Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) vs Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q1/2022
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
Released
Q3/2021
Overall score
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Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)

What's the best choice Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) or Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 20 / 20 Cores. Power consumption of 60 W. Released in Q1/2022.

Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 10 / 10 Cores. Power consumption of 30 W. Released in Q3/2021.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    17 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    10 times more cores

    20 left arrow 10

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    104 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    43 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    95 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    30 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    7 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    4 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    52 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.5 times less performance per watt

    30 W left arrow 60 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    110 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    137 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    6 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    103 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    139 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    18 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    74 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    78 place

Specifications

Technical data
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    Apple M series left arrow Apple M series
  • CPU group
    Apple M1 left arrow Apple M1
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 1
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • CPU Cores / Threads
    20 / 20 left arrow 10 / 10
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • A-Core
    16x Firestorm left arrow 8x Firestorm
  • B-Core
    4x Icestorm left arrow 2x Icestorm
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    Apple M1 Ultra (48 Core) left arrow Apple M1 Pro (16 Core)
  • GPU frequency
    1.30 GHz left arrow 1.30 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    768 left arrow 256
  • Shader
    6144 left arrow 2048
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow 16 GB
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 1
  • Technology
    5 nm left arrow 5 nm
  • Release date
    Q1/2022 left arrow Q3/2021
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) and Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR5-6400 left arrow LPDDR5-6400
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    8 (Octa Channel) left arrow 2
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • PCIe
    4.0 left arrow 4.0
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) and Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    60 W left arrow 30 W
  • TDP up
    120 W left arrow 40 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) and Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Technology
    5 nm left arrow 5 nm
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • L2-Cache
    52.00 MB left arrow 28.00 MB
  • Architecture
    M1 left arrow M1
  • Virtualization
    Apple Virtualization Framework left arrow None
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation left arrow Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
  • Release date
    Q1/2022 left arrow Q3/2021
  • Part Number
    -- left arrow APL 1103

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) and Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU).

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
1534
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
1536
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading
24189
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
12390
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1793
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
1768
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
24055
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
12574
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
15900
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
5300
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)

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