mac studio / mac pro m2 ultra

[masterzone]

This means problems seem to occur with macOS 13 only ?

Well, so far there is only one benchmark for this cpu/ os combo and we don’t know if this was run on a idle system…
I ran a bench on I9 /Monterey - score as expected. https://benchmark.chaos.com/corona/v10/scores/891
I don’t have any Ventura nodes to test.

@Phil & masterzone
How long after updating did you run the bench? could some background indexing be the problem?

Intersting question...I hit the corona bench again but I don't know how the first time I got 4 ml/ray and then 3ml/ray....🤦🏻‍♂️

[Philw]

Very changeable!

https://benchmark.chaos.com/corona/v10/scores/905

[Philw]

I noticed that these higher results happened when fans were at 0rpm and high 95°C CPU. Once the CPU temp is lower due to fans at about 1500rpm then the scores aren't as good. So definitely related to some kind of throttling curve.

[prince_jr]

@davetwo
does your m2 max benchmark-result mean that a mac studio m2 ultra will give a score around 11'4M r/s?

[Philw]

I would say its pretty linear so yes 2x

[prince_jr]

@Philw
this would be cool! :oD my maxed out mac pro 12c, 3.46ghz, 128gb (2010) scores 2.3M r/s (osx mojave).
a 5x boost would be insane!!! :o)

[Philw]

Yep I would say it’s pretty decent - especially when my 64 core Threadripper is scoring about 15M with a massive amount of power being used from the wall. Cost of living crisis and all that! (Minus the price of an M2 Ultra, of course 😉)

[jojorender]

my 64 core Threadripper is scoring about 15M

64c rippers usually in the 20M r's range... thermal throttling?

[Philw]

32 core 64 threads I meant

[Philw]

@Philw
this would be cool! :oD my maxed out mac pro 12c, 3.46ghz, 128gb (2010) scores 2.3M r/s (osx mojave).
a 5x boost would be insane!!! :o)

Looking forward to some actual M2 ultra scores though so I don’t have to speculate…

[prince_jr]

Looking forward to some actual M2 ultra scores though so I don’t have to speculate…

me, too! considering one of these configurations...
1. mac studio m2 ultra 24c, 60gb gpu, 192gb, 4tb ssd
2. mac studio m2 ultra 24c, 76gb gpu, 128gb, 4tb ssd

not sure if i really need the 76gb gpu...firstly i do photography (medium format > lightroom/capture one), then 3d-rendering (semi professional) and graphic design. in case of 3d-rendering would there be a difference between these two configurations?

[ASIMO]

Super Super curious on the benchmarks.

Is there no one with a M2 Studio Ultra or knows someone who could run the benchmark ?

[Philw]

I've asked someone I know to run it on theirs but they are away from their office right now - so sometime soon when he returns hopefully.

[Philw]

Here's the score for the Ultra...

[ASIMO]

Here's the score for the Ultra...

Thanks a lot for that update :) Super cool !

So how accurate is this benchmark ? If the benchmark result is twice as good to my current machine it will more or less match also my regular renders ?