That’s nice to know, but for me the M1 Ultra performance is not very relevant. Apple has a history of introducing proprietary architectures, not-quite-compatibles interfaces and non-standard software.

MacOS has nice UI? Great, I will use it. Anything computationally intensive? - Why bother? I would use only Linux on the back end. It’s very easy to couple mid-range Apple product with high-end Linux workstation at your desk. I don’t need to run compute-intensive Deep Learning load while I am at the coffee shop.

>I don’t need to run compute-intensive Deep Learning load while I am at the coffee shop.

Well they're putting it in a desktop and claiming desktop performance...

If Apple is going to put up graphs saying they beat i9 and 3090RTX machines, it's worth investigating even if I plan to put Linux on it.

In this instance it seems like the reality doesn't match the hype as well as in the laptop space, but if it had I would surly consider the option.

Geekbrench has already been debunked a long time ago by Anandtech as not sustaining the full load enough to show the real pref.

The CPU and GPU tests finishes too fast for the system to ramp up to the full power load.

That's not to say that M1 Ultra is equal or better than 3090, just that Geekbench isn't the right test for this.

You can see more detailed analysis here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ7WN3yome4

Is that an indication that the M1 has latency issues vis-a-vis power delivery, then?

The GB Compute test is widely viewed as worthless for the m1 Ultra chip because it’s too fast for the chip to ramp up. It’s even too short for the m1 Max.