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Intel Xeon W-3245 vs Apple M2
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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 W-3245
53 %
16C / 32T · 4.60 GHz
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Xeon W-3245
100 %
16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz
Apple M2
86 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Xeon W-3245
62 %
16C / 32T · 4.60 GHz
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Xeon W-3245
100 %
16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz
Apple M2
55 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
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
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Xeon W-3245 | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Xeon W (97) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Xeon W-2200/3200 (17) | Apple M2 (8) |
| Architecture | Cascade Lake W | M2 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Enterprise / Embedded | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 3647 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M1 | |
| Successor | Intel Xeon W-3345 | Apple M3 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Xeon W-3245 | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 16 / 32 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 16x 3.20 - 4.60 GHz |
4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 22.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Xeon W-3245 | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple M2 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | |
| Technology | 5 nm | |
| Release date | Q2/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Xeon W-3245 | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 W-3245 | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2933 (140.7 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1024 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 6 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 64 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 63.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Xeon W-3245 | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 205 W | 20 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 30 W | |
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Xeon W-3245 | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Q2/2019 | Q2/2022 |
| Release price | 1990 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
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