Following the M1 Ultra chip, the M2 Ultra brings considerable performance gains. Some early benchmark results of M2 Ultra have surfaced on Geekbench 6, showing the boost that Apple’s fastest chip to date brings to its pro devices. The M2 Ultra chip has scored a fantastic single bench score of 2800 and the bagged around 21,000 in multi-bench Geekbench 6 scores.
20% faster than M1 Ultra
For the unaware, the M2 Ultra is made of two M2 Max system-on-chips joined using a special die. The chip is based on TSMC’s 2nd-gen 5nm fabrication process and comes with 134 billion transistors. The M2 Ultra features 24 CPU cores with 16 high-performance cores and 8 high-efficiency cores, up to 76 GPU cores, unified memory (RAM) of up to 192GB, and a memory bandwidth of 800GBps. As per Geekbench scores, the M2 Ultra is 20% faster than its predecessor M1 Ultra when it comes to multi-core performance and around 17% faster in terms of single-core performance. At the event, Apple compared the fastest Mac Pro powered by an Intel chip with the new Mac Pro featuring the M2 Ultra. Comparing the scores, we find that the new Mac Pro with the M2 Ultra chip now delivers twice as much CPU performance as an Intel-based Mac Pro with a 28-core Xeon W processor. While the performance gains are extraordinary, what is more important is the price difference between the two systems. While the fastest Intel-powered Mac Pro started at $12,999, the new Mac Pro begins at $6,999. This means Apple’s new chip makes the new Mac Pro twice as fast as its Intel counterpart at half the price. Apple has offered its new M2 Ultra chip in Mac Pro and Mac Studio as of now.
