M3 Ultra (28C60G) vs IBM 2x PowerPC 970FX+ 2GHz

M3 Ultra (28C60G)
IBM 2x PowerPC 970FX+ 2GHz
28 Cores
28 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
1 Core
1 Thread
2GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
Unknown
iGPU
60-Core M3 Ultra
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
No GPU
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GB6S 3,220
79%
GB6S N/A
0%
GB6M 27,750
104%
GB6M N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
IBM
Architecture
Apple Silicon 13
Architecture
G5
Family
M Series
Family
G5
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
PowerPC
Codename
Palma
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M3 Ultra
P-Core
AS13P
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E-Core
AS13E
Codename
GP-UL FX
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Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
3/5/2025
Release Date
1/1/2005
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
IBM
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Node
N3B
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Node
90nm
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Die Size
1005 mm²
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Die Size
66 mm²
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Transistor Count
184 Billion
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Transistor Count
58 Million
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Unknown
Unknown
28 Cores
20 P-Cores
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8 E-Cores
1 Core
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28 Threads
20 P-Threads
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8 E-Threads
1 Thread
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P-Core
4.05GHz
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2GHz
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E-Core
2.75GHz
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Integrated Chipset
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Type
FSB
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Clock
1000MHz
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Data Rate
Double
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Transfer Rate
2GT/s
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Width
64Bit
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Bandwidth
16GB/s
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Bi-directional
32GB/s
L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
192KB/P-Core
6-way set associative
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128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
64KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
2-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L2
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64MB Shared
16-way set associative
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4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
512KB/Core
8-way set associative
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96MB SLC Cache
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Channels
8
No Memory Controller
Max Memory
128GB
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
128Bit
Bus Width
1024Bit
Clock
3200MHz
Transfer Rate
6400MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth
819.2GB/s
TDP
180W
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TDP
50W
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Temp
100°C Max
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
No PCIe
No PCIe
60-Core M3 Ultra
7680 Shaders
1398MHz
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
No GPU
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No NPU
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32 Cores
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36 TOPS FP16
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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