Apple M5 Ultra Posts 59% GPU Gain as M6 Jumps 34% in First Benchmarks
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Updated · MacRumors · Sep 18
Apple M5 Ultra Posts 59% GPU Gain as M6 Jumps 34% in First Benchmarks
3 articles · Updated · MacRumors · Sep 18
Summary
Geekbench 7 results show Apple’s M5 Ultra reaching a 366,744 Metal score, up to 59% above the M3 Ultra’s 230,420 average ahead of Tuesday’s new Mac Studio launch.
The M6 scored as high as 93,217 in Metal, about 34% above the M5’s 69,563 average, pointing to a notable graphics uplift for Apple’s next lower-tier chip.
OpenCL results put the M5 Ultra roughly in line with Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4080, suggesting Apple’s top new chip is closing in on high-end discrete GPU territory.
The benchmark leak surfaced before Tuesday’s Mac Studio and Mac mini releases, though real-world graphics performance will still vary by workload.