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

Summary

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

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Memory Bandwidth

80-Core M3 Ultra28.26 TFLOPSFP16

x1.33

64-Core M1 Ultra21.23 TFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

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

Core Config

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

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.38GHz

Boost Clock 1.3GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 16MB shared

L2 Cache 8MB 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 7680x4320	Max Resolution 6016x3384
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 6016x3384 Resolution6K Refresh Rate 60Hz
Multi-Monitor 8	Multi-Monitor 5
DSC Supported	DSC Supported

Encoder

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

Decoder

Decoder 2x Apple Media Engine 3	Decoder 2x Apple Media Engine 2
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1 ProRes	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - 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 6	Architecture Apple Gen 4
Family M Series	Family M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G15D	Codename G13D
Market Segment Workstation	Market Segment Workstation
Release Date Mar 5, 2025	Release Date Mar 8, 2022

Fabrication

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

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Used In

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

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