Apple just pulled the sheet off its latest Mac Studio, and the spec sheet reads like someone fed a wish list into a particle accelerator. The compact desktop workstation now ships with M5 Max and M5 Ultra processors, delivering what Apple describes as generational leaps in CPU, GPU, and AI performance over previous silicon.
Pre-orders are live now. Shipping begins September 22, 2026, with a starting price of $2,499.
What’s under the hood
The M5 Max configuration tops out at an 18-core CPU and 40-core GPU, paired with up to 128GB of unified memory. Memory bandwidth clocks in at 614GB/s.
Apple says the M5 Max delivers up to 2.5 times faster CPU performance and 4.9 times faster GPU performance compared to the M1 Max.
