Intel Xeon w9-3495X vs Apple M5 (8-core GPU)

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CPU Intel Xeon w9-3495X Intel · 2023-02

CPU Apple M5 (8-core GPU) Apple · 2026-03

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 GPU (8-core)

Generation

Xeon W (Sapphire Rapids)

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Instruction Set

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ARMv9

Package

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

3 nm

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

Apple M-Socket

Power Consumption

350 W

27 W

Peak Operating Temperature

81 °C

100 °C

Foundry

Intel

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Die Size

4x477 mm²

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Package

FC-LGA16A

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Transistor Count

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28 billions

CPU Performance

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

4.61 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

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Total Core Count

56

10

Total Thread Count

112

10

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

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Multiplier

19.0

46

L1 Cache

80 K per core

192 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

105 MB

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Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

No

SMP

1

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Performance Cores

—

4

Performance Core Threads

—

4

Efficiency Cores

—

6

Efficiency Core Threads

—

6

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

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3.0 GHz

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

LPDDR5X-9600

Max Memory Size

4 TB

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Max Memory Channels

8

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ECC Memory Support

Yes

No

Max Memory Bandwidth

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153 GB/s

Miscellaneous

PCIe Version

5

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PCIe Lanes

112

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Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

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true

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

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2005 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

Benchmark

Cinebench R23

72,233

15,912

Geekbench 6

2,384

4,251

Geekbench 6

18,958

17,501

Blender

1,159

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Cinebench R23

—

2,552

Cinebench 2024

—

206

Cinebench 2024

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1,170

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