{"product_id":"apple-mac-studio-m5-ultra","title":"Apple Mac Studio (M5 Ultra)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Apple Mac Studio with M5 Ultra is a compact desktop built around Apple’s UltraFusion architecture, which fuses two M5 Max chips into a single system-on-chip with 1.2TB\/s of unified memory bandwidth. It is a major generational leap in CPU and GPU throughput over the outgoing M3 Ultra. It suits studios rendering feature-length timelines, AI teams running enormous local language models, and engineers who need serious compute without a server room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWho it's for\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoading 200B+ parameter local AI models entirely in memory, with no per-token API costs and no data leaving the building\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLegal, healthcare, defence and financial teams that handle sensitive data and want inference on their own hardware\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColourists grading multiple streams of 8K ProRes RAW, and 3D artists rendering in Octane, Redshift and Blender Cycles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResearchers fine-tuning models, agencies building AI-powered products, and developers prototyping against local LLMs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eKey features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUp to 36-core CPU:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 new “super core” high-performance cores plus 24 power-efficient performance cores, Apple’s newest three-tier core architecture built for sustained, all-day workloads.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUp to 80-core GPU:\u003c\/strong\u003e the largest GPU Apple has ever fitted to a Mac, with hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading for real-time 3D and colour-accurate video work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUp to 512GB unified memory:\u003c\/strong\u003e the CPU, GPU and Neural Engine share one large, fast memory pool, so 200B+ parameter models load in memory instead of streaming from disk or the cloud.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1.2TB\/s memory bandwidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e keeps every core fed at once, which is what large models, 8K timelines and simulation workloads demand.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e32-core Neural Engine:\u003c\/strong\u003e dedicated silicon for on-device machine learning, from Core ML inference to Apple Intelligence features.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSix Thunderbolt 5 ports:\u003c\/strong\u003e two front and four rear at up to 120Gb\/s each, plus 10-Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI 2.1, an SDXC card slot and a 3.5mm headphone jack.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUp to eight external displays:\u003c\/strong\u003e rare in a desktop this compact, and suited to multi-monitor production and trading setups.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6:\u003c\/strong\u003e the fastest wireless standards currently shipping, alongside a whisper-quiet thermal system even under sustained full load.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLow running costs:\u003c\/strong\u003e it draws a fraction of the power of a multi-GPU tower under load and needs no separate cooling infrastructure, which matters when weighing it against cloud AI compute or a custom PC build over three to five years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSpec\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eChip\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApple M5 Ultra (quad-die UltraFusion, two M5 Max dies)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCPU\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30-core (10 super cores + 20 performance cores) standard, or 36-core (12 super cores + 24 performance cores)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGPU\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e64-core standard, configurable to 80-core\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNeural Engine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e32-core\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnified memory\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e96GB standard, configurable 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