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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) vs Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460
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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
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Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 |
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| Family | Apple M series (38) | Intel Xeon CPU Max (5) |
| CPU group | Apple M2 (8) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9000 (5) |
| Architecture | M2 | Sapphire Rapids |
| Technology | 5 nm | 10 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 4677 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 24 / 24 | 40 / 80 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 16x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz |
40x 2.20 - 3.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 8x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 72.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 97.50 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 |
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| GPU name | Apple M2 Ultra (76 Core) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 1216 / 9728 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 8 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 192 GB | |
| Technology | 5 nm | |
| Release date | Q2/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 |
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| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 32 Neural cores @ 31.6 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 |
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| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (819.1 GB/s) | DDR5-4800 (307.2 GB/s) DDR5-4400 (281.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 192 GB | 4096 GB |
| Memory channels | 8 | 8 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 64 | 5.0 x 80 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 126.0 GB/s | 315.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 |
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| TDP | 80 W | 350 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) | Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 |
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| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Windows, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 |
| Release date | Q2/2023 | Q1/2023 |
| Release price | 8750 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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