Apple Mac Studio (M5 Max or M5 Ultra)
The fourth Mac Studio, in the same 19.7 cm square aluminium enclosure, moving to the M5 Max or M5 Ultra with Neural Accelerators in every GPU core, the new Apple N1 wireless chip (Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, Thread), genlock over USB-C, and Thunderbolt-based clustering of up to four units to share memory. For creative and AI/ML workloads that need Mac Pro-class GPU and memory in a desktop box.
Memory
- Type
- Unified memory packaged with the SoC
- M5 Max
- 36 GB standard; configurable to 48 GB, 64 GB or 128 GB (requires the 18-core CPU / 40-core GPU M5 Max)
- M5 Ultra
- 96 GB standard; configurable to 256 GB or 512 GB (512 GB requires the 36-core CPU / 80-core GPU M5 Ultra and ships in October 2026)
- Bandwidth
- 460 GB/s (32-core M5 Max), 614 GB/s (40-core M5 Max), 1.2 TB/s (M5 Ultra, both configurations)
- Slots
- None; memory cannot be added after purchase
Storage
- M5 Max
- 512 GB SSD standard; configurable to 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB or 8 TB
- M5 Ultra
- 1 TB SSD standard; configurable to 2 TB, 4 TB, 8 TB or 16 TB
Graphics
- M5 Max
- 32-core GPU; 40-core GPU configurable
- M5 Ultra
- 64-core GPU; 80-core GPU configurable
- Neural Accelerators
- Built into every GPU core, on both M5 Max and M5 Ultra
- Ray tracing
- Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
- Media engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW, plus AV1 decode
- External displays (M5 Max)
- Up to five over any combination of Thunderbolt/HDMI: four up to 6K60 or 4K165 plus a fifth up to 5K60 over HDMI; or up to three (two up to 8K60/5K120/4K240 plus a third up to 5K60 over HDMI); up to four displays from a single Thunderbolt port
- External displays (M5 Ultra)
- Up to eight over any combination of Thunderbolt/HDMI: eight up to 6K60 or 4K165; or up to four up to 8K60/5K120/4K240; up to four displays from a single Thunderbolt port
- Thunderbolt video
- Native DisplayPort 2.1 speeds over Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) ports
- Display features
- Variable refresh rate (VRR), HDR and multichannel audio
Expansion
- Internal slots
- None; no PCIe slots, expansion only through external ports
- Clustering
- Up to four Mac Studio units can be clustered over Thunderbolt to share memory (Wikipedia)
Networking
- Ethernet
- 10Gb Ethernet (Nbase-T 1/2.5/5/10 Gb, RJ-45)
- Wireless chip
- Apple N1 wireless networking chip
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 6
- Thread
- Thread networking technology
Power
- Power supply
- Internal; only a power cord in the box
- Input
- 100–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz, single phase
- Maximum continuous power
- 480 W
Ports
- Rear
- 4 × Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C; up to 120 Gb/s Thunderbolt 5 / USB 4, USB 3 up to 10 Gb/s, DisplayPort 2.1), 2 × USB-A (up to 5 Gb/s), HDMI 2.1, 10Gb Ethernet, 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Front (M5 Max)
- 2 × USB-C (up to 10 Gb/s), SDXC card slot (UHS-II)
- Front (M5 Ultra)
- 2 × Thunderbolt 5 (up to 120 Gb/s), SDXC card slot (UHS-II)
- Audio
- Built-in speaker; 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones; HDMI multichannel audio
Physical
- Dimensions
- 9.5 × 19.7 × 19.7 cm (H × W × D); 3.7 × 7.7 × 7.7 in
- Weight
- 2.7 kg / 6.0 lb (M5 Max); 3.6 kg / 8.0 lb (M5 Ultra)
- Colour
- Silver
- Operating temperature
- 10–35 °C (50–95 °F)
- Storage temperature
- –40 to 47 °C (–40 to 116 °F)
- Relative humidity
- 5–90% non-condensing
- Altitude
- Tested up to 5000 m (16,400 ft)
- Acoustics
- 1.5 B sound power level at idle and on wireless web (M5 Ultra, 30-core CPU, 64-core GPU, 96 GB, 1 TB tested)
Operating systems
- Shipped with
- macOS 27 Golden Gate (per Wikipedia's supported-releases table; this is the only release Apple lists as supporting the 2026 Mac Studio so far)
Processors
- Apple M5 Max (18-core CPU)
- Apple M5 Max (18-core CPU, 40-core GPU)
- Apple M5 Ultra (30-core CPU)
- Apple M5 Ultra (36-core CPU, 80-core GPU)