Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025) vs Dell Aurora (R14, Late 2021)

Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025) $3,999
Dell Aurora (R14, Late 2021) $1,300
Base Price (MSRP)
$3,999
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,300
CPU
M3 Ultra (28C60G)
CPU
Ryzen 5 5600X
GPU
60-Core M3 Ultra
GPU
GeForce RTX 3050
Memory
96GB
Memory
8GB
Storage
1TB
Storage
256GB
Display
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CPU Image
M3 Ultra (28C60G)
28 Cores
28 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
CPU Image
Ryzen 5 5600X
6 Cores
12 Threads
3.7GHz Clock
M3 Ultra (28C60G) vs Ryzen 5 5600X Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
60-Core M3 Ultra
7680 Shaders
1398MHz
Shared Memory
GPU Image
GeForce RTX 3050
2560 Shaders
1777MHz
8GB GDDR6
224GB/s Bandwidth
N/A
0%
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
43%
N/A
0%
9.1 TFLOPS FP32
18%
60-Core M3 Ultra vs GeForce RTX 3050 Full Specs Comparison
96GB
LPDDR5-6400
8GB
DDR4-3200
376 Tabs
75%
24 Tabs
5%
1TB
Soldered
PCIe 4.0 x4
Up to 5GB/s Read
256GB
M.2-2280-M-S3
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 3.5GB/s Read
1,978 min 4K Video
49%
442 min 4K Video
11%
No Optical Drive
No Optical Drive
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Not Included
Multi-Media Keyboard
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Optical Mouse MS116AW
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
1
No Speakers
No Microphones
No Microphones
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 2400Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
2 Stream
Up to 867Mbps
Bluetooth 5.3
Bluetooth 5.2
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Integrated Chipset
B550
Data
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2x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
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4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
5x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
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Network
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1x Ethernet (2.5Gbps)
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
7x Audio Jack
1x Optical Audio
Card
1x SDXC Card UHS-II
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GPU Ports
3x DisplayPort 1.4
1x HDMI 2.1
480W
460W
750W
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No Battery
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macOS 15 Sequoia
Windows
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Plastic, Steel
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Air CPU Cooler
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Height
94 mm (3.7 in)
Width
196 mm (7.7 in)
Depth
196 mm (7.7 in)
Volume
3.59 L
Height
510 mm (20.1 in)
Width
225 mm (8.9 in)
Depth
529 mm (20.8 in)
Volume
60.70 L
Weight
3.64 kg (8 lb)
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Weight
15.5 kg (34.2 lb)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Storage
Not Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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2x M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4
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1x 3.5" Bay
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Memory Slots
4x DIMM
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1x PCIe 4.0 x16
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Change Comparison