The new M5 Ultra Mac Studio delivers GPU performance comparable to the Nvidia RTX 5080 in AI workloads, with Metal test scores ranging from 350,000 to 360,000—up from 249,564 on the M3 Ultra model. In Open CL benchmarks, the M5 Ultra scores 210,000 to 220,000, slightly below the RTX 5080’s 250,711 but a significant improvement over the M3 Ultra’s 140,821. Apple highlights the Mac Studio’s energy efficiency, drawing under 200W versus the RTX 5080’s 600W+ and multi-GPU setups exceeding 1,000W.

The Dual Neural Engine and Neural Accelerators per GPU core enhance AI processing, making the M5 Ultra Mac Studio a cost-effective, high-performance option for AI research and development.