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.

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.