Apple M2 Ultra 24 Core vs Apple M4 Max — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Apple M2 Ultra 24 Core vs Apple M4 Max. All released in 2024. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Last updated 2026-05-27. Price and availability subject to change.

Synthetic benchmarks

Higher is better. Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkApple M2 Ultra 24 CoreApple M4 Max
Blender CPU 475 points
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core 2,044 points
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core 187 points
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core 27,595 points
Cinebench R23 Single-Core 2,209 points
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core 26,675 points
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core (avg) 25,724 points
Geekbench 6 Single-Core 4,060 points
Geekbench 6 Single-Core (avg) 3,916 points
PassMark CPU Mark 44,002 points
PassMark CPU Single-Thread 4,591 points
PassMark Single Thread 4,591 pts

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization, prompt length, and source citations.

Apple M2 Ultra 24 Core

No AI benchmarks on file. See the Apple M2 Ultra 24 Core benchmark page →

Apple M4 Max

  • llama3.1:8b: 1000.0 tok/s
  • Llama 3 8B: 64.0 tok/s
  • Mistral 7B: 55.0 tok/s

All Apple M4 Max AI benchmarks →

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