M2 Max (12C30G) vs Intel Xeon W3520
            M2 Max (12C30G)
            
                
            
        
    
            Intel Xeon W3520
            
                $284
            
        
    | 12 Cores 12 Threads 3.66GHz Clock | 4 Cores 8 Threads 2.66GHz Clock | 
| Socket Unknown | Socket LGA 1366 | 
| iGPU30-Core M2 Max 10.74 TFLOPS FP32 | iGPU No GPU - - | 
| GB6S 2,825 70% | 
                                            
                                                GB6S 410
                                            
                                             10% | 
| GB6M 14,800 55% | 
                                            
                                                GB6M 1,415
                                            
                                             5% | 
| CB23S 1,710 66% | CB23S N/A 0% | 
| CB23M 14,535 34% | CB23M N/A 0% | 
| ManufacturerApple | ManufacturerIntel | 
| ArchitectureApple Silicon 11 | ArchitectureNehalem | 
| FamilyM Series | FamilyXeon | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | 
| Codename Rhodes-1C - M2 Max P-Core Avalanche - - E-Core Blizzard | Codename Bloomfield - - - - - - - - | 
| Market Segment Laptop | Market Segment Workstation | 
| Release Date 1/17/2023 | Release Date 3/30/2009 | 
| Foundry TSMC - - - | Foundry Intel - - - | 
| Node N5P - - - | Node 45nm - - - | 
| Die Size 470 mm² - - - | Die Size 263 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count 67 Billion - - - | Transistor Count 731 Million - - - | 
| Unknown | LGA 1366 | 
| 12 Cores 8 P-Cores - 4 E-Cores | 4 Cores - - - | 
| 12 Threads 8 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 8 Threads - - - | 
| P-Core 3.66GHz - - | - 2.66GHz 2.86GHz Boost 20x Multiplier | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| E-Core 2.42GHz - | - - - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked Voltage 0.8V Min 1.38V Max | 
| Integrated Chipset - | Type QPI | 
| - - | Clock 2400MHz | 
| - - | Data Rate Double | 
| - - | Transfer Rate 4.8GT/s | 
| - - | Width 16Bit | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | Bandwidth 9.6GB/s | 
| - - | Bi-directional 19.2GB/s | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 192KB/P-Core 6-way set associative - - 128KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | L1 Instruction 32KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L1 Data 128KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 64KB/E-Core 2-way set associative | L1 Data 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | 
| L2 - - 24MB Shared 12-way set associative - - - - - - 4MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | L2 256KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - - - - - - - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - | L3 - 8MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - 48MB SLC Cache | - - - - | 
| Channels 4 | Channels 3 | 
| Max Memory 64GB | Max Memory 24GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 128Bit Bus Width 512Bit | Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 192Bit | 
| Clock 3200MHz Transfer Rate 6400MT/s | Clock 533MHz Transfer Rate 1066MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 102.4GB/s Bandwidth 409.6GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 8.5GB/s Bandwidth 25.6GB/s | 
| TDP 90W - - - | TDP 130W - - - | 
| Temp 100°C Max - | Temp - 68°C TCase | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| No PCIe | No PCIe | 
| 30-Core M2 Max 3840 Shaders 1398MHz 10.74 TFLOPS FP32 | No GPU - - - - | 
| - | No NPU - | 
| - 16 Cores | - - | 
| 15.8 TOPS FP16 | -  | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
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