Apple’s top-tier Mac, the Mac Studio, has been given a big AI bump with the M5 Ultra. Here’s how it compares against the M3 Ultra model it replaces.
The Mac Studio now has M5 Ultra, an upgrade from the M3 Ultra.
The Mac Studio now has M5 Ultra, an upgrade from the M3 Ultra.
The new Mac Studio arrived on Tuesday, with the all-new M5 Ultra now the top-of-the-range chip for tough productivity workloads. Apple is positioning it squarely as a desktop for doing a lot of AI-related processing, including running models locally.
The design stays faithful to the outgoing model, so the story lives inside the chip. This time, the headline is artificial intelligence rather than raw core counts.