Apple M1 vs Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Apple M series Intel Xeon E3
• Generation
  1 4
• CPU group
  Apple M1 Intel Xeon E3 v3

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.20 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.80 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• A core
  4x Firestorm --
• B core
  4x Icestorm --

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Apple M1 (8 Core) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  3.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  128
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB --
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  1
• Technology
  5 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2020

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 and Apple M1. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 DDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  4.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 and Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 80 W
• TDP up
  20 W --
• TDP down
  10 W --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 and Apple M1, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  16.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  -- 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  M1 Haswell S
• Technology
  5 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  N/A LGA 1150
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q2/2014