Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores
Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores is a Desktop processor from Apple. It began to be released in August 2026. The processor has 36 cores and 36 threads. And the processor is also made using 3 nm technology. Its characteristics, as well as benchmark results, are presented in more detail below.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
Platform
Desktop
Launch Date
August 2026
CPU Name
Apple M5 Ultra
Model Name
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The Intel processor number is just one of several factors - along with processor brand, system configurations, and system-level benchmarks - to be considered when choosing the right processor for your computing needs.
Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores
Generation
M5
CPU Specifications
Interconnect Bandwidth
Over 4.4 TB/s
Interconnect Technology
UltraFusion quad-die architecture
Super-core Max Frequency
4.61 GHz
Performance-cores
24
Super-cores
12
Total Cores
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Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).
36
Total Threads
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Where applicable, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology is only available on Performance-cores.
36
CPU Architecture
Apple M5
Technology
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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.
3 nm
Memory Specifications
Memory Type
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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 memory
Max Memory Size
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Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.
512 GB
Max Memory Bandwidth
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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).
1.2 TB/s
GPU Specifications
External Display Standard
DisplayPort 2.1, HDMI 2.1
GPU Name
Apple M5 Ultra 80-core GPU
Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
Supported
Max External Display Resolution
Up to 8K at 60Hz
Video Concurrency
Up to 33 streams of 8K ProRes 422 at 30 fps
Video Decode
H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW, AV1
Video Encode
H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW
Graphics Core Count
80
Max Resolution
Up to 8K at 60Hz
Number of Displays Supported
8
GPU APIs
Metal
Media Engine
Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW; AV1 decode
Video Decode Engines
2
Video Encode Engines
4
ProRes Encode/Decode Engines
4
AI Specifications
NPU Name
32-core Neural Engine
AI Engine
Apple Neural Engine with Neural Accelerators in each GPU core
Neural Engine Core Count
32
Interfaces and Ports
Thunderbolt Support
Thunderbolt 5
USB4 Support
Supported
