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Apple M1 Ultra

Apple M1 Ultra
Apple M1 Ultra is a Desktop processor from Apple. It began to be released in March 2022. The processor has 20 cores and 20 threads. And the processor is also made using 5 nm technology. Its characteristics, as well as benchmark results, are presented in more detail below.
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Basic

Label Name
Apple
Platform
Desktop
Launch Date
March 2022
CPU Name
Apple M1 Ultra
Model Name
?
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Apple M1 Ultra
Foundry
TSMC
Generation
Apple M1 series

CPU Specifications

Interconnect Bandwidth
2.5 TB/s
Interconnect Technology
UltraFusion
Performance Cores
16
Efficient-cores
4
Total Cores
?
Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).
20
Total Threads
?
Where applicable, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology is only available on Performance-cores.
20
CPU Architecture
Apple Firestorm + Apple Icestorm
Efficient-core Max Turbo Frequency
?
Maximum E-core turbo frequency derived from Intel® Turbo Boost Technology.
2.064 GHz
Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency
?
Maximum P-core turbo frequency derived from Intel® Turbo Boost Technology.
3.228 GHz
L1 Cache
P-cores: 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data per core; E-cores: 128 KB instruction + 64 KB data per core
L2 Cache
P-core clusters: 48 MB total; E-core clusters: 8 MB total
L3 Cache
96 MB system level cache
Technology
?
Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.
5 nm
Instruction Set
?
The instruction set is a hard program stored inside the CPU that guides and optimizes CPU operations. With these instruction sets, the CPU can run more efficiently. There are many manufacturers that design CPUs, which results in different instruction sets, such as the 8086 instruction set for the Intel camp and the RISC instruction set for the ARM camp. x86, ARM v8, and MIPS are all codes for instruction sets. Instruction sets can be extended; for example, x86 added 64-bit support to create x86-64. Manufacturers developing CPUs that are compatible with a certain instruction set need authorization from the instruction set patent holder. A typical example is Intel authorizing AMD, enabling the latter to develop CPUs compatible with the x86 instruction set.
ARMv8-A
Extended Instruction Set
ARMv8-A, NEON
Instruction Set Extensions
NEON
Transistor Count
114 billion

Memory Specifications

Memory Type
?
Intel® processors come in four different types: Single Channel, Dual Channel, Triple Channel, and Flex Mode. Maximum supported memory speed may be lower when populating multiple DIMMs per channel on products that support multiple memory channels.
Unified LPDDR5-6400
LPDDR5 Speed
LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
?
Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.
128 GB
Memory Channels
?
The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.
8
Max Memory Bandwidth
?
Max Memory bandwidth is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by the processor (in GB/s).
800 GB/s
Maximum Memory Speed
6400 MT/s
Memory Bus Width
1024-bit

GPU Specifications

GPU Name
Apple M1 Ultra GPU
Video Concurrency
Up to 18 streams of 8K ProRes 422 video
Video Decode
H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW
Video Encode
H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW
Video Processing Unit
Apple media engine with ProRes acceleration
GPU Base Frequency
450 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1296 MHz
Graphics Core Count
64
Number of Displays Supported
Up to 5 displays
GPU APIs
Metal, OpenCL
Graphics Performance
Up to 21.2 TFLOPS FP32
Media Engine
Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW
Video Decode Engines
2
Video Encode Engines
4
ProRes Encode/Decode Engines
4
OpenCL Support
?
OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a multi-platform API (Application Programming Interface) for heterogeneous parallel programming.
Yes

AI Specifications

NPU Name
Apple Neural Engine
NPU Performance
22 TOPS
AI Engine
32-core Apple Neural Engine
Neural Engine Core Count
32

Connectivity

Bluetooth Support
Yes
Bluetooth Version
Bluetooth 5.0
Wi-Fi Standard
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)

Interfaces and Ports

Thunderbolt Support
Yes, Thunderbolt 4 up to 40 Gb/s
USB Version
USB4
USB4 Support
Yes, USB4 up to 40 Gb/s

Miscellaneous

Hardware-Verified Secure Boot
Yes, Apple silicon secure boot chain of trust
Runtime Anti-Exploitation
Kernel Integrity Protection, Pointer Authentication Codes, Fast Permission Restrictions

Geekbench 6

Single Core
2367
Multi Core
18252

Performance

330.6
MB/Sec
File Compression
2030
14.5
Routes/Sec
Navigation
115.3
51.8
Pages/Sec
HTML5 Browser
515.7
52.3
MPixels/Sec
PDF Renderer
530.1
29.1
Images/Sec
Photo Library
347.8
14.3
KLines/Sec
Clang
185.4
188.1
Pages/Sec
Text Processing
247.7
69.1
MB/Sec
Asset Compression
883.8
55
Images/Sec
Object Detection
417.9
8.74
Images/Sec
Background Blur
41.4
86.5
MPixels/Sec
Horizon Detection
724.2
205.6
MPixels/Sec
Object Remover
1120
75.1
MPixels/Sec
HDR
680.7
28.8
Images/Sec
Photo Filter
130.7
1840
KPixels/Sec
Ray Tracer
29000
80.2
KPixels/Sec
Structure from Motion
871.6
Single Core
Multi Core

