A few days ago, Apple claimed that its new M1 Ultra chip, formed by combining two M1 Max chips, would allow new iMacs and devices featuring the M1 Ultra to have power comparable to the NVIDIA RTX 390. Knowing that Macs are used by graphics professionals due to their ecosystem and integration with professional suites like Adobe and AutoCAD, this would be a way for them to have significant graphics processing capabilities. Apple asserted that its latest chip, called the M1 Ultra and equipped with a 64-core GPU, is as good as a high-end desktop GPU. And it does so while consuming 200W less power.
But it has been shown today that this statement has been wildly exaggerated. The Apple Mac Studio, which has the M1 Ultra chip; is a small form factor computer designed for content creators. The M1 Ultra is Apple's latest chip, featuring two M1 Max chips bonded together. This union offers 21 TFLOPs of graphics computing power. The GPU has access to a very large cache of 128 GB of unified memory, which is 5,3 times more than the most powerful NVIDIA RTX 3090 consumer GPU.
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This graphics card has been the focus of Apple's marketing, with the company claiming that its chip delivers identical performance in "industry-standard" benchmark tests while consuming less power. Now that the embargo on Mac Studio impressions has been lifted, independent tests have emerged that don't entirely favor Apple.
Tests conducted by The Verge have shown that the M1 Ultra falls short of the RTX 3090. It offers no improvement in gaming and computing tests that utilize the OpenCL API. The Mac Studio system tested by The Verge is the most powerful version offered by Apple, with a retail price of $6.199.
This system features a 20-core CPU, a 64-core GPU, and 128 GB of RAM. The RTX 3090, with its recent price drop, will cost significantly less than Apple's product if users manage to purchase it. Furthermore, according to recent rumors, the RTX 3090 Ti is expected to be released by the end of March for those seeking pure graphics power.
Source: Videocardz
