M5 Ultra and M6 Chip Benchmark Results Reveal Graphics Performance
The first GPU benchmark results for Apple's new M5 Ultra and M6 chips have surfaced, ahead of the new Mac Studio and Mac mini models launching on Tuesday. If you are interested in CPU results, we shared those earlier this week . So far, the M5 Ultra has achieved up to a 59% higher Metal score (366,744) on Geekbench 7 compared to the M3 Ultra's average score of 230,420, and the chip's OpenCL score is roughly in line with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4080. As for the M6 chip, it has so far achieved up to a 34% higher Metal score (93,217) compared to the M5 chip's average score of 69,563. Chip Metal Score M5 Ultra 366,744 M3 Ultra 230,420 M5 Max 225,606 M2 Ultra 201,144 M4 Max 189,301 M1 Ultra 150,098 M3 Max 146,550 M5 Pro 130,896 M2 Max 130,091 M1 Max 107,711 M4 Pro 107,354 M6 93,217 M2 Pro 77,176 M3 Pro 72,637 M5 69,563 M1 Pro 63,531 M4 51,818 M3 46,033 M2 40,529 M1 27,277 As always, real-world performance will vary. Tags: Benchmark , Geekbench This article, " M5 Ultra and M6 Chip Benchmark Results Reveal Graphics Performance " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
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The first GPU benchmark results for Apple's new M5 Ultra and M6 chips have surfaced, ahead of the new Mac Studio and Mac mini models launching on Tuesday. If you are interested in CPU results, we shared those earlier this week . So far, the M5 Ultra has achieved up to a 59% higher Metal score (366,744) on Geekbench 7 compared to the M3 Ultra's average score of 230,420, and the chip's OpenCL score is roughly in line with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4080. As for the M6 chip, it has so far achieved up to a 34% higher Metal score (93,217) compared to the M5 chip's average score of 69,563. Chip Metal Score M5 Ultra 366,744 M3 Ultra 230,420 M5 Max 225,606 M2 Ultra 201,144 M4 Max 189,301 M1 Ultra 150,098 M3 Max 146,550 M5 Pro 130,896 M2 Max 130,091 M1 Max 107,711 M4 Pro 107,354 M6 93,217 M2 Pro 77,176 M3 Pro 72,637 M5 69,563 M1 Pro 63,531 M4 51,818 M3 46,033 M2 40,529 M1 27,277 As always, real-world performance will vary. Tags: Benchmark , Geekbench This article, " M5 Ultra and M6 Chip Benchmark Results Reveal Graphics Performance " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
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The first GPU benchmark results for Apple's new M5 Ultra and M6 chips have surfaced, ahead of the new Mac Studio and Mac mini models launching on Tuesday.
If you are interested in CPU results, we shared those earlier this week .
So far, the M5 Ultra has achieved up to a 59% higher Metal score (366,744) on Geekbench 7 compared to the M3 Ultra's average score of 230,420, and the chip's OpenCL score is roughly in line with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4080.
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