Intel Xeon D-1540 vs Apple M3

CPU · Specs Compare

CPU Intel Xeon D-1540 Intel · 2015-03

CPU Apple M3 Apple · 2023-10

General Parameters

Release Date

Mar 2015

Oct 2023

Manufacturer

Intel

Apple

Type

Server

Laptop

Core Architecture

Broadwell

Apple M3

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Apple M3 GPU

Generation

Xeon D (Broadwell-DE)

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Instruction Set

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ARMv8

Package

Transistor Count

3.2 billions

25 billions

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

3 nm

Socket

Intel BGA 1667

Apple M-Socket

Power Consumption

45 W

20 W

Peak Operating Temperature

80 °C

100°C

Foundry

Intel

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Die Size

246 mm²

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Package

FC-BGA14C

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CPU Performance

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

4.05 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.6 GHz

4.05 GHz

Total Core Count

8

8

Total Thread Count

16

8

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

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Multiplier

20.0

40x

L1 Cache

64 K per core

192 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

1.5 MB per core

64 MB shared

Unlocked Multiplier

No

No

SMP

1

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Performance Cores

—

4

Performance Core Threads

—

4

Efficiency Cores

—

4

Efficiency Core Threads

—

4

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

—

2.75 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

—

2.57 GHz

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4

LPDDR5-6400

Max Memory Channels

2

2

ECC Memory Support

Yes

No

Max Memory Size

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24 GB

Max Memory Bandwidth

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102.4 GB/s

Miscellaneous

PCIe Version

3

4.0

PCIe Lanes

24

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Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

—

true

GPU Base Frequency

—

500 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

—

1600 MHz

Shader Units

—

1280

Texture Units

—

80

Raster Operation Units

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40

Execution Units

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160

Benchmark

Geekbench 6

834

3,009

Geekbench 6

4,483

11,805

Cinebench R23

—

1,920

Cinebench R23

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10,448

Cinebench 2024

—

140

Cinebench 2024

—

707

Blender

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168

Passmark CPU

—

4,850

Passmark CPU

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19,597

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