Geekbench benchmarks for the 2023 M2 Ultra Mac Pro shows that it has over double the performance of the older Intel-handicapped machine.
The benchmark reveals a single-core score of 2,794 and a multi-core score of 21,453 for the 2023 Mac Pro, in contrast to the highest-end Intel-based Mac Pro equipped with a 28-core Xeon W processor, which scored 1,378 in single-core and 10,390 in multi-core performance. As a result, the new Mac Pro offers more than double the speed of the fastest Intel-based model and at a significantly lower price.
As well as performance increases, the most recent Mac Pro also brings PCIe expansion to Apple Silicon. The new Mac Pro has seven PCIe expansion slots, and six support gen 4 — meaning this two sees a doubling of speed compared to previous models…
In this case, the new Mac Pro boasts up to twice the speed of the fastest Intel-based Mac Pro and up to seven times the speed of the base configuration of the Intel-based Mac Pro.
MacDailyNews Note: See the M2 Ultra Mac Pro’s massive performance gains via Geekbench here.
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What a crap Mdn take. Um a new machine is faster than a freaking 4 year old machine and you’re proud of that.
The new 8,1 Mac is not a Mac Pro. It’s a doa disaster that can’t beat a middling Intel pc:
https://www.techspot.com/news/99026-early-benchmarks-suggest-apple-m2-ultra-could-slower.html
It’s crap gpu is away slower that an amd 7900 much less any Nvidia card. It only has 16pci lanes so after you put in one 16lane storage card no bandwidth is left for the other 6 slots. No ecc ram. No upgradable ram. It’s a complete disaster and failure. It makes the trashcan look fantastic in comparison.
The 8,1 Mac is an embarrassment.
You are amusing, but do watch that heart of yours or you might be a zombie by nature as well as name.
Stop grandstanding and just buy whatever you want to buy.
At this level most people know what they want.
Zombie, I think your brain is cooked. Now your just a bombie.
Lot of blockading by apple apologists but nothing substantive because a lame as hell mid level i9 is faster than this loser Mac Studio plus. You lose. You don’t pass go or an i9.
Instead of blockading use that energy to complain to apple why a lame mid level i9 intel machine blows out a new Mac Studio and Mac Pro.
Loser bozos
More disaster benchmark showing Mediocre mid level Intel machines outpacing the top of the line Mac ‘doh!
https://wccftech.com/apple-m2-ultra-soc-isnt-faster-than-amd-intel-last-year-desktop-cpus-50-slower-than-nvidia-rtx-4080/
The 8,1 is not a Mac Pro. It’s a Mac Studio pro. It’s the trashcan 2 redo.
Let’s be intellectually honest here: The geek bench number is impressive, and it is right in-line with the best Xeon’s and Ryzen’s in the market.
Great, but…
A base expandable tower computer is not why those that purchase them use them for. They primarily beef them up with memory and graphic cards. Gaming or FX, 3D design and scientific…
Adding the best Radeon card to the Intel Max Pro bests graphics power of the new unexpandable M2 Ultra Max Pro…
PC gamers is not Apple’s target or space.
This begs the question: Whom the. Is this machine for?
Answer: The immediate answer would be for a select group of video editors. Ryzen and Intel have nothing close to Apple’s built-in media engine and Pro Res code. That fit and and glove.
However, a Mac Studio with the amuse M2 Ultra costs thousands less and unless needing a card slot, does the same video editing work extremely well at nearly the same seamless speed for – literally – thousands less, is portable, just a great machine for video work.
If Apple had been able to bring the 4-die M2 Extreme processor to market, not the thr geek bench, but also the graphics would have made lack of expansion much less and issue as it would have been a beast. But the technicalities of the processor, coupled with yelled, cost, and low volume use would have made a box with it $10k starting….
Once spec’d as needed $12k vs $7k against a tricked out PC box for the same powers… a non-starter. This it was cancelled, leaving the Max Pro to live – likely – a last round as a highest-end Max Studio with PCI expansion for those that have a few cards they still require in their workflow…
If the Max Pro does live to see another day (AKA rev) if it sees an M3 w/Apple’s new graphic cores, more of them, and built at TSMC’s 3nm build process, and can crank up the speed, the. It may have some life yet. But this model? Very limited. So much so maybe a product line killer…
This is a real problem. The processors for apple are slow. I can wait until they surpass AMD or Intel. The truth is that does not look like it is going to happen. AMD and Intel are not setting still.
In the mean time you loser bozos can blockage over this:
Cinebench R23 Multi-core
Mac Studio M2 Ulta (June 2023)
– 27,095
Intel Xeon w9-3495X system (February 2023)
– 64,329
AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995 WX (March 2022)
– 74,197
Apple silicon is slow when compared to modern desktop/workstation CPUs and GPUs. It’s really about profitability for Apple.
AMD, Apple and Nvidia all use TSMC for fabrication. They all have access to the same tech. Apple has chosen to have one design with multiply variations for mobile and desktop. Integrated GPUs is more about cost, profitability power usage and not performance. Sure it has shared memory and in theory offers some benefits but in actual real world performance the M series is a mobile design prioritizing thermals and power requirements and it shows when you start heavy lifting. Apple could design desktop/workstation CPUs that kick butt but the profitability would take a big hit. Apple is ruthless when it comes to profit.
The speed difference between dedicated workstation chips and general purpose mobile designs will only get worse going forward. Leaks of Dual AMD Zen 5 have been crushing Cinebench R23 with a sore of over 123,000. It will be interesting how apple spins this.
https://videocardz.com/newz/early-dual-amd-zen5-cpu-system-scores-123k-points-in-cinebench