Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) features 20 processor cores and has the capability to manage 20 threads concurrently. It was released in Q1/2022 and belongs to the 1 generation of the Apple M series series.
Name: Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
Family: Apple M series
Group: Apple M1
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 1

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) has 20 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the A-Core is 3.2 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator. Processors with hybrid (big.LITTLE) architecture strike a balance between performance and power efficiency, making them ideal for mobile devices.
CPU Cores: 20
Threads: 20
Cores A: 16x Firestorm
Cores B: 4x Icestorm
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 3.2 GHz
B-Core Frequency: 2.06 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) uses the Apple M1 Ultra (48 Core), which has 6144 texture shaders and 768 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Apple M1 Ultra (48 Core)
GPU frequency: 1.3 GHz
GPU (Turbo): --
Execution units: 768
Shaders: 6144
Max. GPU Memory: 64.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 1
Direct X: --
Technology: 5 nm
Release date: Q1/2022

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

AI hardware: Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications: 32 Neural cores @ 22 TOPS

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 128.0 GB distributed across 8 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 819.2 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory: 128.0 GB
Memory channels: 8
Bandwidth: 819.2 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 60 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 60 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: 120 W
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: --

Technical details

The Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) is manufactured using a 5 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 5 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket:
L2-Cache: 52.0 MB
L3-Cache: 0 bytes
Architecture: M1
Operating systems: macOS
Virtualization: Apple Virtualization Framework
Instruction set (ISA): ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date: Q1/2022
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i9-10980XE
18C 36T @ 3.0 GHz
24309
24309
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
24189
24189
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
24189
24189
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
24189
24189
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
16C 32T @ 3.5 GHz
24050
24050

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
16C 32T @ 4.5 GHz
24265
24265
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
24055
24055
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
24055
24055
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
24055
24055
Intel Core i9-13900KF
24C 32T @ 3.0 GHz
23982
23982

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Xeon w7-2495X
24C 48T @ 2.5 GHz
25869
25869
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
23970
23970
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
23970
23970
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
23970
23970
AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.1 GHz
23869
23869

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.5 GHz
21300
21300
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
21200
21200
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
15900
15900
Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.5 GHz
13490
13490
Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz
12150
12150

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.2 GHz
2397
2397
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
2397
2397
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
2397
2397
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.2 GHz
2397
2397
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.2 GHz
2397
2397

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7-11700KF
8C 16T @ 3.6 GHz
1794
1794
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
1793
1793
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
1793
1793
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
1793
1793
Intel Core i7-12850HX
16C 24T @ 2.0 GHz
1788
1788

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.2 GHz
1534
1534
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
1534
1534
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
1534
1534
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.2 GHz
1534
1534
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.2 GHz
1534
1534

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
16C 32T @ 3.5 GHz
384
384
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
379
379
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
379
379
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
379
379
Intel Core i9-12900K
16C 24T @ 3.2 GHz
364
364

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.5 GHz
31.6
31.6
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
22
22
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
22
22
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C 20T @ 3.2 GHz
22
22
Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz
17
17