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Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) vs Intel Xeon 6731E
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
213 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) | Intel Xeon 6731E |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Intel Xeon 6 (12) |
| CPU group | Apple M1 (9) | Intel Xeon 6700 (7) |
| Architecture | M1 | Sierra Forest-SP |
| Technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Enterprise / Embedded |
| Socket | LGA 4710 | |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Apple M2 Max (38-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) | Intel Xeon 6731E |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 10 / 10 | 96 / 96 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 8x Firestorm 0.60 - 3.20 GHz |
96x 2.20 - 3.10 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 2x Icestorm 0.60 - 2.06 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 28.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 96.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) | Intel Xeon 6731E |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M1 Max (32 Core) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.30 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 512 / 4096 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 5 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | |
| Technology | 5 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2021 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) | Intel Xeon 6731E |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) | Intel Xeon 6731E |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s) | DDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 4096 GB |
| Memory channels | 4 | 8 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 4.0 | 5.0 x 88 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 346.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) | Intel Xeon 6731E |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 45 W | 250 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 106 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) | Intel Xeon 6731E |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS | Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX |
| Release date | Q3/2021 | Q2/2024 |
| Release price | 4121 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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