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Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

Graphics processor

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 / METAL
Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores) 1,664.35 samples/min 5 complete runs · Middle 50%: 1,644.78 - 1,675.85 · Latest: 2026-03-09

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 / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

404.99 samples/min

5 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

1,664.35 samples/min

5 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1644.7811255426
75th percentile
1675.847241692
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

444.02 samples/min

5 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

813.71 samples/min

5 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

415.48 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

1,659.63 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1644.1535456537
75th percentile
1679.9034192865
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

431.63 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

823.14 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

414.81 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

1,667.54 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1657.5624489531
75th percentile
1676.0332661458
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

426.35 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

826.06 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

396.99 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

417.48 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

1,669.33 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1667.1277612619
75th percentile
1707.0746764551
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

1,751.48 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1728.9844702301
75th percentile
1815.8738882042
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

443.30 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

454.28 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

836.09 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

879.71 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

396.62 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

1,614.78 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1612.4321376478
75th percentile
1623.4097260602
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

424.19 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

802.34 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

369.81 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

1,621.08 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1607.0770614785
75th percentile
1643.6248224236
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

428.79 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

820.20 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

416.45 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

1,726.33 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1637.7696424877
75th percentile
1776.8116555923
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

444.53 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

859.38 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

424.33 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

1,831.34 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1808.4501354372
75th percentile
1841.3225301246
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

509.54 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

897.22 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

372.79 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

1,487.57 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1467.3764460943
75th percentile
1508.3374954375
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

364.71 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 3.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

758.05 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

339.06 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

1,371.46 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
1361.4728358439
75th percentile
1385.4973976936
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

342.02 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterMETAL / Darwin · 3.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M1 Ultra (GPU - 64 cores)

690.38 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions

Processing & platform

Apple GPU cores
64*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 2 fields
Apple GPU cores
64*
SoC family
Apple M1 Ultra*

* Provisional data