MS All Models Any m2ultra owners tempted by the m3u?

[chfilm]

Is anyone who owns an m2ultra tempted for the new one?
I was really hoping for an m4ultra this year, especially since I started working with stable diffusion and the current gpu is really lacking behind. I guess the performance gains in this new machine, while surely nice, are not gonna justify this expensive upgrade especially considering how fast the prices for the old ultra have dropped..

 

[mcnallym]

Generally speaking then there isn’t going to be the need for most people to upgrade each time a new Studio launches unless you already when bought the studio were struggling.
And if you are there then probably find that an x86 Linux/Windows workstation is most likely a better proposition.
The days of big leaps wih each new processor are over.

 

[smithdr]

Like you I am also attempting to figure this out. I returned an MBP16 M4Max in January in anticipation of an M4 Ultra Studio and was disappointed to learn this is a that the new M3 Ultra is from two M4Max. We will have to wait a couple of weeks when the performance reports come out to see how these machines compare to make a decision.

Don

 

[Mac Hammer Fan]

Single core performance of the M3 Ultra will be disappointing, I'm afraid.
I have ordered the M4 Max 40 cores.

 

[chfilm]

Single core performance of the M3 Ultra will be disappointing, I'm afraid.
I have ordered the M4 Max 40 cores.

Yea! It’s frustrating- I need high Single core and high multicore performance for after effects, as well as raw metal power, no raytracing.

 

[bnumerick]

Upgrading here. Would have preferred M4 Ultra but faster is faster and for some of my workload I could certainly still use the horsepower. My M2 Ultra is still nearly twice as fast as my M4 Max at Video AI work with the model I primarily use.

 

[bnumerick]

Single core performance of the M3 Ultra will be disappointing, I'm afraid.
I have ordered the M4 Max 40 cores.

Have you used an M3 day to day? While they're not quite at M4 speeds they're hardly disappointing. Actually ran across this video last night. Didn't realize that almost all of the M4 gains over the M3 in Geekbench is from a single test.

 

[swamyg1]

I'm a M1U owner and I'm not even that interested in the M3U. I really wanted to be though!

 

[Jackbequickly]

Is anyone who owns an m2ultra tempted for the new one?
I was really hoping for an m4ultra this year, especially since I started working with stable diffusion and the current gpu is really lacking behind. I guess the performance gains in this new machine, while surely nice, are not gonna justify this expensive upgrade especially considering how fast the prices for the old ultra have dropped..

Not me. My studio does everything I want with easy. Even large images in PS. I will wait a few more years for the M6 Ultra.

 

[chfilm]

Not me. My studio does everything I want with easy. Even large images in PS. I will wait a few more years for the M6 Ultra.

have you tried generating images with local stable diffusion? ^^ Or rendering 4k 50fps comps in After effects?^^

 

[Jackbequickly]

have you tried generating images with local stable diffusion? ^^ Or rendering 4k 50fps comps in After effects?^^

If I have no need for this, why? Just to prove it can do it. So many buy to suit an ego and not a need! LOL!😝

 

[chfilm]

If I have no need for this, why? Just to prove it can do it. So many buy to suit an ego and not a need! LOL!😝

good for you Meanwhile I'm sitting here staring at the afx render bar which is moving at an excruciatingly slow speed, taking several seconds for each frame... The cpu is sitting almost idle, while the gpu is maxed out. I just wish there was an offer for those of us who really need it. It feels odd, since Apple was really delivering those last couple of years on the chip front.. if they are gonna make us wait another TWO years now for an m5 ultra it's gonna get really annoying.

 

[xraydoc]

Even though we didn't get an M4 Ultra, I still would have bought the M3 Ultra if I thought my work — any of it, really — could have benefited from all those processor cores, even if they're a little slower individually. It's not uncommon even for Intel high-core-count chips to have a slightly slower clock speed than fewer core chips. That said, none of my work really would benefit from 32 processor cores. Even multitasking plus a small Windows VM, I don't see any noticeable slowdowns on my current 14-core M3 Max machine. So more really won't make things seem "snappier" for me. What I will benefit from though is more RAM (for leaving more apps in memory) and faster single-thread speeds. So I went with an M4 Max 16/40 and boosted the RAM and SSD.

One of these days, I'll invent some work for myself that really needs a massively multicore computer, just so I have an excuse to buy one!

 

[bnumerick]

Upgrading here. Would have preferred M4 Ultra but faster is faster and for some of my workload I could certainly still use the horsepower. My M2 Ultra is still nearly twice as fast as my M4 Max at Video AI work with the model I primarily use.

Ended up changing my mind after testing both Ultra's. For the AI model I use in Video AI the 80 GPU core was only 11% faster and the 60 core was 13% slower than the M2 Ultra 76 GPU core. That does translate into a decent time savings with the 80 core over a full upscale but going to hold out to see if they announce anything at WWDC. Based on my M4 Max MBP an M4 Ultra variant would have been about 30% faster.