Apple M1 vs Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple M1 Intel Xeon E3 v6
• Family
  Apple M series Intel Xeon E3
• Generation
  1 6
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  4x Firestorm -
• B-Core
  4x Icestorm -
• Base Frequency
  3.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  8 4
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 4 GHz

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

• Execution units
  128 -
• Generation
  1 -
• GPU Frequency
  3200 MHz -
• GPU name
  Apple M1 (8 Core) no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2020 -
• Shader
  0 -
• Technology
  5 nm -

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

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Apple M1. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  16 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4-2400
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  4.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 and Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 72 W
• TDP down
  10 W -
• TDP up
  20 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 and Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M1 Kaby Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  16 MB -
• L3-Cache
  - 8 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q1/2017
• Socket
  - LGA 1151
• Technology
  5 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d