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Intel Xeon w9-3495X vs Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)

	CPU Intel Xeon w9-3495X	CPU Apple M5 Max (32-core GPU)
General Parameters
Release Date	Feb 2023	Mar 2026
Manufacturer	Intel	Apple
Type	Server	Laptop
Core Architecture	Sapphire Rapids	Apple M5
Integrated Graphics	N/A	Apple M5 Max GPU (32-core)
Generation	Xeon W (Sapphire Rapids)
Instruction Set		ARMv9
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	3 nm
Socket	Intel Socket 4677	Apple M-Socket
Power Consumption	350 W	64 W
Peak Operating Temperature	81 °C	100 °C
Foundry	Intel
Die Size	4x477 mm²
Package	FC-LGA16A
Transistor Count		28 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency	1.9 GHz	4.61 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.8 GHz
Total Core Count	56	18
Total Thread Count	112	18
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	19.0	46
L1 Cache	80 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	2 MB per core
L3 Cache	105 MB
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
SMP	1
Performance Cores		6
Performance Core Threads		6
Efficiency Cores		12
Efficiency Core Threads		12
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		4.38 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800	LPDDR5X-9600
Max Memory Size	4 TB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	8
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Max Memory Bandwidth		460.8 GB/s
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	5
PCIe Lanes	112
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics		true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency		2005 MHz
Shader Units		4096
Texture Units		256
Raster Operation Units		128
Execution Units		512
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2384	4282
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	18958	29052