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Intel Xeon 6972P vs Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-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 6972P
65 %
96C / 192T · 3.90 GHz
32C / 32T · 4.06 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
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Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
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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
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Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 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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Intel Xeon 6972P | Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Xeon 6 (12) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Xeon 6900 (5) | Apple M3 Ultra (2) |
| Architecture | Granite Rapids-AP | M3 |
| Technology | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Enterprise / Embedded | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 7529 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Xeon 6972P | Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 96 / 192 | 32 / 32 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 96x 2.40 - 3.90 GHz |
24x Palma P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 8x Palma E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 80.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 480.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Xeon 6972P | Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple M3 Ultra (80 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 1280 / 10240 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 8 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 512 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Xeon 6972P | Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Intel® AI Boost | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | Intel® Deep Learning Boost | 32 Neural cores @ 70 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Xeon 6972P | Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR5-6400 (614.4 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (818.7 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 3072 GB | 512 GB |
| Memory channels | 12 | 8 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 96 | 5.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 378.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Xeon 6972P | Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 500 W | 180 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 500 W | |
| TDP down | 400 W | |
| T. junction max. | 102 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Xeon 6972P | Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q1/2025 |
| Release price | 14600 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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