Apple M2 Max vs M1 Ultra
We compared two CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Max (laptop) with 12-cores against the 3.2 GHz M1 Ultra (desktop) with 20-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M2 Max
- Newer - released 10-months later
- 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 2009 vs 1772 points
Advantages of Apple M1 Ultra
- Around 390.4 GB/s (95%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | January 17, 2023 | March 8, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M2 | Apple M1 |
| Model number | - | APL1106/APL1W06 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) | Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 16 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | 4 |
| E-Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 20 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 20 |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 48MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 67 billions | 114 billions |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| TDP | 30 W | 60 W |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) | Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 450 MHz | 450 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1398 MHz | 1296 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4864 | 8192 |
| TMUs | 304 | 512 |
| ROPs | 152 | 256 |
| TGP | 70 W | 120 W |
| Max. Resolution | 7680x4320 - 60 Hz | 6016x3384 - 60 Hz |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | LPDDR5-6400 | LPDDR5-6400 |
| Memory Size | 96 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 8 | 16 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 800 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
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