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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) vs Apple A17 Pro

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 91 %

Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple A17 Pro

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)

Rank 2 - 27 %

Apple A17 Pro

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

2,689

6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz

2,952

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

21,450

6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz

7,235

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

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

1,940

6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz

2,140

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

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

27,860

6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz

5,868

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 Ultra (60 Core)

21,300

Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores)

2,147

AI performance (NPU)

24C / 24T · 0.66 GHz

31.6 TOPS

6C / 6T · 0.70 GHz

35.0 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

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 Ultra (60-GPU)	Apple A17 Pro
Family	Apple M series (38)	Apple A series (27)
CPU group	Apple M2 (8)	Apple A17 Pro (1)
Architecture	M2	Ibiza
Technology	5 nm	3 nm
Segment	Notebook	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor	Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)	Apple A16 Bionic
Successor	Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU)	Apple A18 Pro

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)	Apple A17 Pro
CPU Cores / Threads	24 / 24	6 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	16x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz	2x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 3.78 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	8x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz	4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.11 GHz
L2-Cache	72.00 MB	20.00 MB
L3-Cache		24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)	Apple A17 Pro
GPU name	Apple M2 Ultra (60 Core)	Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency	0.45 - 1.40 GHz	0.39 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	960 / 7680	24 / 768
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays	8	1
Max. GPU Memory	192 GB	6 GB
Technology	5 nm	3 nm
Release date	Q2/2023	Q3/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)	Apple A17 Pro
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	32 Neural cores @ 31.6 TOPS	16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)	Apple A17 Pro
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (819.1 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	192 GB	8 GB
Memory channels	8	1
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 64
PCIe Bandwidth	126.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)	Apple A17 Pro
TDP	80 W	11 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)	Apple A17 Pro
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	macOS, iPadOS	iOS
Instruction set	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)	Armv8.6-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date	Q2/2023	Q3/2023
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 M2 Ultra (60-GPU) is 4.9 stars (246 ratings), while Apple A17 Pro has received 4.1 stars (466 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

Apple A17 Pro
6C / 6T · 0.70 - 3.78 GHz

★★★★★