Apple today announced the new Mac Studio featuring M5 Max and the all-new M5 Ultra, delivering a monumental leap in AI performance and faster graphics for demanding pro workflows. The system offers 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 speed. Mac Studio with M5 Max features an 18-core CPU, up to 40-core GPU with Neural Accelerators built into each core, and up to 128GB of unified memory. The M5 Ultra configuration scales to a 36-core CPU, up to 80-core GPU, and a staggering 512GB of unified memory, enabling users to run enormous LLMs entirely on device. Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thunderbolt 5 arrive for the first time, with Thunderbolt 5 enabling multiple Mac Studio systems to be clustered for up to 3x faster distributed AI inference. Combined with Studio Display and Studio Display XDR, macOS 27, and Apple Intelligence including Siri AI, it forms the ultimate pro desktop. The new Mac Studio is available for pre-order starting today, with availability beginning September 22.

"Mac Studio is the ultimate desktop for on-device AI and the world's most demanding pro workflows," said Johny Srouji, Apple's chief hardware officer. "With the powerful M5 Max and the incredible capabilities of M5 Ultra, Mac Studio ushers in a new era of desktop computing." Neural Accelerators in each GPU core deliver dramatically faster matrix multiplication, while up to 512GB of unified memory and 1.2TB/s of memory bandwidth let users run massive models entirely on device with complete privacy.