How Fast is Apple's M5 Ultra Chip? First Benchmark Result is Truly Wild
The first unverified benchmark result for Apple's new M5 Ultra chip surfaced in the Geekbench 7 database today, offering a look at the chip's impressive performance gains. The new Mac Studio will be Apple's first device to be equipped with the M5 Ultra. Here is how the highest-end M5 Ultra chip with a 36-core CPU scored: Single-core CPU score: 3,774 Multi-core CPU score: 52,516 Apple never…
Apple's new M5 Ultra chip has generated buzz with an unverified benchmark result showing astonishing performance gains. The chip is set to power the first Mac Studio device equipped with the M5 Ultra. According to the score on Geekbench 7, the M5 Ultra with a 36-core CPU achieved a single-core CPU score of 3,774 and a multi-core CPU score of 52,516.
Apple hasn't released an M4 Ultra chip, but the M3 Ultra with a 32-core CPU had average scores of 2,920 single-core and 39,059 multi-core on Geekbench 7. If verified, the M5 Ultra could offer up to 30% faster single-core CPU performance and up to 35% faster multi-core performance compared to the M3 Ultra. However, the M5 Ultra comes with a hefty price tag, starting at $6,799 in the U.S. for the Mac Studio.
Apple claims up to 1.25× faster single-threaded and 1.3× faster multi-threaded CPU performance compared to the M3 Ultra, which the benchmark seemingly confirms. The M5 Ultra's maximum multi-core performance of 52,516 positions it ahead of other chip models, including the M5 Max (35,119), M5 Pro (33,593), and even the M1 Ultra (23,328).
The Mac Studio with both M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips, along with the Mac mini featuring M6 and M5 Pro chips, will be unveiled on September 22. GPU results for the M5 Ultra are yet to appear in the Geekbench 7 database.
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