Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) has 20 CPU cores and can process 20 threads at the same time. The processor was presented in Q1/2022 and is based on the 1. Generation of the Apple M series series. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) achieved a result of 1,793 points (single-core) or 24,055 points (multi-core).
| Name: | Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) |
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| Family: | Apple M series (23) |
| CPU group: | Apple M1 (9) |
| Architecture: | M1 |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 1 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) has 20 cores. The clock frequency of the Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) is 0.60 GHz (3.20 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 20 / 20 |
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| Core architecture: | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| A-Core: | 16x Firestorm |
| B-Core: | 4x Icestorm |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
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| Overclocking: | No |
| A-Core Frequency: | 0.60 GHz (3.20 GHz) |
| B-Core Frequency: | 0.60 GHz (2.06 GHz) |
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.
| AI hardware: | Apple Neural Engine |
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| AI specifications: | 32 Neural cores @ 22 TOPS |
Internal Graphics
The Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) has the Apple M1 Ultra (48 Core) installed, which has 768 streaming multiprocessors (6144 shaders).
| GPU name: | Apple M1 Ultra (48 Core) |
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| GPU frequency: | 0.39 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.30 GHz |
| Compute units: | 768 |
| Shader: | 6144 |
| Hardware Raytracing: | No |
| Release date: | Q1/2022 |
| Max. displays: | 5 |
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| Generation: | 1 |
| Direct X: | -- |
| Technology: | 5 nm |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 64 GB |
| Frame Generation: | No |
Hardware codec support
Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode |
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| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode |
| VP9: | Decode / Encode |
| AV1: | No |
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| AVC: | Decode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) supports a maximum of 128 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 8 (Octa Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 819.2 GB/s. |
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| Memory type: | Memory bandwidth: |
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| LPDDR5-6400 | 819.2 GB/s |
| Max. Memory: | 128 GB |
| Memory channels: | 8 (Octa Channel) |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth: | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) has a TDP of 60 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 60 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | 120 W |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) is made in 5 nm and has 52.00 MB cache.
| Technology: | 5 nm |
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| Chip design: | Chiplet |
| Socket: | -- |
| L2-Cache: | 52.00 MB |
| L3-Cache: | -- |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
| Operating systems: | macOS |
| Virtualization: | Apple Virtualization Framework |
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| Instruction set (ISA): | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date: | Q1/2022 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
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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.
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C 12T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13900HK
14C 20T @ 5.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13900HX
24C 32T @ 5.40 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-13700HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
12C 24T @ 5.60 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 5.40 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13900F
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750G
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1185G7
4C 8T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-11900T
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i5-14600K
14C 20T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-14600KF
14C 20T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-10980XE
18C 36T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13600K
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i5-13600T
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-11700K
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-11700KF
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12800HX
16C 24T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12850HX
16C 24T @ 4.80 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
16C 32T @ 5.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-14700K
20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-14700KF
20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13900KF
24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13900K
24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7545U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
32C 64T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX
64C 128T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX
96C 192T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-14900KS
24C 32T @ 5.90 GHz |
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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.
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
Apple M2 Ultra (76 Core) @ 1.40 GHz |
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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
Apple M2 Ultra (60 Core) @ 1.40 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
Apple M1 Ultra (64 Core) @ 1.30 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
Apple M1 Ultra (48 Core) @ 1.30 GHz |
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Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU)
Apple M3 Max (40 Core) @ 1.40 GHz |
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Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
Apple M2 Max (38 Core) @ 1.40 GHz |
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Microsoft XBox Series X
AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (XBox Series X) @ 1.83 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KF
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900K
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Gold 6354
18C 36T @ 3.40 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7352
24C 48T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KF
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7F52
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900K
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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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).
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 0.60 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 0.60 GHz |
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Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
272 entries
272 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
271 entries
271 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
586 entries
586 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
565 entries
565 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries
2,488 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries
2,461 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries
1,755 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries
1,703 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,039 entries
2,039 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
212 entries
212 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries
2,392 entries
AI / ML Performance
116 entries
116 entries
News and articles for the Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
Apple M2 Pro with more CPU cores and production in 3 nm ?
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In this article we describe how Apple could realize this and why the price should also go up.
In this article we describe how Apple could realize this and why the price should also go up.
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Many leakers had counted on Apple not presenting its new second-generation M processor until the fall. But things turned out differently. And there is very likely a reason for that: the improvements in the Apple M2 are limited compared to the predecessor.
Description of the processor
The Apple M1 Ultra has a total of 20 CPU cores, which with a clock frequency of 3.2 GHz (performance core) resp. 2.06 GHz (efficiency core) at the same level as already with the normal Apple M1 resp. the larger expansion stages Apple M1 Pro and Apple M1 Max lie.The Apple M1 Ultra with 48-GPU cores has the same number of CPU cores as the Apple M1 Ultra with 64 GPU cores. The only difference between the two Apple M1 Ultra processors is the internal graphics unit (iGPU).
The Apple M1 Ultra is currently the largest and fastest Apple processor. It combines two individual Apple M1 Max processor chips via an interface with a bandwidth of 2.5 TB / s. A similar technology has long been used by AMD in its AMD Ryzen processors.
In addition to the CPU cores, the two graphics units (24 GPU cores each) are synchronized via the interfaces of the two processors in the Apple M1 Ultra. The interface itself, according to Apple, consists of 1000 separate lines, which make such a large bandwidth possible at all.
The storage bandwidth of the LPDDR5-6400 memory is close to 820 GB / s, which is approx. 10x as fast as current desktop processors from AMD and Intel. Since Apple does not put any external graphics device in its new products, the memory does not need to be so fast to slow down the GPUs of the Apple M1 Ultra. Processor and graphics unit divide dynamically up to 128 GB large memory.
The Apple M1 Ultra with 48 GPU cores achieves an FP32 computing power (simple accuracy) of 15.9 TFLOP / s. This is 25% less than the larger expansion stage of the Apple M1 Ultra with 64-GPU cores. This results in an FP32 performance of 21.2 TFLOP / s. Nevertheless, even the 48-core variant of the GPU is clearly superior to the iGPU of the competition and approx. 4x as fast as the iGPU of the AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX. Even in direct comparison with a dedicated graphics card from AMD or NVIDIA, the new Apple M1 Ultra looks good and is at about the level of an AMD Radeon RX 6800 (16.2 TFLOP / s) respectively. an NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti (16.5 TFLOP / s).
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