Apple M3 Ultra thrashes Ryzen 9 9950X and Core Ultra 9 285K in Cinebench 2024 CPU test by as much 30%

[Phil.k]

Says tested against highest end x86 chips. Ignores middle range threadripper with the same core count and better cinebench scores

[davidm]

Says tested against highest end x86 chips. Ignores middle range threadripper with the same core count and better cinebench scores

That's like the "25% improvement" comment. Test it comprehensively on a range of benchmarks, including price:performance, wattage:performance, db:performance. And test it with up to 500GB of RAM. The M-chip is not going to win all of them, but some of them will be quite revealing.

[Memalcolm]

This article is trash. 14k for the max spec m3 ultra? You're comparing workstation hardware to home pcs. Compare this to a threadripper workstation and see how it stacks up.

[No one]

CR2024 isn't meant to be compared cross system, it's meant to compare similar systems.

[Dave Haynie]

The simple fact that an M3 Ultra system with twice as many cores, some hellacious main memory speed (as long as the GPU's not too busy), etc. only sees 25-30% performance a is a testament to the wisdom of AMD maintaining multi threading. How about a core to core test? Or a price to price test? Why claim these AMD and Intel chips are peak, when there are Threadrippers, Threadrippers Pro, Xeons, and Epyx processors... Some well in the same price range as an M3 Ultra system.

Sure, the M3 Ultra will use less power. But both systems are plugged in. The power efficiency in a laptop matters, but every laptop is an inherent cost, performance, and usability disadvantage.