NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X
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Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores

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CPU Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X and Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Memory Type: LPDDR5X unified memory (LPDDR5X unified memory vs Unified memory)

Basic

NVIDIA
Label Name
Apple
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Launch Date
August 2026
Laptop
Platform
Desktop
Arm
CPU Architecture
Apple M5
NVIDIA Grace CPU
CPU Name
Apple M5 Ultra
NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X
Model Name
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The Intel processor number is just one of several factors - along with processor brand, system configurations, and system-level benchmarks - to be considered when choosing the right processor for your computing needs.
Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores
TSMC
Foundry
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Generation
M5
Windows 11
OS Support
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CPU Specifications

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Interconnect Bandwidth
Over 4.4 TB/s
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Interconnect Technology
UltraFusion quad-die architecture
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Super-core Max Frequency
4.61 GHz
20
Total Cores
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Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).
36
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Total Threads
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Where applicable, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology is only available on Performance-cores.
36
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Performance-cores
24
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Super-cores
12
3 nm
Technology
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Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.
3 nm
70 billion
Transistor Count
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Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X unified memory
Memory Type
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Intel® processors come in four different types: Single Channel, Dual Channel, Triple Channel, and Flex Mode. Maximum supported memory speed may be lower when populating multiple DIMMs per channel on products that support multiple memory channels.
Unified memory
128 GB
Max Memory Size
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Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.
512 GB
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Max Memory Bandwidth
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Max Memory bandwidth is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by the processor (in GB/s).
1.2 TB/s

GPU Specifications

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External Display Standard
DisplayPort 2.1, HDMI 2.1
NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU
GPU Name
Apple M5 Ultra 80-core GPU
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Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
Supported
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Max External Display Resolution
Up to 8K at 60Hz
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Video Concurrency
Up to 33 streams of 8K ProRes 422 at 30 fps
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Video Decode
H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW, AV1
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Video Encode
H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW
6144
Graphics Core Count
80
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Max Resolution
Up to 8K at 60Hz
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Number of Displays Supported
8
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GPU APIs
Metal
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Media Engine
Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW; AV1 decode
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Video Decode Engines
2
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Video Encode Engines
4
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ProRes Encode/Decode Engines
4

AI Specifications

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AI Engine
Apple Neural Engine with Neural Accelerators in each GPU core
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Neural Engine Core Count
32
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NPU Name
32-core Neural Engine

Interfaces and Ports

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Thunderbolt Support
Thunderbolt 5
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USB4 Support
Supported

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
RTX Spark N1X
2821
Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores
4688 +66%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
RTX Spark N1X
17152
Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores
39193 +129%
Cinebench 2024 Single Core
RTX Spark N1X
123
Apple M5 Ultra 36 Cores
223 +81%