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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) vs Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
Rank 2 - 98 %
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
Rank 2 - 22 %
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
2,397
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
2,370
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
23,970
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
5,726
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
1,793
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
1,745
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
24,055
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
4,777
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
Apple M1 Ultra (64 Core)
21,200
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores)
1,713
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C / 20T · 0.60 GHz
22.0 TOPS
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
15.8 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
FamilyApple M series (38)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupApple M1 (9)Apple A15 (2)
ArchitectureM1A15
Technology5 nm5 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A14 Bionic
SuccessorApple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)Apple A16 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads20 / 206 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 16x Firestorm
0.60 - 3.20 GHz
2x Avalanche
3.23 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Icestorm
0.60 - 2.06 GHz
4x Blizzard
2.02 GHz
L2-Cache52.00 MB16.00 MB
L3-Cache32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
GPU nameApple M1 Ultra (64 Core)Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.30 GHz1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader1024 / 819220 / 640
Raytracing
Max. displays53
Max. GPU Memory64 GB6 GB
Technology5 nm5 nm
Release dateQ1/2022Q3/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineApple Neural Engine
AI specifications32 Neural cores @ 22 TOPS16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (819.2 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB6 GB
Memory channels81
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
TDP60 W10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up120 W
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOSiOS
Instruction setArmv8.5-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ1/2022Q3/2021
Release price
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C / 20T · 0.60 - 3.20 GHz
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

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