Apple 64-Core M1 Ultra vs Apple 80-Core M3 Ultra Full Specs

Summary

8,192 Shaders 1.3GHz	10,240 Shaders 1.38GHz
Shared Memory819.2GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory819.2GB/sLPDDR5
Peak·FP32·FP16 21.23 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 28.26 TFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Memory Bandwidth

64-Core M1 Ultra21.23 TFLOPSFP16

x1

80-Core M3 Ultra28.26 TFLOPSFP16

x1.33

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1296MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1380MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 21.23 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 28.26 TFLOPSFP16
FP32 21.23 TFLOPS	FP32 28.26 TFLOPS
Pixel Rate 331.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 441.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 663.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 883.2 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 8,192 Shaders	Shaders 10,240 Shaders
TMUs 512 TMUs	TMUs 640 TMUs
ROPs 256 ROPs	ROPs 320 ROPs
RT Cores -	RT Cores 80 RT-Cores
EUs 1,024 EUs	EUs 1,280 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.3GHz

Boost Clock 1.38GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 8MB shared

L2 Cache 16MB shared

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus 1024-bit	Memory Bus 1024-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 819.2GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 819.2GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Max Resolution 6016x3384	Max Resolution 7680x4320
Refresh Rate Calculator 6016x3384 Resolution6K Refresh Rate 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz
Multi-Monitor 5	Multi-Monitor 8
DSC Supported	DSC Supported

Encoder

Encoder 4x Apple Media Engine 2	Encoder 4x Apple Media Engine 3
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) ProRes

Decoder

Decoder 2x Apple Media Engine 2	Decoder 2x Apple Media Engine 3
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes

Card

Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
Cooling Passive	Cooling Passive

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 4	Architecture Apple Gen 6
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G13D	Codename G15D
Market Segment Workstation	Market Segment Workstation
Release Date Mar 8, 2022	Release Date Mar 5, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N5	Fabrication Node N3B
Die Size 865mm²	Die Size 954mm²
Transistor Count 114B	Transistor Count 184B
Transistor Density 132 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 193 MTr/mm²

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Used In

CPUs AppleM1 Ultra (20C64G)20 Cores (16P+4E)	CPUs AppleM3 Ultra (32C80G)32 Cores (24P+8E)
Desktops AppleMac StudioM1 Ultra, Early 2022	Desktops AppleMac StudioM3 Ultra, Early 2025

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