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M5 Ultra Chip's Impressive Performance Boost Revealed in First Benchmark Result

MacRumors • September 15, 2026 • technology

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The first unverified Geekbench 7 benchmark for Apple's new M5 Ultra chip shows a single-core score of 3,774 and a multi-core score of 52,516, marking significant performance gains over the previous M3 Ultra chip.
Compared to the M3 Ultra, the M5 Ultra offers approximately 30% faster single-core and 35% faster multi-core CPU performance, making it Apple's fastest chip to date.
The M5 Ultra-equipped Mac Studio starts at $6,799 in the U.S., reflecting the chip's high-end positioning and performance capabilities.
The M5 Ultra delivers up to 2.25 times the multi-core performance of the original M1 Ultra and up to 6 times that of the regular M1 chip, according to benchmark scores.
The new Mac Studio models with M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips, along with the Mac mini featuring M6 and M5 Pro chips, are set to launch on September 22, with GPU benchmark results for the M5 Ultra still pending.

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