Apple M2 Ultra vs M2 Max
We compared two CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 Ultra (desktop) with 24-cores against the 3.5 GHz M2 Max (laptop) with 12-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 power consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score when comparing desktop CPUs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M2 Ultra
- Has 12 more physical cores
- Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM
- Around 390.4 GB/s (95%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
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Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 2060 MB/sec | 1740 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 224.9 Klines/sec | 128.4 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 555.3 pages/sec | 358.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 611.6 Mpixels/sec | 385.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 282.9 pages/sec | 262.5 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 55.6 images/sec | 54.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 164.6 images/sec | 143 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 35.2 Mpixels/sec | 17.8 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 117.2 GOps/sec | 58.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 148.4 GOps/sec | 74 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 711M Primes/sec | 363M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 84.2M Strings/sec | 41.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 31.8 GBytes/sec | 15.8 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 680.8 MBytes/sec | 338.3 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 7493 Frames/sec | 3846 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 24.6B Matrices/sec | 12.1B Matrices/sec |
Value for money
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Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M2 Ultra and M2 MaxGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | May 5, 2023 | January 17, 2023 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| instruction set | ARMv8 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M2 | Apple M2 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core) | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 16 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | 4 |
| E-Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 24 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 24 | 12 |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 64MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | 134 billions | 67 billions |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 60 W | 30 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M2 Max GPU (76-core) | Apple M2 Max GPU (38-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 450 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | - | 1398 MHz |
| Shading Units | - | 4864 |
| TMUs | - | 304 |
| ROPs | - | 152 |
| TGP | - | 70 W |
| Max. Resolution | - | 7680x4320 - 60 Hz |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | - LPDDR5-6400 | - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Memory Size | 192 GB | 96 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 16 | 8 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 800 GB/s | 409.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
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