# Apple M2 Ultra SoC isn’t faster than AMD and Intel last year desktop CPUs

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**Tags:** apple, intel, amd, desktop\
**Created:** [11 June 2023 02:19 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/apple-m2-ultra-soc-isn-t-faster-than-amd-and-intel-last-year-desktop-cpus/112395 "2023-06-11T02:19:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [11 June 2023 02:19 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/apple-m2-ultra-soc-isn-t-faster-than-amd-and-intel-last-year-desktop-cpus/112395/1 "2023-06-11T02:19:52Z")

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> Apple M2 Ultra SoC Isn’t Faster Than AMD & Intel Last Year Desktop CPUs, 50% Slower Than NVIDIA RTX 4080.  
> Apple’s M2 Ultra SoC is being benchmarked right and left and we can compare those numbers to AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA chips.

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> **[Apple M2 Ultra SoC Isn't Faster Than AMD & Intel Last Year Desktop CPUs,...](https://wccftech.com/apple-m2-ultra-soc-isnt-faster-than-amd-intel-last-year-desktop-cpus-50-slower-than-nvidia-rtx-4080/)**
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> Apple's M2 Ultra SoC is being benchmarked right and left and we can compare those numbers to AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA chips.

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**Author:** ![jss](https://forum.devtalk.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@jss](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/jss)\
**Post date:** [11 June 2023 23:39 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/apple-m2-ultra-soc-isn-t-faster-than-amd-and-intel-last-year-desktop-cpus/112395/2 "2023-06-11T23:39:55Z")

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From what I read before, isn’t M2 is still technically just a clock increased version of M1? Maybe M3 will be a lot better.

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**Author:** ![adamaiken89](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/adamaiken89/32/2661_2.png) [@adamaiken89](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/adamaiken89)\
**Post date:** [25 June 2023 07:40 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/apple-m2-ultra-soc-isn-t-faster-than-amd-and-intel-last-year-desktop-cpus/112395/3 "2023-06-25T07:40:16Z")

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What about power consumption?