Apple Watch Series 12 vs Apple Watch Ultra 3

The two products' specifications row by row. Rows where they differ are marked; a missing value is unknown, never equal.

4 differences
SpecificationApple Watch Series 12Apple Watch Ultra 3
Water resistanceDiffers50m (swimproof) under ISO standard 22810:2010WR100
Battery life (max)Differs24 h42 h
Wireless chipsetDiffersS11 chip with 64-bit dual-core processorS10
Activity measurementsDiffersGPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDoudual-frequency GPS
International Protection (IP) codeSameIP6XIP6X
Bluetooth versionnot knownBluetooth 5.3not known
Mobile network connectionnot knownnot knownYes
Mobile network generationnot knownnot known5G
Wi-Finot knownnot knownYes
Watch case materialnot knownnot knownTitanium
Watch case sizenot knownnot known49mm
Display brightnessnot knownnot known3000 nits
Display technologynot knownnot knownOLED
Watch glass typenot knownnot knownsapphire crystal
Built-in microphonenot knownYesnot known
Heart rate monitornot knownnot knownYes
Built-in speaker(s)not knownYesnot known
Battery life (power save mode)not knownnot known72 h
Operating system installednot knownwatchOSnot known
Depthnot known9.7 mmnot known
Device memorynot known64 GBnot known
Heart-rate derived metricsnot knownnot knownblood pressure
Sustainable technologies and materialsnot knownnot known100% recycled titanium in the case
Satellite Communicationsnot knownnot knowntrue