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Comparing Apple M2 Ultra vs. Intel Xeon Platinum 8168

Below you can compare the latest CPU-s across multiple benchmarks. Explore detailed graphs, performance scores, and rankings to quickly find the model that best suits your workflow and creative needs.

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Verdict

The Apple M2 Ultra is 139% faster than the Xeon Platinum 8168

Averaged over 2 rendering benchmarks, the Apple M2 Ultra leads in 2 of them. The biggest gap is in V-Ray, where the Apple M2 Ultra scores 325% higher.

10,354 Apple M2 Ultra
9,165* Xeon Platinum 8168
27,100 Apple M2 Ultra
23,585* Xeon Platinum 8168
1,918 Apple M2 Ultra
1,272* Xeon Platinum 8168
5,050* Apple M2 Ultra
4,002 Xeon Platinum 8168
85 Apple M2 Ultra
20 Xeon Platinum 8168
508 Apple M2 Ultra
377 Xeon Platinum 8168
6,546* Apple M2 Ultra
5,340* Xeon Platinum 8168

Scores marked with * are estimated from the other benchmarks we have for that device.

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frames at min per frame on the Apple M2 Ultra
Apple M2 Ultra
20 h 50 min
Xeon Platinum 8168
28 h 4 min
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Ranking by benchmarks

Cinebench R20

Cinebench R23

Cinebench 2024

Cinebench R15

V-Ray benchmark

Blender benchmark

Cinebench 2026

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Methodology

Our data above is compiled from multiple sources:

  • Our own benchmarks: We conduct extensive testing with the GPU and CPU models we use on the farm. Over the past 10 years we have tested over 1,000 GPUs and 500 CPUs.

  • Model scores: Once we have two or more benchmarks for a device we can perform some machine learning computations to estimate a realistic score in any of the other benchmarks we list. These are always marked with an asterisk (*), and while usually accurate shouldn't be taken as the complete truth.

  • Public benchmark data: We may supplement our dataset with scores from public OctaneBench, V-Ray Benchmark and Blender Benchmark websites. We cannot test every device available ourselves, so this gives us a nice alternative to get You the results you are looking for.

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