Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) vs Intel Core i9-9900KF

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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-9900KF
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Intel Core i9-9900KF

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) and the Intel Core i9-9900KF and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) 24 core processor released in Q2/2023 with the Intel Core i9-9900KF which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2019.
Apple M series (25) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
Apple M2 (8) CPU group Intel Core i 9000 (34)
2 Generation 9
M2 Architecture Coffee Lake S Refresh
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i9-10900KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) is a 24 core processor with a clock frequency of 0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz). The processor can compute 24 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i9-9900KF clocks with 3.60 GHz (5.00 GHz), has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel.

Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Characteristic Intel Core i9-9900KF
24 Cores 8
24 Threads 16
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz)
16x Avalanche
A-Core 3.60 GHz (5.00 GHz)
0.60 GHz (2.42 GHz)
8x Blizzard
B-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Characteristic Intel Core i9-9900KF
Apple Neural Engine AI hardware --
32 Neural cores @ 31.6 TOPS AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Apple M2 Ultra (76 Core) GPU no iGPU
0.45 GHz GPU frequency --
1.40 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
2 GPU Generation --
5 nm Technology
8 Max. displays
1216 Compute units --
9728 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
192 GB Max. GPU Memory --
-- DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Apple M2 Ultra (76 Core) GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to 192 GB of memory in a maximum of 8 memory channels is supported by the Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU), while the Intel Core i9-9900KF supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 42.7 GB/s enabled.

Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Characteristic Intel Core i9-9900KF
LPDDR5-6400 Memory DDR4-2666
192 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
819.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
No ECC No
72.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 16.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
64 PCIe lanes 16
126.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) has a TDP of 80 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i9-9900KF is 95 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Characteristic Intel Core i9-9900KF
80 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 95 W
-- TDP (PL2) 119 W @ 28 s
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) has 72.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 5 nm. The cache of Intel Core i9-9900KF is at 16.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Characteristic Intel Core i9-9900KF
5 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8.5-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
-- Socket LGA 1151-2
Apple Virtualization Framework Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
macOS, iPadOS Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2023 Release date Q1/2019
-- Release price 600 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) (100%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF (67%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) (100%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF (37%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
126 (100%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
77 (61%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
1918 (100%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
640 (33%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
1695 (100%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1294 (76%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
28570 (100%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
12812 (45%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
1940 (100%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1342 (69%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
27860 (100%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
8779 (32%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
2689 (100%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1650 (61%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
21450 (100%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
8182 (38%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
48560 (100%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
18702 (39%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
518 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
4995 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
Apple M2 Ultra (76 Core) @ 1.40 GHz
26980 (100%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
171 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
165.4 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
557 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 0.66 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
5564 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
219 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
2245 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
28,570 CB R23 MC @ 80 W
357 (100%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 0.66 GHz
31.6 (100%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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