Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3. Specifications, performance, tests

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

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

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.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• Frequency
  3.20 GHz 3.30 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.70 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No

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 Pro (16 Core) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  1.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  256
• Shader
  2048
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  1
• Technology
  5 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2021

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
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 and Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) and Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  30 W 80 W
• TDP up
  40 W --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) and Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  28.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  -- 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  M1 Haswell S
• Technology
  5 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Socket
  N/A LGA 1150
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q2/2013
• Part Number
  APL 1103 --