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Intel Xeon 6960E+ vs Apple M4 Pro 14 Core

	CPU Intel Xeon 6960E+	CPU Apple M4 Pro 14 Core
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2026	Oct 2024
Manufacturer	Intel	Apple
Type	Server	Laptop
Core Architecture	Clearwater Forest	Apple M4
Integrated Graphics	N/A	Apple M4 GPU (20-core)
Generation	Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Instruction Set		ARMv9
Package
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	3 nm
Socket	Intel Socket 7529	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	330 W	46 W
Peak Operating Temperature	98°C	100 °C
Foundry	Intel
I/O Process Size	10 nm
I/O Die Size	2x 241
Package	FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.4 GHz	4.52 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.2 GHz
Total Core Count	144	14
Total Thread Count	144	14
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	24.0	45
L1 Cache	96 KB per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	4 MB per module	16 MB shared
L3 Cache	432 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
SMP	2
Performance Cores		10
Performance Core Threads		10
Efficiency Cores		4
Efficiency Core Threads		4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		2.59 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-8000	LPDDR5X-8533
Max Memory Size	1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels	12
Max Memory Bandwidth	768.0 GB/s	273 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	5
PCIe Lanes	96
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics		true
GPU Base Frequency		500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency		1800 MHz
Shader Units		2560
Texture Units		160
Raster Operation Units		80
Execution Units		320
Power Consumption		32