Following the revelation that the M2 Ultra could compete with Intel and AMD’s top-end desktop processors while being somewhat quicker in multi-core performance than the M1 Ultra, a new Geekbench 6 compute benchmark surfaced. Surprisingly, it is only 10% slower than the RTX 4080, NVIDIA’s second-fastest desktop GPU, trailing only the RTX 4090.
In terms of performance, this edition of the M2 Ultra has 128GB of unified RAM and a 24-core CPU arrangement, which implies that the variant under test has 76 GPU cores. The chip scored 220,674 points in the Metal benchmark, which is remarkable when compared to other hardware. The M1 Ultra receives a score of 150,407 on the Metal benchmark charts.
This significant difference implies that the M2 Ultra is 46 percent faster than the M1 Ultra, and one of the reasons for this is most likely the increase in GPU cores.
Whereas the M1 Ultra could only support 64 GPU cores, the M2 Ultra goes one better with a 76-core GPU configuration.
However, the best part is that Apple’s latest and apparently greatest is barely faster than a desktop RTX 4080. James Atkinson updated YouTuber Vadim Yuryev on the Geekbench 6 compute scores via Twitter.
In the same test, the RTX 4080 scored 245,808, making the M2 Ultra only 10% slower in this category. Of course, Apple’s flagship SoC will perform differently in other Geekbench testing, but it is worth noting and admiring Apple’s bespoke silicon division’s growth. We can only speculate on what surprises await us when the M3 lineup debuts late this year or early in 2024.
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