Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) vs Apple A18 Pro GPU

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core), vs Apple A18 Pro GPU. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) and Apple A18 Pro GPU
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
25937
Apple A18 Pro GPU
1795
Solar Bayn/a7273
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
218394
Apple A18 Pro GPU
31229
APIOpenCLn/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
n/a
Apple A18 Pro GPU
6982
GB6 ML Half Precision
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
n/a
Apple A18 Pro GPU
8282
GB6 ML Quantized
Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core)
n/a
Apple A18 Pro GPU
7200
Image Classification (SP)n/a3264
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a4550
Horizon Detectionn/a6705
Face Detection (HP)n/a11770
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a15548
Text Classification (SP)n/a3678
Machine Translation (HP)n/a5678
Object Detection (SP)n/a3360
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a13468
Style Transfer (SP)n/a31541
Frameworkn/aCore ML
Backendn/aGPU

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Announced May, 1, 2025 September, 9, 2024
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Professional Universal
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU Apple M GPU
Codename Custom Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 500 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1800 MHz 1490 MHz
Shader Units 10240 768
TMUs 640 40
ROPs 320 n/a
Execution Units 1280 128
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 576 Gpix/sec n/a
Texture Fill Rate 1152 GTex/s 60 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.9 TFLOPS 2.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom Custom
TGP 120 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm

Memory

Interface System Shared System Shared
Memory Frequency 8533 MHz 7500 MHz
Bus 1024 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No

API

Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A18 Pro GPU the clear winner in this comparison.

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