M3 Max’s 40-Core GPU Outpaces Apple’s M1 Ultra In New Geekbench 6 Metal Score Leak, But Is Comprehensively Beaten By The Newer M2 Ultra
Apple’s M3 Max gave a fabulous first impression when it beat the M2 Ultra in Geekbench 6’s multi-core test while sporting fewer CPU cores than the SoC designed for desktop and workstation enclosures like the Mac Studio and Mac Pro. However, the new Metal scores, which test how powerful Apple’s A-series and M-series chips are in graphically demanding scenarios, are impressive, but the MacBook Pro silicon is not faster than the M2 Ultra in this regard.
The top-end version of the M3 Max was tested in Geekbench 6 Metal, and it is the version that is configured up to a 40-core GPU but costs a $500 premium when pairing it either with the 14-inch or 16-inch MacBook Pro models. Regardless, the first leaked score reveals that the chipset obtains 158,466 points, making it around 20 percent faster than the M2 Max and only slightly faster than the M1 Ultra, which can feature up to a 64-core GPU.
Unfortunately, where the M3 Max shined in the CPU-focused benchmark and beat the M2 Ultra, the latter got the better of it in Metal, where it attained a score of 208,621, making the difference quite a visible one between the two chipsets. Then again, we have to remind ourselves that one of these SoCs is found in compact notebook chassis, while the other is akin to a desktop processor, so such differences will undoubtedly be present.
However, the M3 Max’s biggest strength is that the GPU now supports hardware-accelerated ray tracing, a feature lacking in both the M2 Max and M2 Ultra. In pure rasterization, however, we still feel that the M2 Ultra will possess the edge over Apple’s fastest 3nm chipset, but these results are still impressive.
News Source: Geekbench 6
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