TESTED: Apple Mac Studio M1 Ultra: SHA512 Hashing Speed Scalability

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A big thank-you to B&H Photo for sending the $7999 Apple Mac Studio M1 Ultra 20-core CPU / 64-core GPU/ 128GB / 8TB SSD for review. This is exactly the configuration I would buy excepting a preference for a 4TB SSD (only to keep the cost down).

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TESTED

See the test notes for details on hardware configuration and software versions.

Intel Macs do great. M1 Macs, not so hot, running slower than a 2015 MacBook Pro for 1/2/3/4/5 CPU cores.

Apple Mac Studio M1 Ultra: SHA512 Hashing Speed Scalability

SHA-512 hashing speed vs CPU cores
2022 Mac Studio M1 Ultra vs 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max, 2019 iMac 5K, 2020 iMac 5K, 2019 Mac Pro 28-core, 2015 MacBook Pro: