Apple M5 Ultra
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Apple M5 Ultra in the Mac Studio (available September 22, 2026): 30-core CPU, 64-core GPU with Neural Accelerators, 32-core Neural Engine and 1.2 TB/s unified memory bandwidth. 96 GB base, configurable to 256 GB or 512 GB with the 36-core CPU / 80-core GPU option; from $5,499. Source: Apple Newsroom and apple.com/mac-studio/specs, Sept 22, 2026. Apple skipped an M4 Ultra entirely: the Mac Studio went from M4 Max / M3 Ultra (March 2025) to M5 Max / M5 Ultra.
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Sub-scores sum to 887 / 1000. Headline = 887 × 0.70 (Estimated-confidence discount) = 621. This is an algorithmic performance-tier score — distinct from, and often lower than, the editorial “Our verdict” below, which weighs value and real-world fit (especially for hardware we haven’t measured yet). How scoring works →
Extrapolated from 1200 GB/s bandwidth — 168.0 tok/s estimated. No measured benchmarks yet.
Plain-English: Runs 70B comfortably — snappy enough for a coding agent; vision models supported.
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Overview
Apple M5 Ultra in the Mac Studio (available September 22, 2026): 30-core CPU, 64-core GPU with Neural Accelerators, 32-core Neural Engine and 1.2 TB/s unified memory bandwidth. 96 GB base, configurable to 256 GB or 512 GB with the 36-core CPU / 80-core GPU option; from $5,499. Source: Apple Newsroom and apple.com/mac-studio/specs, Sept 22, 2026. Apple skipped an M4 Ultra entirely: the Mac Studio went from M4 Max / M3 Ultra (March 2025) to M5 Max / M5 Ultra.
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Specs
| VRAM | 0 GB |
| System RAM (typical) | 512 GB |
| Released | 2026 |
| MSRP | $5499 |
| Backends | Metal MLX |
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