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Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 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 5.1.1 / macOS / METAL
Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores) 2,782.70 samples/min 4 complete runs · Middle 50%: 2,776.59 - 2,788.31 · Latest: 2026-06-07

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 / classroomMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

716.33 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 · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

2,782.70 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
2776.5853304489
75th percentile
2788.3101355735
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

911.54 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 · 5.1.1 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

1,156.02 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 · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

675.54 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 · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

2,830.01 samples/min

8 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
2820.2655883263
75th percentile
2834.1524318257
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

823.92 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 · 4.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

1,329.61 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 · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

707.30 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 M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

2,825.54 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
2801.5738715199
75th percentile
2825.8692477178
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.4.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

809.28 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 M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

1,303.76 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 M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

705.08 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 · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

2,762.79 samples/min

6 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
2728.1932479398
75th percentile
2801.264195743
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

772.27 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 · 4.3.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

1,288.71 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 · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

658.89 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 · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

637.56 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 · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

2,699.73 samples/min

5 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
2695.5708200078
75th percentile
2703.4413024616
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

2,611.43 samples/min

5 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
2610.3539158058
75th percentile
2670.728739444
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

807.41 samples/min

5 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 M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

771.85 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 · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

1,235.22 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 · 4.2.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

1,207.65 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 · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

707.26 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 M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

2,776.85 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
2747.7210674781
75th percentile
2776.9055351251
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.1.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

811.53 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 M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

1,256.75 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 M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

600.50 samples/min

13 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 M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

2,677.05 samples/min

13 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
2668.7989645314
75th percentile
2686.053283132
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 4.0.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

756.24 samples/min

13 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 M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

1,321.37 samples/min

13 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 M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

654.40 samples/min

17 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 M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

2,872.08 samples/min

17 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
2857.512993683
75th percentile
2879.5963934475
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.6.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

780.24 samples/min

17 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 M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

1,436.89 samples/min

17 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 M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

659.71 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 · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

2,854.94 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
METAL
Operating system
Darwin
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
2844.0047610777
75th percentile
2876.482916223
Blender Cycles / junkshopMETAL / Darwin · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

774.89 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 · 3.5.0 · samples/min

Apple M2 Ultra (GPU - 60 cores)

1,421.88 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

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

Processing & platform

Apple GPU cores
60*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 2 fields
Apple GPU cores
60*
SoC family
Apple M2 Ultra*

* Provisional data