Apple Silicon was a gamble, and in spite of repeated reports of brain drains and executive exodus, the M5 Ultra is Apple's most powerful chipset by a long shot. Mac Studio with M5 Ultra is Apple's most powerful Mac yet Earlier Tuesday, the M6 benchmarks showed up on Geekbench with impressive results. It is expected to be the only chipset in that generation, so the M5 Ultra is the high-end pros will have to work with for the time being. Another Geekbench result showed up, this time for the M5 Ultra. The 36-core CPU Mac Studio with 256GB of RAM scored 3,774 in single-core and 52,516 in multi-core. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
The age of the Intel Mac is coming to an end in every sense, as Apple now classifies the last 21.5-inch Intel-based iMac as a "vintage product." Apple's 2019 21.5-inch iMac is now vintage, according to Apple. In 2019, Apple updated the aging Intel iMac with eighth-generation Intel processors and new AMD Radeon graphics cards. It shipped in the same slim chassis Apple introduced back in 2012, and Apple still offered then-outdated options like the 1TB Fusion Drive. It was already a mediocre upgrade in its own right, but the arrival of Apple Silicon the following year made it even less desirable. Now, macOS Golden Gate has ended software support for Intel Macs, and the 2019 21.5-inch iMac has made its way to Apple's " vintage products " list. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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 released an M4 Ultra chip. Here are the average scores for the highest-end M3 Ultra chip with a 32-core CPU on Geekbench 7: Single-core CPU score: 2,920 Multi-core CPU score: 39,059 Unsurprisingly, the M5 Ultra is Apple's fastest chip ever. If this Geekbench result is accurate, it has up to around 30% faster single-core CPU performance and up to around 35% faster multi-core performance compared to the M3 Ultra. But, it comes at a steep cost. In the U.S., the Mac Studio with a 36-core M5 Ultra starts at $6,799. Apple said the M5 Ultra has up to 1.25× faster single-threaded CPU performance and up to 1.3× faster multi-threaded CPU performance compared to the M3 Ultra, so the benchmark result roughly aligns with or even beats those advertised claims. However, keep in mind that there wil be some variance in scores as additional results surface. Here is where the M5 Ultra slots in for maximum multi-core CPU performance: M5 Ultra: 52,516 M3 Ultra: 39,059 M5 Max: 35,119 M5 Pro: 33,593 M4 Max: 29,047 M2 Ultra: 28,789 M4 Pro: 24,894 M3 Max: 24,649 M1 Ultra: 23,328 M6: 22,783 M5: 17,948 M2 Max: 17,387 M3 Pro: 16,880 M2 Pro: 16,725 M4: 15,477 M1 Max: 14,299 M1 Pro: 13,914 M3: 11,650 M2: 9,809 M1: 8,582 Based on these scores, the M5 Ultra is up to 2.25× faster than Apple's original M1 Ultra chip and up to 6× faster compared to the regular M1 chip. As always, real-world performance varies. The new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips and the new Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro chips launch on Tuesday, September 22. We are still waiting for GPU results for the M5 Ultra to appear in the Geekbench 7 database. Related Roundup: Mac Studio Tags: Benchmarks , Geekbench Buyer's Guide: Mac Studio (Buy Now) Related Forum: Mac Studio This article, " M5 Ultra Chip's Impressive Performance Boost Revealed in First Benchmark Result " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
