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Is there any M1 Ultra GPU benchmark out in the wild? If anyone knows, please share, I'm very curious. I have a feeling the Ultra could cater to some niches rea

Is there any M1 Ultra GPU benchmark out in the wild? If anyone knows, please share, I'm very curious. I have a feeling the Ultra could cater to some niches really well. For now we just have the typical Apple nebulous claims (they have a graph for "relative performance" vs "Highest end discrete GPU"[1] what does that even mean LOL). [1] https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/03/apple-unveils-m1-ultra-the-worlds-most-powerful-chip-for-a-personal-computer/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/03/apple-unveils-m1-ultr...

fotta 5y ago
If you read the very fine print on those graphs, they compared with an i9-12900K and an RTX 3090. "Relative performance" is extremely questionable though I agree. I guess I'll wait for the Anandtech review to get graphs with actual units.
- mastazi 5y ago
  I saw the RTX 3090 configuration, but that is in the footprint n. 5, which is referenced from another paragraph, whereas the paragraph about GPU is more towards the beginning of that page. I'm not clear if that same configuration was used as a comparison for all the performance claims in the page. If the GPU used for that graph is an RTX 3090, the result is impressive especially considering power consumption. But yeah "relative performance" means nothing. Luckily, I think we will have to wait just a few days for "real world" benchmarking like Anandtech etc.
easton 5y ago
I think when the new M1 Pro/Max based laptops came out it was deemed that much of the performance Apple was claiming was due to the media engine helping accelerate the hard stuff in FCPX (and Premiere, IIRC). So it’s really good compared to the 3080 for per watt performance in creative work, but if you aren’t transcoding and especially if you aren’t optimized for using Metal, it’s not as great (but still good, 1050 ish performance with no fan is magical).

fotta 5y ago

If you read the very fine print on those graphs, they compared with an i9-12900K and an RTX 3090. "Relative performance" is extremely questionable though I agree. I guess I'll wait for the Anandtech review to get graphs with actual units.

mastazi 5y ago
I saw the RTX 3090 configuration, but that is in the footprint n. 5, which is referenced from another paragraph, whereas the paragraph about GPU is more towards the beginning of that page. I'm not clear if that same configuration was used as a comparison for all the performance claims in the page. If the GPU used for that graph is an RTX 3090, the result is impressive especially considering power consumption. But yeah "relative performance" means nothing. Luckily, I think we will have to wait just a few days for "real world" benchmarking like Anandtech etc.

easton 5y ago

I think when the new M1 Pro/Max based laptops came out it was deemed that much of the performance Apple was claiming was due to the media engine helping accelerate the hard stuff in FCPX (and Premiere, IIRC). So it’s really good compared to the 3080 for per watt performance in creative work, but if you aren’t transcoding and especially if you aren’t optimized for using Metal, it’s not as great (but still good, 1050 ish performance with no fan is magical).