Apple M4 Ultra vs M3 Max
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We compared two CPUs: the 4.52 GHz Apple M4 Ultra (desktop) with 32-cores against the 4.05 GHz M3 Max (laptop) with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Please note that the tests on the Apple M4 Ultra are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M4 Ultra
- Around 642.4 GB/s (157%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- More powerful Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) integrated graphics: 32.3 vs 14.1 TFLOPS
- Newer - released 1 year and 6 months later
- Has 16 more physical cores
- Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
- 26% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4062 vs 3227 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 5133 |
Cinebench Scores (#51st place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 2190 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 198.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 557.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 648.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 309.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 68.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 183.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 30.6 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | - | 91.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | - | 131.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | - | 573M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | - | 61.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | - | 24.7 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | - | 530.4 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | - | 4332 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | - | 24.2B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | - | 30.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 378 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | - | 735.9 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 7.21 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M4 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
Apple M3 Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2024-09-27 (JayZeppelin) | Cinebench 2024 | 142 / 1698 |
| 📘 2024-04-27 (Guest #1) | Cinebench 2024 | 141 / 1459 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M4 Ultra and M3 MaxGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | May 1, 2025 | October 30, 2023 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M4 | Apple M3 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Max (40-сore GPU) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 24 | 12 |
| P-Threads | 24 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.52 GHz | 4.05 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | 4 |
| E-Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.89 GHz | 2.75 GHz |
| Total Cores | 32 | 16 |
| Total Threads | 32 | 16 |
| Multiplier | 45x | 40x |
| L1 Cache | - | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | - | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 92 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 56 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#15th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1578 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| Shading Units | 10240 | 5120 |
| TMUs | 640 | 320 |
| ROPs | 320 | 160 |
| Execution Units | 1280 | 640 |
| TGP | 120 W | 60 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8533 | - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory Size | 192 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 64 | 32 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 1052 GB/s | 409.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| PCI Express Version | - | 4.0 |
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