Passmark CPU

Single Core
3868
Multi Core
41184

Performance

Integer Math
Multi Core
92.7 GOps/Sec
Floating Point Math
Multi Core
130.5 GOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers
Multi Core
541 M Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting
Multi Core
67.1 M Strings/Sec
Data Encryption
Multi Core
25 GB/Sec
Data Compression
Multi Core
559.4 MB/Sec
Physics
Multi Core
5533 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions
Multi Core
23.9 B Matrices/Sec
Single Thread
Multi Core
3.9 GOps/Sec
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Cinebench R23

Single Core
1534
Multi Core
24189

Geekbench 5

Single Core
1793
Multi Core
24055

Cinebench 2024

Single Core
114
Multi Core
1624

Cinebench 2024 GPU

3331

Blender

379

Compared to Other CPU

43%
65%
94%
Better then 43% CPU over the past year
Better then 65% CPU over the past 3 years
Better then 94% CPU

SiliconCat Rating

47
Ranks 47 among Desktop CPU on our website
100
Ranks 100 among all CPU on our website
Cinebench R23 Single Core
M3
Apple, October 2023
1965
Core i5-12490F
Intel, January 2022
1742
M1 Ultra
Apple, March 2022
1534
Ryzen 5 4600HS
AMD, January 2020
1186
Core i7-7800X
Intel, June 2017
954
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
M4 Ultra
Apple, May 2025
44308
M1 Ultra
Apple, March 2022
24189
Core Ultra 5 225H
Intel, January 2025
15880
Core i9-11900
Intel, March 2021
12848
M4 8 Cores
Apple, October 2024
9980
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Core i9-13905H
Intel, January 2023
2587
Ryzen AI 5 435
AMD, January 2026
2457
M1 Ultra
Apple, March 2022
2367
Core Ultra 7 165H
Intel, December 2023
2274
Xeon E-2334
Intel, September 2021
2192
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
37967
21069
M1 Ultra
Apple, March 2022
18252
EPYC 7543
AMD, March 2021
16178
Core Ultra 5 235
Intel, January 2025
14790
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Core i7-13700KF
Intel, September 2022
2062
Core i5-13600KF
Intel, September 2022
1915
M1 Ultra
Apple, March 2022
1793
Core i5-1350PRE
Intel, January 2023
1723
Xeon E-2336
Intel, September 2021
1642
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
EPYC 9684X
AMD, June 2023
87356
Ryzen Threadripper 7960X
AMD, October 2023
34085
M1 Ultra
Apple, March 2022
24055
Core i7-13700K
Intel, September 2022
19390
Core i5-14600KF
Intel, October 2023
16651
Passmark CPU Single Core
4005
Core Ultra 5 225U
Intel, January 2025
3923
M1 Ultra
Apple, March 2022
3868
Ryzen 7 8840U
AMD, December 2023
3808
Ryzen AI 7 H 350
AMD, February 2025
3740
Passmark CPU Multi Core
EPYC 7542
AMD, August 2019
47626
Xeon Gold 6538N
Intel, December 2023
44895
M1 Ultra
Apple, March 2022
41184
Xeon w5-2455X
Intel, February 2023
37867
Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
AMD, January 2026
34906
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
Core i5-14600K
Intel, October 2023
127
M2 Pro
Apple, January 2023
122
M1 Ultra
Apple, March 2022
114
Ryzen AI 5 440
AMD, January 2026
111
Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100
Qualcomm, April 2024
109
Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel, March 2026
1818
Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
Intel, March 2026
1697
M1 Ultra
Apple, March 2022
1624
M4 Pro 12 Cores
Apple, October 2024
1431
Ryzen 9 PRO 9945
AMD, September 2025
1218
Cinebench 2024 GPU
M3
Apple, October 2023
3340
M2
Apple, June 2022
3340
M1 Ultra
Apple, March 2022
3331
M2 Pro
Apple, January 2023
2804
M1 Pro
Apple, October 2021
2423
Blender
Xeon w9-3495X
Intel, February 2023
1142
M1 Ultra
Apple, March 2022
379
Xeon E5-2697 v3
Intel, September 2014
198
Xeon E5-2673 v3
Intel, September 2014
149
Xeon E5-1650 v2
Intel, September 2013
70

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