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Apple M2 Pro vs M1 Ultra

Apple M2 Pro
VS
Apple M1 Ultra
Apple M2 Pro
Apple M1 Ultra

We compared two CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Pro (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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (1)

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
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

What are the key differences between Ultra and Pro
Advantages of Apple M2 Pro
  • Newer - released 11-months later
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 2003 vs 1772 points
Advantages of Apple M1 Ultra
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
  • Around 595.2 GB/s (291%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 8 more physical cores

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +10%
1646
M1 Ultra
1499
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro
14917
M1 Ultra +60%
23836
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +7%
4110
M1 Ultra
3832
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro
26293
M1 Ultra +54%
40596
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
M2 Pro +13%
1988
M1 Ultra
1765
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
M2 Pro
14844
M1 Ultra +60%
23686
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Apple M2 Pro and M1 Ultra

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 Pro GPU (19-core) Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz 2.1 GHz
Total
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 40 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 Pro GPU (19-core) Apple M1 Ultra GPU (64-core)
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 1296 MHz
Shading Units 2432 8192
TMUs 152 512
ROPs 76 256
TGP 35 W 120 W
Max. Resolution 7680x4320 - 60 Hz 6016x3384 - 60 Hz
iGPU FLOPS
M2 Pro
6.8 TFLOPS
M1 Ultra
20.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
Memory Size 32 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 4 16
Max. Memory Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s 800 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

PCI Express Version 4.0 -

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6. Core i7 13700K or M2 Pro
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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M1 Ultra or M2 Pro?
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Price / Performance 23 January 2023 13:25
Price Performance of M2 Pro vs M1 Ultra, M2 Pro wins. Think about it like this, if you cannot utilize the M1 Ultra to its fullest potential (by having to render Video at a high vertical scale) or similar, you can buy 3x the Mac Mini on M2 Pro, and hire 2 Junior people to work with you. Give them the additional 2 machines you could buy with that money, and triple your business output.
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