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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) vs Apple A16 Bionic

Last updated: 2026-06-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 95 %

Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple A16 Bionic

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)

Rank 2 - 25 %

Apple A16 Bionic

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz

2,397

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

2,531

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz

23,970

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

6,299

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz

1,793

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

1,890

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz

24,055

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

5,465

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M1 Ultra (48 Core)

15,900

Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)

1,789

AI performance (NPU)

20C / 20T · 0.60 GHz

22.0 TOPS

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

17.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)	Apple A16 Bionic
Family	Apple M series (38)	Apple A series (27)
CPU group	Apple M1 (9)	Apple A16 (2)
Architecture	M1	A16
Technology	5 nm	4 nm
Segment	Notebook	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor		Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Successor	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)	Apple A17 Pro

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)	Apple A16 Bionic
CPU Cores / Threads	20 / 20	6 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	16x Firestorm 0.60 - 3.20 GHz	2x Everest 3.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Icestorm 0.60 - 2.06 GHz	4x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz
L2-Cache	52.00 MB	20.00 MB
L3-Cache		24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)	Apple A16 Bionic
GPU name	Apple M1 Ultra (48 Core)	Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency	0.39 - 1.30 GHz	0.40 - 1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader	768 / 6144	20 / 640
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	5	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	6 GB
Technology	5 nm	4 nm
Release date	Q1/2022	Q3/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)	Apple A16 Bionic
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	32 Neural cores @ 22 TOPS	16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)	Apple A16 Bionic
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (819.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	6 GB
Memory channels	8	1
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)	Apple A16 Bionic
TDP	60 W	10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up	120 W
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)	Apple A16 Bionic
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	macOS	iOS
Instruction set	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)	Armv8.6-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date	Q1/2022	Q3/2022
Release price
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User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) is 4.9 stars (110 ratings), while Apple A16 Bionic has received 4.1 stars (254 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 0.60 - 3.20 GHz

★★★★★

Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

★★★★★