How Fast is Apple's M5 Ultra Chip? First Benchmark Result is Truly Wild

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.

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. 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.

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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.

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