Product Compare

Apple M2 vs Intel Xeon 658X

	CPU Apple M2	CPU Intel Xeon 658X
General Parameters
Release Date	Jun 2022	Feb 2026
Manufacturer	Apple	Intel
Type	Laptop	Server
Instruction Set	ARMv8
Core Architecture	Apple M2	Granite Rapids
Integrated Graphics	Apple M2 GPU	N/A
Generation		Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)
Package
Transistor Count	20 billions
Manufacturing Process	5 nm	5 nm
Socket	Apple M-Socket	Intel Socket 4710
Power Consumption	15 W	250 W
Peak Operating Temperature		99°C
Foundry		Intel
Die Size		2x598 mm²
I/O Process Size		10 nm
I/O Die Size		2x 241
Package		FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	24
Performance Core Threads	4	48
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.5 GHz	3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.4 GHz	4.9 GHz
Efficiency Cores	4
Efficiency Core Threads	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	2.4 GHz
Total Core Count	8	24
Total Thread Count	8	48
L1 Cache	192 K per core	112 KB per core
L2 Cache	16 MB shared	2 MB per core
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
Multiplier		30.0
L3 Cache		144 MB shared
SMP		1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR5-6400	DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size	24 GB	4 TB
Max Memory Channels	2	8
Max Memory Bandwidth	102.4 GB/s	409.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true
GPU Base Frequency	500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1398 MHz
Shader Units	1024
Texture Units	64
Raster Operation Units	32
Execution Units	128
Power Consumption	15 W
Max Resolution	6016x3384 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	4.0	5
Official Website		Official Link ↗
PCIe Lanes		128
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2694	3096
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	10130	29732