Apple M5 Ultra GPU (64-core) vs M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
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Apple M5 Ultra GPU (64-core)
Custom
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
Custom
We compared two integrated desktop professional GPUs: the Apple M5 Ultra GPU (64-core) with 1024 pipelines and 8192 shaders against the 1 year and 6 months older M3 Ultra GPU (80-core) that utilizes 1280 pipelines and 10240 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Scores marked with a red asterisk (**) represent initial estimates from early testing.
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Apple M5 Ultra GPU (64-core)
- Has 50% higher memory bandwidth: 1228.8 vs 819.3 GB/s
Reasons to consider the Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
- Has 25% more shading units (10240 vs 8192)
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Solar Bay | - | 63597 |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 47814 |
GeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | - | 204.5 img/sec |
| Face Detection | - | 126 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | - | 6.53 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | - | 10.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | - | 9.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | - | 1.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | - | 560.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | - | 25267.8 FPS |
| API | - | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Recent User Tests
Apple M5 Ultra GPU (64-core)
No benchmark results yet
Apple M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-03-16 (Tyler) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 145706 |
| 📘 2025-03-16 (Tyler) | Cinebench 2024 | 19448 |
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) | - | 8094 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | - | 24595 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | - | 25190 |
| Face Detection (HP) | - | 38337 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | - | 111021 |
| Text Classification (SP) | - | 2786 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | - | 4339 |
| Object Detection (SP) | - | 7668 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | - | 37488 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | - | 244483 |
| Framework | - | Core ML |
| Backend | - | GPU |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Apple M5 Ultra GPU (64-core) and M3 Ultra GPU (80-core)General
| Vendor | Apple | Apple |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | August 25, 2026 | March 5, 2025 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Professional | Professional |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | Apple M GPU | Apple M GPU |
| GPU Codename | Custom | Custom |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 5080 | - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| Successor | - | - Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) |
| Recommended CPU | - Apple M5 Ultra (30-Core) or above | - Apple M3 Ultra or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Apple M5 Ultra (30-Core) | - Apple M3 Ultra |
Desktop GPU rating (22nd and 30th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 500 MHz | - |
| Boost Clock | 1620 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| Shading Units | 8192 | 10240 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 640 | 640 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 320 | 320 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 1024 | 1280 |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 518 GPixel/s | 442 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 1037 GTexel/s | 883 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Custom | Custom |
| TGP | - | 140 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Transistor Count | - | 184 billion |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Clock | 9600 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Bus | 1024-bit | 1024-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
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