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Apple M3 Ultra vs Apple M4 Max — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Apple M3 Ultra vs Apple M4 Max. Release years: 2024, 2025. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.

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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 M3 UltraApple M4 Max
Blender CPU —475 points
Cinebench 2024 multi 3,000 points—
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core 3,000 points2,044 points
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core —187 points
Cinebench R23 multi 46,243 points27,595 points
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core —27,595 points
Cinebench R23 single 2,011 points2,209 points
Cinebench R23 Single-Core —2,209 points
Geekbench 6 Metal (GPU) 259,668 points—
Geekbench 6 multi 28,160 points25,760 points
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core 28,417 points26,675 points
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core (avg) —25,724 points

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 M3 Ultra

  • llama3.1:8b: 128.2 tok/s
  • deepseekr1:32b: 100.0 tok/s
  • llama:7b: 92.1 tok/s

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Apple M4 Max

  • llama3.1:8b: 1000.0 tok/s
  • qwen3.5:35b-a3b: 130.2 tok/s
  • llama2:7b: 83.1 tok/s

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