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Intel Xeon 6780E vs Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Xeon 6780E
28 %
144C / 144T · 3.00 GHz
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Xeon 6780E
47 %
144C / 144T · 2.20 GHz
18C / 18T · 0.91 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
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Intel Xeon 6780E | Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU) |
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| Family | Intel Xeon 6 (12) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Xeon 6700 (7) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | Sierra Forest-SP | M5 |
| Technology | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Enterprise / Embedded | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 4710 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M4 Pro (14-CPU 20-GPU) | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Xeon 6780E | Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU) |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 144 / 144 | 18 / 18 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 144x 2.20 - 3.00 GHz |
6x Super-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 12x Performance-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 22.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 108.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Xeon 6780E | Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU) |
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| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple M5 Pro (20 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 320 / 2560 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2026 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Xeon 6780E | Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU) |
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| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Xeon 6780E | Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU) |
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| Memory | DDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (307.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4096 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 8 | 4 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 88 | 5.0 x 8 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 346.5 GB/s | 31.5 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Xeon 6780E | Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU) |
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| TDP | 330 W | 45 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 35 W | |
| T. junction max. | 106 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Intel Xeon 6780E | Apple M5 Pro (18-CPU 20-GPU) |
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| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME |
| Release date | Q2/2024 | Q1/2026 |
| Release price | 11350 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
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