Intel Xeon 6970E+ vs Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

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CPU Intel Xeon 6970E+ Intel · 2026-05

CPU Apple M5 Pro (18-Core) Apple · 2026-03

General Parameters

Release Date

May 2026

Mar 2026

Manufacturer

Intel

Apple

Type

Server

Laptop

Core Architecture

Clearwater Forest

Apple M5

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Apple M5 Pro GPU (20-core)

Generation

Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)

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Instruction Set

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ARMv9

Package

Manufacturing Process

3 nm

3 nm

Socket

Intel Socket 7529

Apple M-Socket

Power Consumption

400 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

102°C

100 °C

Foundry

Intel

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I/O Process Size

10 nm

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I/O Die Size

2x 241

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Package

FC-LGA18N

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Transistor Count

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28 billions

CPU Performance

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.3 GHz

4.61 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

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Total Core Count

192

18

Total Thread Count

192

18

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

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Multiplier

23.0

46

L1 Cache

96 KB per core

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L2 Cache

4 MB per module

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L3 Cache

480 MB shared

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Unlocked Multiplier

No

No

SMP

2

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Performance Cores

—

6

Performance Core Threads

—

6

Efficiency Cores

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12

Efficiency Core Threads

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12

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

DDR5-8000

LPDDR5X-9600

Max Memory Size

1.5 TB

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Max Memory Channels

12

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Max Memory Bandwidth

768.0 GB/s

307 GB/s

ECC Memory Support

Yes

No

Miscellaneous

PCIe Version

5

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PCIe Lanes

96

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Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

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true

Shader Units

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2560

Texture Units

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160

Raster Operation Units

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80

Execution Units

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320

Benchmark

Cinebench R23

—

2,569

Cinebench R23

—

24,400

Geekbench 6

—

4,290

Geekbench 6

—

24,687

Cinebench 2024

—

209

Cinebench 2024

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1,732

▲ Specs Compare Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.