Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) has 20 cores with 20 threads and is based on the 1. gen of the Apple M series series. The processor was released in Q1/2022. The Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) scores 1,793 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 24,055 points.
| Name: | Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) |
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| Family: | Apple M series |
| CPU group: | Apple M1 |
| Architecture: | M1 |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 1 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) has 20 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) is 3.20 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| 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: | 3.20 GHz |
| B-Core Frequency: | 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 (64-GPU) has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) uses the Apple M1 Ultra (64 Core), which has 8192 texture shaders and 1024 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | Apple M1 Ultra (64 Core) |
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| GPU frequency: | 1.30 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo |
| Compute units: | 1024 |
| Shader: | 8192 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 64 GB |
| Max. displays: | 5 |
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| Generation: | 1 |
| Direct X: | -- |
| Technology: | 5 nm |
| Release date: | Q1/2022 |
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.
| 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 processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 8 (Octa Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 819.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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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 thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 60 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 60 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | 120 W |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
The Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU) is made in 5 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 52.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| 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-A64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date: | Q1/2022 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Apple M1 Ultra (64-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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Intel Core i5-13600K
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C 12T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13900HX
24C 32T @ 5.40 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 5.40 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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Intel Core i9-13900HX
24C 32T @ 5.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 5.40 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
12C 24T @ 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 (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-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 i5-13600K
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-10980XE
18C 36T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700KF
12C 20T @ 4.70 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 (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-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 EPYC 7532
32C 64T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7413
24C 48T @ 3.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
16C 32T @ 5.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-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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Intel Core i9-12900HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13490F
10C 16T @ 4.80 GHzNot verified |
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Intel Core i5-13600HX
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-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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Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Xeon w7-2495X
24C 48T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9654P
96C 192T @ 3.55 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 9654
96C 192T @ 3.55 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 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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Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
Apple M2 Max (30 Core) @ 1.40 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 (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-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 (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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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX
12C 24T @ 4.30 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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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz |
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Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
205 entries
205 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
206 entries
206 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
527 entries
527 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
504 entries
504 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,399 entries
2,399 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,372 entries
2,372 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,648 entries
1,648 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,599 entries
1,599 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,925 entries
1,925 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
212 entries
212 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries
2,319 entries
AI / ML Performance
50 entries
50 entries
News and articles for the Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
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Description of the processor
In the Apple M1 Ultra, Apple relies on a total of 20 CPU cores. The clock frequency of 3.2 GHz (performance cores) and 2.06 GHz (efficiency cores) is on the same level as that of the normal Apple M1 or the larger expansion stages Apple M1 Pro and Apple M1 Max.The Apple M1 Ultra with 64 GPU cores 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. AMD also uses a similar technology in its current AMD Ryzen processors.
In addition to the CPU cores, the two graphics units are also synchronized via the interface of the two processors in the Apple M1 Ultra. According to Apple, the interface itself consists of 1000 separate lines, which make such a large bandwidth possible in the first place.
The memory bandwidth of the LPDDR5-6400 memory is almost 820 GB/s, which is approx. 10x as fast as current desktop processors from AMD and Intel. Since Apple does not use an external graphics unit in its new products, the memory has to be fast enough not to slow down the GPU units of the Apple M1 Ultra. The processor and graphics unit dynamically share the memory of up to 128 GB.
The Apple M1 Ultra with 64 GPU cores achieves an FP32 processing performance (single precision) of 21.2 TFLOP/s. The strongest Apple iGPU is about 5x as fast as the fastest iGPU of the competition AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX. When it comes to graphics performance, the Apple M1 Ultra does not need to fear comparison with external graphics cards from AMD or NVIDIA. The FP32 performance is roughly on par with an AMD Radeon RX 6800XT or an NVIDIA RTX 3070.
Thanks to the latest 5 nm production and the energy-efficient ARM chip design, the energy consumption of the Apple M1 Ultra is also impressive and is slightly above the latest AMD Ryzen 6000 mobile processors.
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