Undoubtedly, both devices will once again show very good efficiency values, i.e. a very good relation between performance and power consumption. But compared to mobile devices, the new Mac Pro and Studio are primarily intended for stationary use and compete directly with workstations from the PC sector - which are equipped with AMD, Intel and Nvidia components and where power consumption is given a rather low priority.
The new Pro and Studio Macs with M2 Ultra
In the meantime, there are numerous benchmarks on the web that take a closer look at the current performance of the new M2 Ultra chip. In the most expensive full configuration, the new Macs have 16 CPU cores for maximum performance as well as 8 for optimal efficiency. These are supported by up to 76 GPU cores and up to 192 GB of "unified" RAM with 800 GB/s memory bandwidth.
Geekbench benchmarks are already known (and thus comparable): An Apple M2 Ultra scores about 2809 points there in the single core test. An Intel Core i9-13900KS currently achieves about 3089 and an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 2875 points here. Apple can't distinguish itself from the simple desktop upper class in the multi-core test either (21,500 points (M2 Ultra) vs. 21,665 (Intel) or 19,342 (AMD)). It should be noted that there are even "bigger" (e.g. Ryzen 9 7950X3D) or even special workstation chips (Threadripper/Xeon) from Intel or AMD, which have more threads and a significantly wider memory connection.
Of course, that leaves the GPU department, and here, too, it becomes apparent that the M2 Ultra can at best keep up with dedicated mid-range gaming GPUs in full configuration (and ends up just below an RTX 4060 Ti in the linked article).
Source: Wccftech
As we already wrote about presentation of the new Macs, Mac Pro and Studio are thus at best on entry-level workstation level even in the expensive full configuration. From this point of view, Apple has not yet managed to scale its remarkable mobile performance to a higher workstation level. As long as every second of waiting time is relevant for editing, compositing or 3D modeling, this top performance is still only found in AMD, Intel and Nvidia. And, moreover, usually still cheaper - even if you go for Threadrippers or Xeons.
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