Intel Xeon 6970E+ vs Apple M1

CPU · Specs Compare

CPU Intel Xeon 6970E+ Intel · 2026-05

CPU Apple M1 Apple · 2020-11

General Parameters

Release Date

May 2026

Nov 2020

Manufacturer

Intel

Apple

Type

Server

Laptop

Core Architecture

Clearwater Forest

Icestorm and Firestorm

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Apple M1 GPU

Generation

Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)

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Instruction Set

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ARMv8

Package

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

5 nm

Socket

Intel Socket 7529

Apple M-Socket

Power Consumption

400 W

14 W

Peak Operating Temperature

102°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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16 billions

CPU Performance

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.3 GHz

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

3.2 GHz

Total Core Count

192

8

Total Thread Count

192

8

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

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Multiplier

23.0

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L1 Cache

96 KB per core

192 K per core

L2 Cache

4 MB per module

12 MB shared

L3 Cache

480 MB shared

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Unlocked Multiplier

No

No

SMP

2

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Performance Cores

—

8

Performance Core Threads

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8

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

DDR5-8000

LPDDR4X-4266

Max Memory Size

1.5 TB

16 GB

Max Memory Channels

12

2

Max Memory Bandwidth

768.0 GB/s

68.25 GB/s

ECC Memory Support

Yes

No

Miscellaneous

PCIe Version

5

4.0

PCIe Lanes

96

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Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

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true

GPU Base Frequency

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450 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

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1278 MHz

Shader Units

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1024

Texture Units

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64

Raster Operation Units

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32

Execution Units

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128

Power Consumption

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15 W

Max Resolution

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6016x3384 - 60 Hz

Benchmark

Cinebench R23

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1,513

Cinebench R23

—

7,782

Geekbench 6

—

2,231

Geekbench 5

—

1,757

Geekbench 6

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8,035

Geekbench 5

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7,742

Cinebench 2024

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113

Cinebench 2024

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509

Blender

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130

Passmark CPU

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3,717

Passmark CPU

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14,218

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