M1 Ultra versus M1 Max: Twice as nice, but not always twice as fast
The introduction of the Mac Studio was exciting for many reasons – one of which was the unveiling of yet another addition to the M1 series of Apple’s System on a Chip (SoC).
The M1 Ultra, found in the £3,999 Mac Studio, brings an entirely new level of performance, adding to the dust that the Intel processors were already left in. It’s essentially two M1 Max chips fused together to bring double everything: 20-core CPU and 64-core GPU, 32-core neural engine, four video encoding engines, four ProRes encode and decode engines, and up to 128GB of LPDDR5 unified memory with 800GB/s of bandwidth.
But is the M1 Ultra really twice as fast as the M1 Max? Data can give us an idea of how it compares to the M1 Max and more importantly, how the M1 Ultra affects real-world workflows of pro users. Let’s see what this pint‑sized powerhouse has to offer and understand which model
