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.
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The first unverified benchmark result for Apple's new M6 chip surfaced in the Geekbench 7 database today, offering a look at the chip's performance gains. The new Mac mini will be Apple's first device to be equipped with the M6 chip, which is 2nm.


Here is how the M6 chip scored:

• Single-core CPU score: 4,071


• Multi-core CPU score: 22,783

Here are the average M5 chip scores for comparison:

• Single-core CPU score: 3,641


• Multi-core CPU score: 17,948

If this single Geekbench 7 result is accurate, the M6 chip has up to around 12% faster single-core CPU performance and up to around 27% faster multi-core CPU performance compared to the M5 chip. Note that the M6 chip is in the new Mac mini, while the M5 chip scores are based on the 14-inch MacBook Pro, but performance should be similar.

Apple said the M6 chip has the world's fastest single-threaded CPU performance, and its 4,071 single-core score indeed tops all other Macs and PCs in the Geekbench 7 database, including the M5 Max chip (3,731) and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (3,396). Up to 27% faster multi-core CPU performance is in line with Apple's claim of up to 1.2× faster multi-threaded performance, so all of Apple's advertised claims hold up.

Here is where the M6 chip 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 M6 chip is more than 2.5× faster than Apple's original M1 chip.

As always, real-world performance varies.

The new Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro chips and the new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips launch on Tuesday, September 22.

We are still waiting for GPU results for the M6 chip to appear on Geekbench 7.
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Check out the new Geekbench 7 to see how its updated scoring system improves benchmarking for iPhone, Mac and more.

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Primate Labs today announced the launch of Geekbench 7, the newest version of the popular benchmarking suite for CPU and GPU performance.


There's a redesigned multi-core benchmark in Geekbench 7 that's meant to better represent how applications work in the real world. A workload only runs in multi-threaded mode if the task it models runs multi-threaded in real applications.

Primate Labs says users can expect a multi-core score that's a more relevant measure of how a device performs when doing actual work.

Along with updates to multi-core testing, a revamped GPU benchmark focuses on machine learning and content creation to reflect how GPUs are used today. The GPU benchmark has tests that track faces and apply real-time filter effects to video, upscale images with machine learning, and blur backgrounds in video conferencing streams. New GPU image editing and synthesis tests are available, like RAW image processing, LUT-based video color grading, path tracing, and fluid simulation.

Nvidia's CUDA is once again a supported API alongside OpenCL, Vulkan, and Metal.

The new version of Geekbench uses more challenging data sets to better reflect how people use their computers today. The File Compression and PDF Viewer workloads have more variation, and developer and image processing tests have more assets and different image formats.

Geekbench 7 adds media workloads for testing audio and video encoding, decoding, and processing. The Whisper speech recognition, AV1, and Opus tests mimic video conferencing, screen sharing, and content consumption workloads.

There's also a Game Physics workload that uses the Jolt Physics engine used by popular video games. Primate Labs added an expanded Photo Editor test with a richer set of real-world edits, and the Photo Library workload supports importing and processing image formats like JPEG XL and DNG.

Geekbench 7 is available for iOS, macOS, and other platforms. The app remains free for personal use, and the Pro version is 20 percent off the regular $99 price through August 6.
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A Primate Labs anunciou hoje o Geekbench 7, a geração mais recente de sua popular ferramenta de benchmark, que traz conjuntos de dados maiores e mais exigentes para o processamento de GPUs ¹Graphics processing units, ou unidade de processamento gráfico., testes multi-core reformulados, entre outras novidades.

A Primate Labs afirma que o benchmark de GPU reformulado concentra-se em aprendizado de máquina e criação de conteúdo para refletir a forma como as GPUs são utilizadas atualmente. Ele inclui agora testes que rastreiam rostos e aplicam efeitos de filtro em tempo real a vídeos, realizam upscaling de imagens com aprendizado de máquina e desfocam fundos em transmissões de videoconferência.

Já os benchmarks multi-core foram projetados para refletir melhor o comportamento real dos softwares, visto que as novas cargas de trabalho só utilizam múltiplas threads quando as tarefas simuladas exigem.

A Primate Labs adicionou ainda um teste expandido de edição de fotos, com um conjunto mais abrangente de edições. Ademais, a carga de trabalho de biblioteca de fotos oferece suporte à importação e ao processamento de formatos de imagem como JPEG XL e DNG. Além disso, os novos testes de áudio e vídeo agora incluem suporte a AV1 e Opus, além de simular cargas de trabalho de streaming e consumo de conteúdo.

No mais, ele tem a mesma aparência do Geekbench 6 — e a licença Pro continua custando US$100 (com desconto para US$80 até 6 de agosto). A versão Pro permite realizar benchmarks offline — sem envio de dados para o Geekbench Browser — e abrange todas as plataformas desktop compatíveis (macOS, Windows e Linux).

É possível baixar gratuitamente o Geekbench 7 para macOS e outros sistemas operacionais nessa página. A versão para iOS/iPadOS ainda não foi atualizada na App Store.

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