Apple Studio Display (2022)
Apple's first-generation 27-inch 5K Retina display, built for Macs: a 600-nit P3 panel with a 12MP Center Stage camera, six speakers and a three-mic array, and a single Thunderbolt 3 cable that also charges a laptop at up to 96 W. Replaced in March 2026 by the second-generation Studio Display.
Display
- Panel
- 27-inch (diagonal) 5K Retina display; IPS LCD (TFT) with LED backlight per Wikipedia
- Resolution
- 5120 × 2880 at 218 pixels per inch (16:9)
- Refresh rate
- 60 Hz (Wikipedia specification table)
- Brightness
- 600 nits
- Contrast
- 970:1 (Wikipedia specification table)
- Colour
- Support for 1 billion colours; wide colour (P3); True Tone
- Glass
- Standard glass, or nano-texture glass as a configure-to-order option
- Reference modes
- Apple Display (P3-600 nits), HDTV Video (BT.709-BT.1886), NTSC Video (BT.601 SMPTE-C), PAL and SECAM Video (BT.601 EBU), Digital Cinema (P3-DCI), Digital Cinema (P3-D65), Design and Print (P3-D50), Photography (P3-D65), Internet and Web (sRGB)
- HDR / local dimming
- None listed by Apple
Ports
- Thunderbolt
- 1 × upstream Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) port for the host, with 96 W host charging
- USB-C
- 3 × downstream USB-C ports (up to 10 Gb/s) for peripherals, storage and networking
- iPad hosts
- With iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd/4th gen), iPad Pro 11-inch (1st/2nd gen) or iPad Air (5th gen), the USB-C ports run at USB 2 speeds
- Camera
- 12MP Center Stage camera (Ultra Wide, 122° field of view per Wikipedia)
- Speakers
- High-fidelity six-speaker system with force-cancelling woofers; Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos
- Microphones
- Studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming; "Hey Siri"
- In the box
- Thunderbolt cable (1 m)
Ergonomics
- Tilt-adjustable stand (standard)
- Tilt −5° to +25°
- Tilt- and height-adjustable stand (option)
- Tilt −5° to +25°; 105 mm height adjustment
- VESA mount adapter (option)
- 100 × 100 mm VESA stand or mount; landscape or portrait
- Changing the mount
- Stand/adapter is chosen at purchase and is not user-interchangeable; an Apple Store or authorised service provider can reconfigure it (Wikipedia)
Power
- Input
- 100–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz, single phase
- Supply
- Internal; AC power cord (1.8 m per Wikipedia) that needs a special tool to detach
- Laptop charging
- Up to 96 W to the host over Thunderbolt 3
Physical
- With tilt-adjustable stand
- H 47.8 cm × W 62.3 cm × D 16.8 cm; 6.3 kg
- With tilt- and height-adjustable stand
- H 47.9–58.3 cm × W 62.3 cm × D 20.7 cm; 7.7 kg
- With VESA mount adapter
- H 36.2 cm × W 62.3 cm × D 3.1 cm; 5.5 kg
- Materials
- Aluminium frame and glass front
- Operating environment
- 10–35 °C; 5–90% relative humidity, non-condensing; tested up to 5000 m
- Model number
- A2525 (order number MK0U3LL/A per Wikipedia)
Management
- Chip
- Apple A13 Bionic, which runs the camera and audio processing (Wikipedia)
- Firmware
- Camera features and firmware updates require connection to a Mac
Operating systems
- Mac
- macOS Monterey 12.3 or later: Mac Studio (2022 or later), 16-inch MacBook Pro (2019 or later), 14-inch MacBook Pro (2021 or later), 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro (2016 or later), MacBook Air (2018 or later), Mac mini (2018 or later), Mac Pro (2019 or later), 24-inch iMac (2021 or later), 27-inch and 21.5-inch iMac (2017 or later), iMac Pro (2017)
- iPad
- iPadOS 15.4 or later: iPad Pro (M4), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and later), iPad Air (M3), iPad Air (M2), iPad Air (5th generation)
- Other hosts
- Works with other DisplayPort-capable systems, including Windows PCs, but only supported Macs get features beyond display, speakers and camera (Wikipedia)