Apple M2 Ultra takes the stage
The Apple M2 Ultra is based on the second-generation Apple Silicon architecture, which appears in the M2, M2 Pro and M2 Max models. In this context, we can say that the new processor is the most powerful chipset Apple has ever produced. So much so that Apple claims it is the most powerful chip you can find in any personal computer.
On paper, the Apple M2 Ultra contains 134 billion transistors on a larger die than the standard M2 processor. Let us remind you that the M2 Max has 67 billion transistors. Therefore, the processor, which doubles the M2 Max, has 24 CPU cores, 76 GPU cores, 32 Neural Engines and up to 192GB of combined memory support.
According to Apple, the M2 Ultra is 4x faster than the most powerful Intel-based iMac, with up to 50% faster processing power in After Effects. It will also offer support for 22 8K ProRes video streams. Apple M2 Ultra will accompany only two devices for now. These are the next-generation Mac Studio and Mac Pro. News is being updated..
M2 Ultra features
- Transistor: 134 million transistors
- Number of CPU cores: 24 cores
- Number of GPU cores: 76 cores
- Neural Engine: 32 cores (31.6 trillion compute capacity per second)
- Memory Bandwidth: 800GB/s
- Architecture: UltraFision
- Manufacturing Technology: 2nd generation 5nm
- Other: ProRes encode and decode, support up to 6 Apple Pro XDRs