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Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) vs Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)

Last updated: 2026-06-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 98 %

Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 56 %

Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

121 pts

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

126 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,025 pts

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

1,918 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,695 pts

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

1,695 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,855 pts

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

28,570 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

2,689

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

2,689

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

14,207

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

21,450

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

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

1,940

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

12C / 12T · 3.50 GHz

15,506

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

27,860

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 Max (30 Core)

10,650

Apple M2 Ultra (76 Core)

26,980

AI performance (NPU)

12C / 12T · 0.66 GHz

15.8 TOPS

24C / 24T · 0.66 GHz

31.6 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

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
Family	Apple M series (38)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Apple M2 (8)	Apple M2 (8)
Architecture	M2	M2
Technology	5 nm	5 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket
Predecessor	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)	Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
Successor	Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)	Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 12	24 / 24
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz	16x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz	8x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz
L2-Cache	36.00 MB	72.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
GPU name	Apple M2 Max (30 Core)	Apple M2 Ultra (76 Core)
GPU frequency	0.45 - 1.40 GHz	0.45 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	480 / 3840	1216 / 9728
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	5	8
Max. GPU Memory	96 GB	192 GB
Technology	5 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q1/2023	Q2/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS	32 Neural cores @ 31.6 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (409.6 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (819.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	96 GB	192 GB
Memory channels	4	8
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 32	4.0 x 64
PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s	126.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
TDP	45 W	80 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	macOS, iPadOS	macOS, iPadOS
Instruction set	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date	Q1/2023	Q2/2023
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) is 4.6 stars (56 ratings), while Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) has received 4.9 stars (424 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C / 12T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★