Apple M5 Ultra (36-Core) vs M4 Ultra
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We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.61 GHz Apple M5 Ultra (36-Core) with 36-cores against the 4.52 GHz M4 Ultra with 32-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 M5 Ultra (36-Core)
- Newer - released 1 year and 4 months later
- Supports up to 512 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM
- Around 176.8 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 4 more physical cores
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#1st place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
Full technical specification of Apple M5 Ultra (36-Core) and M4 UltraGeneral
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Released | August 25, 2026 | May 1, 2025 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Apple M5 | Apple M4 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M5 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 24 | 24 |
| P-Threads | 24 | 24 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.61 GHz | 4.52 GHz |
| E-Cores | 12 | 8 |
| E-Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 4.38 GHz | 2.89 GHz |
| Total Cores | 36 | 32 |
| Total Threads | 36 | 32 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | - |
| Multiplier | 46x | 45x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | - |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Socket | Apple M-Socket | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (#1st place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Apple M5 Ultra GPU (80-core) | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | 10240 | 10240 |
| TMUs | 640 | 640 |
| ROPs | 320 | 320 |
| Execution Units | 1280 | 1280 |
| TGP | - | 120 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 | - LPDDR5X-8533 |
| Max. Memory Size | 512 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory Channels | 64 | 64 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 1228.8 GB/s | 1052 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
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