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Intel Xeon Gold 6330 vs Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Xeon Gold 6330
59 %
28C / 56T · 3.10 GHz
Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
100 %
12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
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AI performance (NPU)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Xeon Gold 6330 | Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Xeon Gold (163) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 (21) | Apple M2 (8) |
| Architecture | Ice Lake | M2 |
| Technology | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 4189 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Xeon Gold 6330 | Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 28 / 56 | 12 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 28x 2.00 - 3.10 GHz |
8x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 36.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 42.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Xeon Gold 6330 | Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple M2 Max (30 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 480 / 3840 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 5 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 96 GB | |
| Technology | 5 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Xeon Gold 6330 | Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Xeon Gold 6330 | Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2933 (187.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6144 GB | 96 GB |
| Memory channels | 8 | 4 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 64 | 4.0 x 32 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 126.0 GB/s | 63.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Xeon Gold 6330 | Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 205 W | 45 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Xeon Gold 6330 | Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date | Q2/2021 | Q1/2023 |
| Release price | 1894 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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