Apple M4 Max 16 Core vs Intel Xeon 6970E+
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2024
May 2026
Manufacturer
Apple
Intel
Type
Laptop
Server
Instruction Set
ARMv9
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Core Architecture
Apple M4
Clearwater Forest
Integrated Graphics
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
N/A
Generation
-
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
3 nm
Socket
Apple M-Socket
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
70 W
400 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
102°C
Foundry
-
Intel
I/O Process Size
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10 nm
I/O Die Size
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2x 241
Package
-
FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
-
Performance Core Threads
12
-
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.52 GHz
2.3 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.59 GHz
-
Total Core Count
16
192
Total Thread Count
16
192
Multiplier
45
23.0
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.2 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
L1 Cache
-
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
-
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
-
480 MB shared
SMP
-
2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8533
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Bandwidth
546 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Max Memory Size
-
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
-
12
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
500 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1800 MHz
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Shader Units
5120
-
Texture Units
320
-
Raster Operation Units
160
-
Execution Units
640
-
Power Consumption
62
-
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
-
5
PCIe Lanes
-
96
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,281
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Cinebench R23
27,392
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Geekbench 6
3,984
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Geekbench 6
26,185
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Cinebench 2024
187
-
Cinebench 2024
2,045
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Passmark CPU
4,534
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Passmark CPU
43,708
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