Alongside a new M6 Mac mini, Apple has launched new versions of the Mac Studio, using the M5 Max and M5 Ultra processors.
As consistently expected, Apple has updated the Mac Studio with these two processors. It claims up to 4.3 times faster AI performance, 2 times faster storage, and up to 1.3 times faster CPU speed.
"With the powerful M5 Max and the incredible capabilities of M5 Ultra, Mac Studio ushers in a new era of desktop computing, delivering huge performance gains for pro workloads and AI inference with frontier-class models," said Johny Srouji, Apple's chief hardware officer in a statement. "By integrating Neural Accelerators directly into the GPU and offering massive amounts of high-bandwidth unified memory, the new Mac Studio is our most powerful Mac ever."
Apple says that the new M5 Max Mac Studio features:
- 18-core CPU
- Up to 40-core GPU with Neural Accelerators
- From 36GB unified memory to 128GB
- 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, or 8TB SSD
- Support for up to five displays
In comparison, the M5 Ultra Mac Studio:
- Up to 36-core CPU
- Up to 80-core GPU
- 256GB or 512GB unified memory
- 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 8TB, or 16TB SSD
- Support for up to eight displays
Both models bring Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 to the Mac Studio for the first time.
Pricing and availability
The new Mac Studio starts at $2,499 for the M5 Max version, and $5,499 for the M5 Ultra edition. Pre-orders are now open, and the new Mac Studio will ship to customers from September 22, 2026.
Apple has kept to the same price it recently raised for the Mac Studio M4 Max edition. But the M5 Ultra is now $200 more than the M4 Ultra one.
At launch, the M4 Max cost $1,999, and the M4 Ultra was $3,999. The higher pricing is a direct result of demand causing component costs to rise because of the global chip shortage.
Apple notes that in the US, these new Mac Studio models can now also be leased via its Apple Upgrade program. The M5 Max edition costs from $48.99 per month, while the M5 Ultra can be leased from $110.10 per month.
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