Apple M5 Ultra (36-Core)

Cores: 36
TDP: – W
Transistor size: 3 nm

M5 Ultra (36-Core) - desktop processor produced by Apple for socket Apple M-Socket that has 36 cores and 36 threads. The base clock frequency of the CPU is 4610 MHz. Please note that this chip has integrated graphics Apple M5 Ultra GPU (80-core).

Review

Single-Core Performance

100

Multi-Core Performance

100

Power Efficiency

Integrated Graphics

NanoReview Final Score

100

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Test in Benchmarks

Performance test of Apple M5 Ultra (36-Core) in benchmarks

Cinebench

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Cinebench 2024 (Single)

210

Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

3705

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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

4331

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

38806

Sources: GeekBench [1]

Specifications

M5 Ultra (36-Core) technical specifications

General

Vendor	Apple
Released	August 25, 2026
Type	Desktop
Instruction Set	ARMv9
Codename	Apple M5
Integrated GPU	Apple M5 Ultra GPU (80-core)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores	24
P-Threads	24
Base Frequency (P)	4.61 GHz

Efficient Cores
E-Cores	12
E-Threads	12
Base Frequency (E)	4.38 GHz

Total
Total Cores	36
Total Threads	36
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	46x
L1 Cache	192K (per core)
Unlocked Multiplier	No

Package

Fabrication Process	3 nm
Socket	Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature	100°C

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iGPU

Integrated Graphics	Apple M5 Ultra GPU (80-core)
GPU Base Clock	500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock	1620 MHz
Shading Units	10240
TMUs	640
ROPs	320
Execution Units	1280

iGPU FLOPS

33.2 TFLOPS

See also: Apple M5 Ultra GPU (80-core) – integrated graphics of this CPU

Memory Support

Memory Types	- LPDDR5X-9600
Max. Memory Size	512 GB
Memory Channels	64
Max. Memory Bandwidth	1228.8 GB/s
ECC Support	No

Misc

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fuuk1 August 26, 2026 at 04:24 AM

M5 Ultra is 3nm, TSMC's N3P.

+3 Reply

Serhii August 26, 2026 at 06:59 AM

Appreciate your useful comment.

+1 Reply

fuuk1 August 26, 2026 at 04:10 AM

Does anyone feel that a Mac Studio with an M5 Ultra has the hardware that where the software is gonna be the bottleneck? In the long run, I mean. After 10 years, I feel it's still gonna be fast but by that time Apple is gonna kill its software support. But of course, the people it's geared towards probably won't keep it for 10 years except for few.