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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480 vs Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
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Cinebench 2024 (SC)
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Geekbench 6 (SC)
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Geekbench 6 (MC)
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Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
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FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
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PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
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CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
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AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480 | Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) |
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| Family | Intel Xeon CPU Max (5) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9000 (5) | Apple M2 (8) |
| Architecture | Sapphire Rapids | M2 |
| Technology | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 4677 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480 | Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 56 / 112 | 24 / 24 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 56x 1.90 - 3.50 GHz |
16x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 8x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 72.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 112.50 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480 | Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) |
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| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple M2 Ultra (76 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 1216 / 9728 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 8 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 192 GB | |
| Technology | 5 nm | |
| Release date | Q2/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480 | Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) |
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| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 32 Neural cores @ 31.6 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480 | Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) |
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| Memory | DDR5-4800 (307.2 GB/s) DDR5-4400 (281.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (819.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4096 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory channels | 8 | 8 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 80 | 4.0 x 64 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 315.0 GB/s | 126.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480 | Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) |
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| TDP | 350 W | 80 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480 | Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) |
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| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date | Q1/2023 | Q2/2023 |
| Release price | 12980 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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