Apple launches new Mac Studios with its ‘most powerful chip ever’ — the M5 Ultra
Apple has refreshed the Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips, emphasizing significant improvements in AI compute performance. The new models maintain the existing chassis design while offering updated internal hardware.
Why it matters
The Mac Studio remains a critical workstation for creative professionals, and these updates emphasize Apple's push to integrate AI-heavy workloads into professional hardware.
Apple is announcing new models of the Mac Studio, now using the existing M5 Max and a new M5 Ultra. This reunification under one chip generation comes over a year after Apple awkwardly split the Studio between M4 Max and M3 Ultra offerings. (The older sounding M3 Ultra was actually the more powerful one, and there was never an M4 Ultra chip.) The new Studios look identical to previous generations, utilizing the same small form factor chassis since its introduction in 2022 (right down to the USB-A ports on the rear), but inside are Apple’s most powerful SoCs.
Get smarter about the news
Sign up free for a feed built around what you actually care about, Dive Deeper research on any story, and the full text of every article.
Create free accountAlready have an account? Sign in