Apple M5 Ultra (36-Core) vs M3 Ultra
100
out of 100
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95
out of 100
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 Ultra (36-Core) with 36-cores against the 4.05 GHz M3 Ultra with 32-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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Apple M5 Ultra (36-Core)
- Newer - released 1 year and 6 months later
- Around 409.5 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 33% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4331 vs 3266 points
- More powerful Apple M5 Ultra GPU (80-core) integrated graphics: 33.2 vs 28.3 TFLOPS
- Has 4 more physical cores
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 11987 |
Cinebench Scores (1st and 2nd place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 2690 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 319.2 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 819.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 701.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 327.5 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 63.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 190.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 61.5 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | - | 181.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | - | 183.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | - | 1063M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | - | 123.1M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | - | 49.4 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | - | 1076.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | - | 8863 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | - | 55.1B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | - | 21.4 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | - | 212.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | - | 520.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 5.13 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Apple M5 Ultra (36-Core)
No benchmark results yet
Apple M3 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-08-13 (Losito) | Cinebench 2024 | 93 / 2422 |
| 📘 2025-03-17 (Luigi9212) | Cinebench 2024 | 148 / 2818 |
| 📘 2025-03-16 (Tyler) | Cinebench 2024 | 133 / 2753 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M5 Ultra (36-Core) and M3 UltraGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | August 25, 2026 | March 5, 2025 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv8 |
| Codename | Apple M5 | Apple M3 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M5 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 24 | 24 |
| P-Threads | 24 | 24 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.61 GHz | 4.05 GHz |
| E-Cores | 12 | 8 |
| E-Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 4.38 GHz | 2.75 GHz |
| Total Cores | 36 | 32 |
| Total Threads | 36 | 32 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 46x | 40x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 192K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | - | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 184 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | - | 140 W |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (1st and 4th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M5 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| Shading Units | 10240 | 10240 |
| TMUs | 640 | 640 |
| ROPs | 320 | 320 |
| Execution Units | 1280 | 1280 |
| TGP | - | 140 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 | - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory Size | 512 GB | 512 GB |
| Memory Channels | 64 | 64 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 1228.8 GB/s | 819.3 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
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