Apple's M1 Ultra Representatives the Company's Most Potent Chip to Date
Apple's latest surprise in the tech game is the announcement of their most powerful chip yet, the M1 Ultra. This bad boy is set to power the new Mac Studio, taking the spotlight from its siblings, the M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max. Apple didn't hold back in explaining why the M1 Ultra is a game-changer.
The problem with traditional motherboards is that they use separate processors, which leads to inefficiencies. Apple tackled this issue head-on with the M1 Ultra by fusing together two M1 Max dies using a custom-built architecture they call "UltraFusion". This technique boasts around double the performance with roughly 114 billion transistors.
The UltraFusion architecture supports memory speeds up to 800GB/s, leaps ahead of the latest PC desktop chip, and can be paired with up to 128GB of unified RAM. The M1 Ultra packs a punch with 20 cores, 16 performance cores, 4 high-efficiency cores, a 64-core GPU, and a 32-core Neural Engine for AI processing.
At Apple's "peek performance" event, they made some jaw-dropping performance claims. Compared to the fastest 16-core desktop PC chip, the M1 Ultra promises 90% faster performance while using 100W less power. In the graphics department, it promises speeds faster than the best discrete graphics cards and all this while using 200W less power.
The M1 Ultra is set to debut in the Mac Studio but may eventually find its way to other premium products like the Mac Pro or high-end iMac. We'll get our hands on a Mac Studio soon to put the M1 Ultra to the test against AMD and Intel's best.
Tech enthusiasts might be interested to know that the M1 Ultra, with its UltraFusion architecture, plays in the same league as high-performance System-on-a-Chip (SoC) chips. When compared to AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS and Intel desktop chips, the M1 Ultra offers superior multi-core performance and power efficiency due to its balanced architecture.
[Source: Engadget]
References:
- Apple: M1 Ultra
- AnandTech: M1 Ultra
- Tom's Hardware: M1 Ultra vs. AMD and Intel
The M1 Ultra's revolutionary "UltraFusion" process allows it to outperform traditional motherboards by fusing two M1 Max dies, leading to more efficiency and around double the performance. The UltraFusion architecture supports ultra-fast memory speeds of up to 800GB/s, surpassing even the latest PC desktop chip. Apple's M1 Ultra processor, set to debut in the Mac Studio, promises remarkable performance gains over its competitors, delivering up to 90% faster performance while using significantly less power than the fastest 16-core desktop PC chip.
