Intel Xeon Gold 6248 vs Apple A8

Last updated: 2023-05-10

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon Gold 6248		Apple A8
CPU comparison Intel Xeon Gold 6248 or Apple A8 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Xeon Gold 6248 has 20 cores with 40 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6248 was released in Q2/2019. The Apple A8 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Apple A8 was released in Q3/2014.

Intel Xeon Gold (163)	Family	Apple A series (22)
Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)	CPU group	Apple A8/A8X (2)
2	Generation	8
Cascade Lake	Architecture	A8
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	Apple A7
--	Successor	Apple A9

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Xeon Gold 6248 is a 20 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.90 GHz). The Apple A8 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz.
Intel Xeon Gold 6248	Characteristic	Apple A8
20	Cores	2
40	Threads	2
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.50 GHz	Frequency	1.50 GHz
3.90 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
3.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Xeon Gold 6248	Characteristic	Apple A8
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	Apple A8
	GPU frequency	0.53 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	5
	Technology	20 nm
	Max. displays	1
--	Compute units	16
--	Shader	128
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	4 GB
--	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	Apple A8
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	Decode
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Xeon Gold 6248 supports a maximum of 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Apple A8 can connect up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels.
Intel Xeon Gold 6248	Characteristic	Apple A8
DDR4-2933	Memory	LPDDR3-1600
1024 GB	Max. Memory	1 GB
6 (Hexa Channel)	Memory channels	1 (Single Channel)
140.7 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	12.8 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	1.00 MB
27.50 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	--
48	PCIe lanes	--
47.3 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon Gold 6248 has a TDP of 150 W, that of the Apple A8 is 5 W.
Intel Xeon Gold 6248	Characteristic	Apple A8
150 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	5 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Xeon Gold 6248 has a 27.50 MB cache, while the Apple A8 cache has a total of 5.00 MB.
Intel Xeon Gold 6248	Characteristic	Apple A8
14 nm	Technology	20 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512	ISA extensions	--
LGA 3647	Socket	--
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	None
Yes	AES-NI	No
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	iOS
Q2/2019	Release date	Q3/2014
3078 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Xeon Gold 6248 (100%)

Apple A8 (32%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Xeon Gold 6248 (100%)

Apple A8 (5%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Xeon Gold 6248 20C 40T @ 3.90 GHz	1028 (100%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	324 (32%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Xeon Gold 6248 20C 40T @ 3.00 GHz	15277 (100%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	607 (4%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Xeon Gold 6248 20C 40T @ 3.90 GHz	1327 (100%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	412 (31%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Xeon Gold 6248 20C 40T @ 3.00 GHz	29512 (100%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	1532 (5%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Xeon Gold 6248 20C 40T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	588 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Xeon Gold 6248 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Apple A8 Apple A8 @ 0.53 GHz	136 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6248	Apple A8
Unknown	Apple iPhone 6 Apple iPhone 6 Plus Apple iPad Mini 4 Apple TV HD Apple HomePod Apple iPod touch (6. Gen)

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