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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) vs Apple M2

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)

Rank 2 - 96 %

Apple M2

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)

Rank 2 - 34 %

Apple M2

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

126 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

120 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

1,918 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

555 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

1,695 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,592 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

28,570 pts

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,558 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

2,689

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,596

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

21,450

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

10,062

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

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

1,940

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

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

24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz

27,860

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,853

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 Ultra (76 Core)

26,980

Apple M2 (10 Core)

3,550

AI performance (NPU)

24C / 24T · 0.66 GHz

31.6 TOPS

8C / 8T · 0.66 GHz

15.8 TOPS

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

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

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)	Apple M2
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 Ultra (64-GPU)	Apple M1
Successor	Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU)	Apple M3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)	Apple M2
CPU Cores / Threads	24 / 24	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	16x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz	4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	8x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz
L2-Cache	72.00 MB	20.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)	Apple M2
GPU name	Apple M2 Ultra (76 Core)	Apple M2 (10 Core)
GPU frequency	0.45 - 1.40 GHz	0.45 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	1216 / 9728	160 / 1280
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	8	2
Max. GPU Memory	192 GB	24 GB
Technology	5 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q2/2023	Q2/2022

NPU AI performance

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

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)	Apple M2
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (819.1 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	192 GB	24 GB
Memory channels	8	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 64	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth	126.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)	Apple M2
TDP	80 W	20 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up		30 W
TDP down		10 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)	Apple M2
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	Q2/2023	Q2/2022
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 Ultra (76-GPU) is 4.9 stars (424 ratings), while Apple M2 has received 4.4 stars (743 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Apple M2
8C / 8T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★