New Mac Studio

The Apple Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra delivers incredible professional desktop performance in a compact design. Built for demanding creative, technical, and AI-powered workflows, the latest Mac Studio combines powerful Apple silicon with extensive connectivity and massive unified memory options.

What is the Apple Mac Studio?

The new Mac Studio is Apple’s most powerful Mac, featuring the M5 Max and all-new M5 Ultra chips. Designed for professional creators, developers, engineers, AI researchers, and other demanding users, Mac Studio is a compact desktop computer that can be paired with a high-resolution monitor, keyboard, and mouse for a complete workstation setup.

Mac Studio with M5 Max features an 18-core CPU, up to a 40-core GPU, and up to 128GB of unified memory. With up to 614GB/s of memory bandwidth and Neural Accelerators built into every GPU core, it is designed to handle intensive creative, graphics, development, and on-device AI workloads.

For even more demanding workflows, Mac Studio with M5 Ultra offers up to a 36-core CPU, an 80-core GPU, and up to 512GB of unified memory with up to 1.2TB/s of memory bandwidth. This makes it especially well suited to complex 3D rendering, high-resolution video production, scientific computing, and running large AI models directly on the device.

The new Mac Studio also offers extensive connectivity, including Thunderbolt 5 with transfer speeds up to 120Gb/s, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 6. It supports up to eight displays, giving professionals plenty of flexibility to build an advanced multi-display workspace.

What makes the new Mac Studio different from previous-generation models?

The latest Mac Studio delivers major improvements in CPU, graphics, storage, and AI performance compared to previous models. Across the new lineup, Apple says Mac Studio can deliver up to 4.3x faster AI performance, up to 2x faster storage, up to 1.8x faster graphics, and up to 1.3x faster CPU performance, depending on the model and workload.

Mac Studio with M5 Max delivers a major boost over the previous M4 Max model. Its GPU is up to 50% faster, while on-device AI performance can be up to 3.9x faster for supported workloads. The added Neural Accelerators in each GPU core also help speed up generative AI, image creation, video workflows, development, and other professional applications.

Mac Studio with M5 Ultra takes performance even further compared to the previous M3 Ultra generation. It offers up to 1.3x faster multithreaded CPU performance, up to 1.8x faster graphics, and up to 4.3x the peak AI compute performance. Its support for up to 512GB of unified memory also enables professionals to work with exceptionally large projects and AI models directly on the Mac.

Storage performance has also been upgraded, with speeds up to twice as fast as the previous generation. Thunderbolt 5, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and support for up to eight displays provide even more options for high-speed storage, professional peripherals, expansion devices, and multi-display setups.

What are the differences between M5 Ultra and M5 Max?

Both M5 Max and M5 Ultra are designed for professional workflows, but M5 Ultra offers substantially more processing, graphics, memory, and AI performance for users with the most demanding requirements.

Mac Studio with M5 Max offers an 18-core CPU, up to a 40-core GPU, up to 128GB of unified memory, and up to 614GB/s of memory bandwidth. It is an excellent option for musicians, photographers, video editors, software developers, designers, and other professionals who need powerful performance for everyday creative and technical workloads.

Mac Studio with M5 Ultra increases that capability to up to a 36-core CPU, 80-core GPU, 512GB of unified memory, and 1.2TB/s of memory bandwidth. It is designed for extreme workloads such as professional 8K video production, complex visual effects and 3D rendering, large-scale scientific simulations, advanced software development, and local AI model training and inference.

For many professional users, the Mac Studio with M5 Max will provide more than enough performance. For filmmakers, VFX artists, AI researchers, data scientists, engineers, and other professionals working with exceptionally demanding projects, the Mac Studio with M5 Ultra provides significantly more headroom and the highest level of Mac Studio performance.

Frequently asked questions about Mac Studio M5 Max and M5 Ultra

What is the difference between Mac Studio M5 Max and M5 Ultra?

Mac Studio with M5 Max is designed for demanding creative and professional workflows, while M5 Ultra offers more CPU and GPU cores, significantly more unified memory, and greater memory bandwidth for the most intensive workloads.

Who should choose Mac Studio with M5 Max?

M5 Max is a strong choice for video editors, photographers, musicians, developers, designers, and other professionals who need powerful performance for creative and technical applications.

Who is Mac Studio with M5 Ultra best for?

M5 Ultra is best suited to users working with extremely demanding tasks such as 8K video production, complex 3D rendering, scientific simulations, advanced software development, and large AI models.

Does the new Mac Studio support multiple displays?

Yes. The new Mac Studio supports advanced multi-display setups, with support for up to eight displays depending on the configuration.

Does Mac Studio support Apple Intelligence?

Yes. Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra supports Apple Intelligence and is designed to accelerate demanding on-device AI workflows.

Does Mac Studio come with a monitor, keyboard, or mouse?

No. Mac Studio is sold as a desktop computer, so a monitor, keyboard, and mouse or trackpad are typically purchased separately.