Apple recently unveiled its new Mac Studio desktop, featuring the M3 Ultra and M4 Max chips, with the M3 Ultra now appearing in a Geekbench 6 listing. The M3 Ultra version includes a 32-core CPU and 256GB of unified memory, achieving a single-core score of 3,221 and a multi-core score of 27,749. Notably, the M3 Ultra is 20% slower in single-core performance than the M4 Max MacBook Pro but shows an 8% advantage in multi-core tests. Compared to the M2 Ultra, it offers 13% and 25% improvements in single and multi-core scores, respectively, falling short of Apple’s projected performance gains.
Earlier this week, Apple unveiled its latest Mac Studio desktop featuring the M4 Max and the all-new M3 Ultra chips. A model of the Mac Studio equipped with the M3 Ultra has surfaced in a Geekbench 6 listing, marking our first look at Apple’s premier M-series chip.
The listing reveals that the M3 Ultra Mac Studio (Mac15,14) encompasses the chip’s 32-core CPU and is equipped with 256GB of unified memory. It achieved a single-core score of 3,221 and a multi-core score of 27,749.
Mac Studio M3 Ultra Geekbench scorecard
The results indicate that the M3 Ultra is approximately 20% slower in the single-core test than a MacBook Pro 16 featuring the M4 Max chip (16-core CPU). However, the multi-core results show an 8% lead for the M3 Ultra.
When comparing the M3 Ultra Mac Studio to its M2 Ultra predecessor, we observe a 13% improvement in single-core scores and a 25% increase in multi-core performance. This falls short of the advertised 50% CPU performance boost highlighted in Apple’s promotional materials.
It’s important to mention that these benchmarks are preliminary and focus on CPU performance, so further official tests and more GPU-intensive benchmarks are expected, where the M3 Ultra should demonstrate its capabilities. Additionally, the M3 Ultra utilizes TSMC’s first-generation 3nm process, while the M4 series benefits from the more efficient second-generation design.
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