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Apple's M3 Ultra Chip Sets New Performance Benchmark for Mac Studio

The M3 Ultra boasts 38% faster GPU performance than the M4 Max, making it Apple's most powerful chip to date.

2025 Mac Studio with M3 Ultra
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Overview

  • The M3 Ultra chip, featured in the new Mac Studio, delivers significant GPU performance gains with an 80-core GPU scoring 259,668 in Geekbench Metal tests.
  • Compared to the M4 Max chip, the M3 Ultra offers 38% faster graphics performance and 16% faster performance than the previous-generation M2 Ultra.
  • The M3 Ultra is based on TSMC's 3nm fabrication and utilizes Apple's UltraFusion technology to combine the power of two M3 Max chips.
  • CPU performance improvements are more modest, with the M3 Ultra showing an 8% advantage in multi-core tests over the M4 Max, which has faster individual cores.
  • The new Mac Studio, available for pre-order starting at $3,999, officially launches on March 12, 2025, alongside a base model featuring the M4 Max chip.