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

GB6 Single-Core

  • 52% faster vs Aurora (R14, Late 2021)
  • 34% slower vs Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025)
Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025) - GB6S 3,220
x1.52
Aurora (R14, Late 2021) - GB6S 2,115
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 3.19x faster vs Aurora (R14, Late 2021)
  • 69% slower vs Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025)
Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025) - GB6M 27,750
x3.19
Aurora (R14, Late 2021) - GB6M 8,705
x1

FP32

  • 2.36x faster vs Aurora (R14, Late 2021)
  • 58% slower vs Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025)
Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025) - 21.47 TFLOPS FP32
x2.36
Aurora (R14, Late 2021) - 9.1 TFLOPS FP32
x1
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
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
43%
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
256GB
M.2-2280-M-S3
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 3.5GB/s
1,978 min 4K Video
49%
442 min 4K Video
11%
Not Included
Multi-Media Keyboard
Not Included
Optical Mouse MS116AW
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
Integrated Chipset
B550
Data
-
2x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
-
6x Thunderbolt 5 (120Gbps)
Data
4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
5x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
3x USB-C 3.1 (10Gbps)
-
Network
-
1x Ethernet (10Gbps)
Network
1x Ethernet (2.5Gbps)
-
Video
1x HDMI 2.1
-
-
Audio
1x Audio Jack
-
Audio
7x Audio Jack
1x Optical Audio
Card
1x SDXC Card UHS-II
-
-
-
GPU Ports
3x DisplayPort 1.4
1x HDMI 2.1
480W
460W
750W
macOS 15 Sequoia
Windows
Build Material
Aluminum
Build Material
Plastic, Steel
-
Air CPU Cooler
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)
Weight
15.5 kg (34.2 lb)
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
-
-
-
Storage Slots
2x M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4
1x 3.5" Bay
-
-
Memory Slots
4x DIMM
-
-
Expansion Slots
1x PCIe 4.0 x16
Mac15,14
WDR14AUR10H
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