Yes it is based on a mobile optimized architecture but M2 Ultra is scoring ~90% as high as the top model Intel i9-13900KS on Geekbench 6. It's up there with Int

Yes it is based on a mobile optimized architecture but M2 Ultra is scoring ~90% as high as the top model Intel i9-13900KS on Geekbench 6. It's up there with Intels best. And it's keeping up on the CPU side while having a massive GPU bolted on the die. https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compare/3353019?baseline=3337733 https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compare/3353019?baselin... Also noticed the M2 is faster than Intel on the Clang benchmark. (The Clang workload uses the Clang compiler to compile the Lua interpreter - https://www.geekbench.com/doc/geekbench6-cpu-workloads.pdf https://www.geekbench.com/doc/geekbench6-cpu-workloads.pdf). One thing to note regarding the M2 Ultra (from Apple marketing): "It has dedicated, hardware-enabled H. 264, HEVC, and ProRes encode and decode, allowing M2 Ultra to play back up to 22 streams of 8K ProRes 422 video — far more than any PC chip can do." Would need an expensive GPU or hardware accelerator to match that capability on the Intel side. The companies that use these machines probably don't even consider the $500 cost difference versus a Dell Precision workstation or whatever.