2.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
Total Core Count
8
288
Total Thread Count
8
288
L1 Cache
192 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
12 MB shared
4 MB per module
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
Multiplier
-
22.0
L3 Cache
-
576 MB shared
SMP
-
2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR4X-4266
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size
16 GB
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
2
12
Max Memory Bandwidth
68.25 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
450 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1278 MHz
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Shader Units
1024
-
Texture Units
64
-
Raster Operation Units
32
-
Execution Units
128
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
6016x3384 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,513
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Cinebench R23
7,782
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Geekbench 6
2,231
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Geekbench 5
1,757
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Geekbench 6
8,035
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Geekbench 5
7,742
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Cinebench 2024
113
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Cinebench 2024
509
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Blender
130
-
Passmark CPU
3,717
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Passmark CPU
14,218
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