M5 Ultra and M6 Chip Benchmark Results Reveal Graphics Performance

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Initial GPU benchmark results for Apple's upcoming M5 Ultra and M6 chips have been released ahead of the new Mac Studio and Mac mini launches. The M5 Ultra demonstrates a significant performance leap, achieving a Metal score 59% higher than the M3 Ultra and matching the OpenCL performance of an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080. Meanwhile, the M6 chip shows a 34% improvement in Metal scores compared to the previous generation M5 chip.

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▪The M5 Ultra achieved a Geekbench 7 Metal score of 366,744, which is 59% higher than the M3 Ultra's average score.
▪The M5 Ultra's OpenCL performance is roughly equivalent to that of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080.
▪The M6 chip recorded a Metal score of 93,217, representing a 34% increase over the M5 chip's average score of 69,563.
▪These benchmarks were published on September 18, 2026, prior to the official launch of the new Mac models on Tuesday.

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M5 Ultra and M6 Chip Benchmark Results Reveal Graphics PerformanceFriday September 18, 2026 12:55 pm PDT by Joe RossignolThe first GPU benchmark results for Apple's new M5 Ultra and M6 chips have surfaced, ahead of the new Mac Studio and Mac mini models launching on Tuesday. If you are interested in CPU results, we shared those earlier this week. So far, the M5 Ultra has achieved up to a 59% higher Metal score (366,744) on Geekbench 7 compared to the M3 Ultra's average score of 230,420, and the chip's OpenCL score is roughly in line with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4080. As for the M6 chip, it has so far achieved up to a 34% higher Metal score (93,217) compared to the M5 chip's average score of 69,563.

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