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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) vs Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460
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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
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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
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Intel Xeon CPU Max (5) |
| CPU group | Apple M4 (7) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9000 (5) |
| Architecture | M4 | Sapphire Rapids |
| Technology | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 4677 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 16 / 16 | 40 / 80 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 12x Donan P-Core 1.26 - 4.51 GHz |
40x 2.20 - 3.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 1.02 - 2.59 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 52.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 97.50 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 |
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| GPU name | Apple M4 Max (40 Core) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.58 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 640 / 5120 | / |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 96 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | |
| Release date | Q4/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 |
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| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 |
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| Memory | LPDDR5X-8533 (546.0 GB/s) | DDR5-4800 (307.2 GB/s) DDR5-4400 (281.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 4096 GB |
| Memory channels | 8 | 8 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 5.0 | 5.0 x 80 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 315.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 |
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| TDP | 90 W | 350 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 |
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| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Windows, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 |
| Release date | Q4/2024 | Q1/2023 |
| Release price | 8750 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460
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