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 |
| CPU group: | Apple M2 |
| Architecture: | M2 |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| 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 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: | 3.50 GHz |
| B-Core Frequency: | 2.80 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 @ 31.6 TOPS |
Internal Graphics
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: | 1.40 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo |
| Compute units: | 960 |
| Shader: | 7680 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 192 GB |
| Max. displays: | 8 |
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| Generation: | 2 |
| Direct X: | -- |
| Technology: | 5 nm |
| Release date: | Q2/2023 |
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 90 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): | 90 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-A64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation |
| Release date: | Q2/2023 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
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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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Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13900K
24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13900KF
24C 32T @ 5.80 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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Intel Core i9-12900K
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
16C 32T @ 5.70 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 i9-13900K
24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
24C 48T @ 4.50 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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Intel Xeon W-3175X
28C 56T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13900HX
24C 32T @ 5.40 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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Intel Core i7-1250U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-12490F
6C 12T @ 4.60 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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Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 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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AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7945
12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
16C 32T @ 4.20 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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Intel Core i9-7980XE
18C 36T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-3275
28C 56T @ 3.40 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 i5-13600K
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900E
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-13850HX
20C 28T @ 5.30 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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Intel Core i7-13800H
14C 20T @ 5.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13900HK
14C 20T @ 5.40 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 7502P
32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7443P
24C 48T @ 3.60 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 74F3
24C 48T @ 3.80 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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Intel Xeon W-3375
38C 72T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-14900KF
24C 32T @ 5.70 GHzNot verified |
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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 7 7800X3D
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13900HX
24C 32T @ 5.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-13850HX
20C 28T @ 5.30 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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Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.50 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 EPYC 9654
96C 192T @ 3.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-14900K
24C 32T @ 5.70 GHzNot verified |
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Intel Core i9-14900KF
24C 32T @ 5.70 GHzNot verified |
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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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Intel Xeon w9-3475X
36C 72T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 5.60 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)
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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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 A17 Pro
6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Apple M2 Ultra (60-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 (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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Benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
177 entries
177 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
178 entries
178 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
AI / ML Performance
50 entries
50 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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