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Apple M2 Ultra

Processor

CPU cores
24*

Rendering performance

Median score · higher is better

Three-scene Blender rendering throughput. Versions, operating systems and rendering backends remain separate. This is not a gaming score.

Blender 4.5.0 / macOS / CPU
Apple M2 Ultra 525.96 samples/min 11 complete runs · Middle 50%: 518.69 - 527.45 · 24 core / 24 thread · Latest: 2026-03-07

Community submissions; cooling, power limits and system configuration can affect results.

Recorded results

Only the same benchmark, version, workload, scenario and unit share a row. Missing results are not zero. System results include the full submitted hardware and software configuration.

Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

115.35 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

525.96 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
518.68678173056
75th percentile
527.44959373118
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

160.47 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

249.85 samples/min

11 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

111.31 samples/min

7 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

508.58 samples/min

7 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
495.91384081242
75th percentile
515.58963992701
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

156.98 samples/min

7 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

240.28 samples/min

7 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

108.95 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

507.35 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
500.31046123859
75th percentile
508.97781085973
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

156.50 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

241.50 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

107.01 samples/min

5 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

105.50 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

499.52 samples/min

5 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
496.02669819491
75th percentile
503.35869989644
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

492.60 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
483.64802919431
75th percentile
493.38488460282
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

157.04 samples/min

5 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

150.14 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

236.66 samples/min

5 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

236.86 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

111.65 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

510.10 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
506.17890224981
75th percentile
513.98598135525
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

155.26 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

243.20 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

114.24 samples/min

18 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

507.00 samples/min

18 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
500.15054694758
75th percentile
509.16779932408
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

149.28 samples/min

18 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

242.97 samples/min

18 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

107.25 samples/min

32 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

501.80 samples/min

32 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
496.61381938892
75th percentile
503.95306430899
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

145.98 samples/min

32 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

247.39 samples/min

32 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

105.75 samples/min

14 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

493.47 samples/min

14 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
475.55031785133
75th percentile
501.00665978114
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

145.19 samples/min

14 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

241.16 samples/min

14 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

111.06 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

506.13 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
25th percentile
479.46371668018
75th percentile
507.59487515572
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

145.82 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra

249.01 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
CPU
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
CPU cores
24
CPU threads
24
CPU sockets
1

Processing & platform

CPU cores
24*
Performance cores
16*
Efficiency cores
8*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 2 fields
CPU core configurations
  • CPU cores
    24*
    Performance cores
    16*
    Efficiency cores
    8*
SoC family
Apple M2 Ultra*

* Provisional data