Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) vs Max GPU (40-core)
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Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
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Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
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We compared two integrated laptop professional GPUs: the Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) with 1280 pipelines and 10240 shaders against the 6 months older Max GPU (40-core) that utilizes 640 pipelines and 5120 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Please note that the tests on the Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this GPU is available.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
- Performs significantly better (up to 78%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2x higher maximum theoretical performance (32.3 vs 16.2 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 87% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (218K vs 116K)
- Has 2x more shading units (10240 vs 5120)
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Solar Bay | - | 61312 |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 36641 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | - | 195 img/sec |
| Face Detection | - | 125.9 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | - | 4.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | - | 7.47 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | - | 5.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | - | 1.06 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | - | 417.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | - | 17079.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Recent User Tests
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
No benchmark results yet
Apple M4 Max GPU (40-core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-07-10 (thomas) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 116478 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | - | 10302 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | - | 23763 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | - | 29314 |
| Face Detection (HP) | - | 42016 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | - | 105972 |
| Text Classification (SP) | - | 2963 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | - | 6594 |
| Object Detection (SP) | - | 8935 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | - | 43143 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | - | 221563 |
| Framework | - | Core ML |
| Backend | - | GPU |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) and Max GPU (40-core)General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | May 1, 2025 | October 30, 2024 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional | Professional |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Apple M GPU | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Custom | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 5080 | - GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop |
| Successor | - | - Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Apple M4 Ultra or above | - Apple M4 Max (16-Core) or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Apple M4 Ultra | - Apple M4 Max (16-Core) |
Laptop GPU ranking (#14th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1578 MHz | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | 10240 | 5120 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 640 | 320 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 320 | 160 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 1280 | 640 |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 505 GPixel/s | 252 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 1010 GTexel/s | 505 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Custom | Custom |
| TGP | 120 W | 50 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | 8533 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Bus | 1024-bit | 512-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
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