Geekbench benchmark results for Apple's M5 Ultra chip have leaked, showing significant GPU performance improvements. The automated verification process is currently running.
Apple's M5 Ultra chip achieved Geekbench 7 scores of 3,774 single-core and 52,516 multi-core, representing approximately 30-35% performance gains over the M3 Ultra and aligning with Apple's claimed 1.25-1.3× improvements. The new Mac Studio with M5 Ultra starts at $6,799 and launches September 22.
Apple's M5 Ultra chip achieved a 6x multi-core performance increase compared to the original M1, with a 36-core configuration scoring 52,516 in Geekbench multi-core tests. The M5 Ultra Mac Studio, priced at $10.8K for the tested configuration, represents the company's continued success with Apple Silicon despite industry concerns about talent retention.
Apple's M5 Ultra processor outperformed AMD's 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX in Geekbench 7 benchmarks, achieving 11% higher multi-core scores and 46% faster single-core performance despite having only 36 cores. The M5 Ultra excels in single-threaded and memory-intensive tasks, while the Threadripper PRO dominates in highly parallelized tests like ray tracing and compilation.