Intel Xeon 6960E+ vs Apple M1 Max

CPU · Specs Compare

CPU Intel Xeon 6960E+ Intel · 2026-05

CPU Apple M1 Max Apple · 2022-05

General Parameters

Release Date

May 2026

May 2022

Manufacturer

Intel

Apple

Type

Server

Laptop

Core Architecture

Clearwater Forest

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Integrated Graphics

N/A

Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core)

Generation

Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)

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Instruction Set

—

ARMv8

Package

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

5 nm

Socket

Intel Socket 7529

Apple M-Socket

Power Consumption

330 W

30 W

Peak Operating Temperature

98°C

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Foundry

Intel

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I/O Process Size

10 nm

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I/O Die Size

2x 241

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Package

FC-LGA18N

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Transistor Count

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57 billions

CPU Performance

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

2.0 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

3.2 GHz

Total Core Count

144

10

Total Thread Count

144

10

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

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Multiplier

24.0

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L1 Cache

96 KB per core

192 K per core

L2 Cache

4 MB per module

24 MB shared

L3 Cache

432 MB shared

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Unlocked Multiplier

No

No

SMP

2

—

Performance Cores

—

10

Performance Core Threads

—

10

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

DDR5-8000

LPDDR5-6400

Max Memory Size

1.5 TB

64 GB

Max Memory Channels

12

8

Max Memory Bandwidth

768.0 GB/s

409.6 GB/s

ECC Memory Support

Yes

No

Miscellaneous

PCIe Version

5

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PCIe Lanes

96

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Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

—

true

GPU Base Frequency

—

450 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

—

1296 MHz

Shader Units

—

4096

Texture Units

—

256

Raster Operation Units

—

128

Power Consumption

—

60 W

Max Resolution

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6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Benchmark

Cinebench R23

—

1,545

Cinebench R23

—

12,440

Geekbench 6

—

2,410

Geekbench 5

—

1,783

Geekbench 6

—

12,480

Geekbench 5

—

12,511

Cinebench 2024

—

114

Cinebench 2024

—

793

Blender

—

212

Passmark CPU

—

3,833

Passmark CPU

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22,121

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