Apple held on March 8, Apple Peek Performance introduced the new iPad and iPhone models at the event. However, the main product that attracted attention was the M1 Ultra, which emerged from the combination of 2 M1 Max processors, ignoring the problems that AMD and NVIDIA have been trying to solve for years.
Apple M1 Ultra performance test revealed
We are here with the Apple M1 Ultra performance test, which Apple announced with a big surprise at its March 8 event!
M1 Ultra fixes AMD and NVIDIA’s multi-GPU issue
Thanks to the UltraFusion interface, which combines the 2 M1 Max processors that Apple introduced last year and used in MacBook Pro models, the M1 Ultra chip may have solved the multi-GPU connection problem that AMD and NVIDIA have been working on for years.
Because these companies complained that connections such as SLI (NVIDIA- Scalable Connection Interface) and CrossFire (AMD) could never reach full efficiency, so they aimed to produce more powerful new cards.
This problem experienced by AMD and NVIDIA is that if a user who wants to increase the graphics performance buys 2 thousand dollar graphics cards and connects it via SLI or CrossFire, he gets an indefinite increase of 50 to 90 percent, not the 2 thousand dollar graphics card performance. .
Therefore, he needs to pay $2,000 again for a decent upgrade in the future and get a more powerful card. Of course, it should not be forgotten that it should support this multi-GPU connection in its applications and the additional workload it puts on computers.
The M1 Ultra, on the other hand, leaves these problems behind thanks to UltraFusion technology and works like a single chip, not 2 M1 Max. It offers 2.5 TB/s bandwidth, extremely low latency (especially in data transfer). Therefore, it is more efficient than all the SLI variants we have come across so far.
In terms of performance, it really can give 2 times the M1 Max’s. It is also stated that a big step has been taken in terms of efficiency. But so far, no information has been shared that it will be used with a device with its own battery. Therefore, it is expected to be used in iMac and Mac models. So we may not know how MacBooks will affect battery life.
But according to Apple, its new favorite consumes 200W less power, even though it outperforms NVIDIA’s best graphics cards, the RTX 3090. But the RTX 40 series is also at the door. However, even if it surpasses the M1 Ultra on the performance side, it will still lag behind in power consumption.
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