Apple M1 Pro vs Intel Xeon 6970E+

CPU · Specs Compare

CPU Apple M1 Pro Apple · 2021-10

CPU Intel Xeon 6970E+ Intel · 2026-05

General Parameters

Release Date

Oct 2021

May 2026

Manufacturer

Apple

Intel

Type

Laptop

Server

Instruction Set

ARMv8

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Integrated Graphics

Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core)

N/A

Core Architecture

—

Clearwater Forest

Generation

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Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)

Package

Transistor Count

33.7 billions

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Manufacturing Process

5 nm

3 nm

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Intel Socket 7529

Power Consumption

30 W

400 W

Peak Operating Temperature

—

102°C

Foundry

—

Intel

I/O Process Size

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10 nm

I/O Die Size

—

2x 241

Package

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FC-LGA18N

CPU Performance

Performance Cores

10

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Performance Core Threads

10

—

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.0 GHz

2.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

3.2 GHz

Total Core Count

10

192

Total Thread Count

10

192

L1 Cache

192 K per core

96 KB per core

L2 Cache

24 MB shared

4 MB per module

Unlocked Multiplier

No

No

Bus Frequency

—

100 MHz

Multiplier

—

23.0

L3 Cache

—

480 MB shared

SMP

—

2

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

DDR5-8000

Max Memory Size

32 GB

1.5 TB

Max Memory Channels

4

12

Max Memory Bandwidth

204.8 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

1296 MHz

—

Shader Units

2048

—

Texture Units

128

—

Raster Operation Units

64

—

Power Consumption

30 W

—

Max Resolution

6016x3384 - 60 Hz

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Miscellaneous

PCIe Version

—

5

PCIe Lanes

—

96

Benchmark

Cinebench R23

1,530

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Cinebench R23

12,116

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Geekbench 6

2,180

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Geekbench 6

7,976

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Blender

211

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Passmark CPU

3,792

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Passmark CPU

21,750

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▲ Specs Compare Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.