M3 Ultra (28C60G) vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

M3 Ultra (28C60G)
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 $294
28 Cores
28 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
4 Cores
8 Threads
3.7GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
LGA 2011
iGPU
60-Core M3 Ultra
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
No GPU
- -

GB6 Single-Core

  • 4.99x faster vs Xeon E5-1620 v2
  • 80% slower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - GB6S 3,220
x4.99
Xeon E5-1620 v2 - GB6S 645
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 11.64x faster vs Xeon E5-1620 v2
  • 91% slower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - GB6M 27,750
x11.64
Xeon E5-1620 v2 - GB6M 2,385
x1
  • 13.72x faster vs Xeon E5-1620 v2
  • 93% slower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - 819.2GB/s
x13.72
Xeon E5-1620 v2 - 59.7GB/s
x1
  • 38% higher vs Xeon E5-1620 v2
  • 28% lower vs M3 Ultra (28C60G)
M3 Ultra (28C60G) - 180W
x1.38
Xeon E5-1620 v2 - 130W
x1
GB6S 3,220
79%
GB6S 645
16%
GB6M 27,750
104%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Apple Silicon 13
Architecture
Ivy Bridge
Family
M Series
Family
Xeon v2
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Palma
M3 Ultra
P-Core
AS13P
E-Core
AS13E
Codename
Ivy Bridge-EP
Ivy Bridge-E
-
-
-
-
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
3/5/2025
Release Date
9/10/2013
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
Node
N3B
Node
22nm
Die Size
1005 mm²
Die Size
257 mm²
Transistor Count
184 Billion
Transistor Count
1.9 Billion
Unknown
LGA 2011
28 Cores
20 P-Cores
8 E-Cores
4 Cores
-
-
28 Threads
20 P-Threads
8 E-Threads
8 Threads
-
-
P-Core
4.05GHz
-
-
3.7GHz
3.9GHz Boost
E-Core
2.75GHz
-
-
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked
Integrated Chipset
-
Type
DMI
-
-
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
-
-
Lanes
4
-
-
Bandwidth
2.5GB/s
-
-
Bi-directional
5GB/s
L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
6-way set associative
128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-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
-
-
64MB Shared
16-way set associative
4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
256KB/Core
8-way set associative
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L3
10MB Shared
20-way set associative
96MB SLC Cache
-
Channels
8
Channels
4
Max Memory
128GB
Max Memory
384GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Supported
Bus Width/Channel
128Bit
Bus Width
1024Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
3200MHz
Transfer Rate
6400MT/s
Clock
933MHz
Transfer Rate
1866MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth
819.2GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
14.9GB/s
Bandwidth
59.7GB/s
TDP
180W
TDP
130W
Temp
100°C Max
Temp
-
No PCIe
PCIe 3.0 x32 Lanes
60-Core M3 Ultra
7680 Shaders
1398MHz
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
No GPU
-
-
- -
No NPU
32 Cores
-
36 TOPS FP16
-
No Cellular
No Cellular
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