Apple M2 Ultra vs Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) (97/100)

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Apple M2 Ultra (79/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple M2 Ultra
Apple

Apple M2 Ultra

79/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M2 Ultra Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Efficiency 74.0 Good 92.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 77.0 Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Ultra Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz 4.38 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 4.61 GHz
E-Cores 8 12
E-Threads 8 12
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 64MB (shared) —
Multiplier 35x 46x
P-Cores 16 6
P-Threads 16 6
Total Cores 24 18
Total Threads 24 18
Unlocked Multiplier No No

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Ultra Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Background blur 56.5 images/sec 106.1 images/sec
Clang compilation 226.4 Klines/sec 271.1 Klines/sec
File compression 2140 MB/sec 2990 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 569.8 pages/sec 811.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 603.6 Mpixels/sec 764 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 170.7 images/sec 303.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 33.8 Mpixels/sec 47.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 272.4 pages/sec 457.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Ultra Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Codename Apple M2 Apple M5
Instruction Set ARMv8 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Apple M2 Ultra GPU (76-core) Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Released May 5, 2023 March 3, 2026
Successor -Apple M4 Ultra —
Type Laptop Laptop
Vendor Apple Apple

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Ultra Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
ECC Support No No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 819.2 GB/s 614 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 8 32
Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - LPDDR5X-9600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Ultra Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
PCI Express Version 4.0 —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Ultra Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Fabrication Process 5 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Socket Apple M-Socket Apple M-Socket
TDP (PL1) 80 W 72 W
Transistors 134 billions 28 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Ultra Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Data compression 682.7 MBytes/sec 689.6 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 32 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33.2B Matrices/sec 33.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 712M Primes/sec 553M Primes/sec
Floating point math 148.9 GOps/sec 186.1 GOps/sec
Integer math 117.4 GOps/sec 132.6 GOps/sec
Physics 7650 Frames/sec 6847 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 83.7M Strings/sec 84.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Ultra Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Blender / Watt 6.27 PPW 8.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24 PPW 28.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 267.3 PPW 419.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 636.8 PPW 798.1 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Ultra Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
GPU Boost Clock 1398 MHz 1620 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M2 Ultra GPU (76-core) Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Execution Units — 640
ROPs — 160
Shading Units — 5120
TMUs — 320

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Ultra Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9428
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 734

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M2 Ultra Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU)
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-07-03->Apple lover — GeekBench

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