The first performance test results of Apple's new M2 Ultra chip have been announced on the Geekbench 6 website, allowing us to have a more intuitive understanding of the CPU performance improvement of the chip. This high-end chip will be installed on the new Mac Studio and Mac Pro computers that will be released next week.

The test results show that Mac Studio computers equipped with M2 Ultra chips have single core and multi-core scores of approximately 2800 and 21700, respectively. These scores confirm that the M2 Ultra chip has a 20% improvement in CPU performance compared to the M1 Ultra chip, which, as advertised by Apple, also means that the M2 Ultra chip is the fastest chip in Apple's history.

These scores also confirm that the overall CPU performance of the new Mac Pro computer should be twice faster than the fastest Intel based Mac Pro computer (equipped with a 28 core Xeon W processor). This achievement is even more impressive, as the starting price of the new Mac Pro computer is $6999, while the starting price of the 28 core Intel based model is $12999, almost twice that of the former. In the WWDC keynote speech, Apple stated that the new Mac Pro computer is three times faster than Intel based models, but this only applies to some "real-world professional workflows, such as video transcoding and 3D simulation".

PFTLCD believes that if six PCIe expansion slots are not needed, there is no need to consider Mac Pro. Instead, it should consider purchasing a Mac Studio computer, as the latter can also be equipped with M2 Ultra chips and is $3000 cheaper than a Mac Pro computer.