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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) has 24 cores with 24 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the Apple M series series. The processor was released in Q2/2023. The Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) scores 1,940 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 27,860 points.
| Name: | Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) |
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| Family: | Apple M series (25) |
| CPU group: | Apple M2 (8) |
| Architecture: | M2 |
| Technology: | 5 nm |
| Segment: | Notebook |
| Generation: | 2 |
| Predecessor: | Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) is 0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 24 / 24 |
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| Core architecture: | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| A-Core: | 16x Avalanche |
| B-Core: | 8x Blizzard |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
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| Overclocking: | No |
| A-Core Frequency: | 0.66 GHz (3.50 GHz) |
| B-Core Frequency: | 0.60 GHz (2.42 GHz) |
NPU AI performance
The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
| AI hardware: | Apple Neural Engine |
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| AI specifications: | 32 Neural cores @ 31.6 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU: | -- |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
The Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) uses the Apple M2 Ultra (60 Core), which has 7680 texture shaders and 960 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | Apple M2 Ultra (60 Core) |
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| GPU frequency: | 0.45 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.40 GHz |
| Compute units: | 960 |
| Shader: | 7680 |
| Hardware Raytracing: | No |
| Release date: | Q2/2023 |
| Max. displays: | 8 |
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| Generation: | 2 |
| Direct X: | -- |
| Technology: | 5 nm |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 192 GB |
| Frame Generation: | No |
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 192 GB memory in 8 (Octa Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 819.1 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 | 819.1 GB/s |
| Max. Memory: | 192 GB |
| Memory channels: | 8 (Octa Channel) |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 4.0 x 64 |
| PCIe Bandwidth: | 126.0 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 80 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): | 80 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | 100 °C |
Technical details
The Apple M2 Ultra (60-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 72.00 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: | 72.00 MB |
| L3-Cache: | -- |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
| Operating systems: | macOS, iPadOS |
| Virtualization: | Apple Virtualization Framework |
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| Instruction set (ISA): | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date: | Q2/2023 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Apple M2 Ultra (60-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.
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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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
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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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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
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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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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
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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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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
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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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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
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Intel Core i7-13800H
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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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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU)
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Intel Core i9-14900HX
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Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
14C 14T @ 3.60 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)
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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
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Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU)
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Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
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Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
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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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AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 4.90 GHz |
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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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AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13900HX
24C 32T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-14900HX
24C 32T @ 2.20 GHz |
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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.
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Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
14,855 CB R23 MC @ 40 W |
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Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
14,855 CB R23 MC @ 40 W |
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Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
14,855 CB R23 MC @ 40 W |
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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
28,570 CB R23 MC @ 80 W |
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
28,570 CB R23 MC @ 80 W |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
33,450 CB R23 MC @ 104 W |
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Intel Core i7-1365U
9,325 CB R23 MC @ 29 W |
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AI performance (NPU)
The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.
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).
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 M3
8C 8T @ 0.70 GHz |
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Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 0.70 GHz |
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 0.66 GHz |
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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C 24T @ 0.66 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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AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
314 entries
314 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
304 entries
304 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
598 entries
598 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
580 entries
580 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,817 entries
1,817 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,763 entries
1,763 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,500 entries
2,500 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,472 entries
2,472 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,088 entries
2,088 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,422 entries
2,422 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
119 entries
119 entries
AI performance (NPU)
154 entries
154 entries
Description of the processor
The Apple M2 Ultra is currently Apples fastest processor. It is created by merging two Apple M2 Max processors together. The technical data therefore correspond exactly to a doubling of the Apple M2 Max.In the Apple M2 Ultra, 16 large "Avalanche" CPU cores work with 8 smaller and more efficient "Blizzard" cores. As with all M2 processors, the clock frequency is 3.5 GHz for the large cores and 2.8 GHz for the efficiency cores.
The Apple M2 Ultra also has an AI engine that is twice as large as the Apple M2 Max. A total of 32 Neural Cores are used with a total performance of almost 32 TOPS. This is also a lot compared to the competition and allows the Apple M2 Ultra to significantly speed up certain scenarios in image and video processing.
The Apple M2 Ultra is available with two different graphics solutions. Once with 60 GPU cores and once with 76 GPU cores. Apart from the graphics performance, the two processors are identical. The Apple M2 Ultra with 60 GPU cores achieves an FP32 speed of 21.3 TFLOPS, while the Apple M2 Ultra with 76 GPU cores reaches 27 TFLOPS.
The Apple M2 Ultra supports up to 192 GB of RAM. The memory is of the LPDDR5-6400 type and is connected to the processor via 8 memory channels. The bandwidth is very high at 820 GB/s in order to supply the integrated graphics with data quickly enough.
External devices can be connected to the system (Apple Mac Pro) via 64 PCIe 4.0 lines. The Apple M2 Ultra has a total of 72 MB of cache. It is manufactured in chiplet design in a 5 nm manufacturing process at TSMC. Apple introduced the Apple M2 Ultra in June 2023 as the fastest and probably last Apple M2 processor. It is used in the Apple Mac Studio and Mac Pro.
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