Mac Studio is a brand-new Mac desktop. It crams incredible performance, extensive connectivity, and new capabilities into an unbelievably small package, putting everything you need at your fingertips and transforming any space into a studio. And it all begins with your choice of the blisteringly fast M1 Max or the all-new M1 Ultra — the most powerful chip ever found in a personal computer.
M1 Max has the power to take on almost any challenge. The M1 Max has your back whether you’re running multiple apps, sorting and editing thousands of photos, recording and mixing professional-quality music, or discovering a new exoplanet.
CPU performance is 2.5x faster3
GPU performance can be increased by up to 3.4×4.
Machine learning can be up to 2.2x faster5.
Playback of up to 9 streams of 8K ProRes video There are 657 billion transistors.
11 trillion operations per second are possible.
Up to 5 displays are supported.
Encode and decode H.264, HEVC, and ProRes video.
SSDs with capacities of up to 8TB and read speeds of up to 7.4GB/s are available7.
M1 Ultra, which is made up of two M1 Max chips, allows you to power through workflows on an unprecedented scale. As a result, you can perform complex particle simulations and work with massive 3D environments that were previously impossible to render. With twice the media engine resources, the M1 Ultra can support up to 18 streams of 8K ProRes 422 video playback, which no other personal computer can.
CPU performance is 3.8 times faster3
GPU performance can be increased by up to 4.5 times4.
Machine learning can be up to three times faster8.
quicker machine learning 8
Playback of up to 18 streams of 8K ProRes video
There are 6 114 billion transistors.
Up to 22 trillion operations per second are possible.
Up to 5 displays are supported.
Encode and decode H.264, HEVC, and ProRes video.
SSDs with capacities of up to 8TB and read speeds of up to 7.4GB/s are available7.
CPU Efficiency
Houdini FX / Adobe Photoshop / Vectorworks / Affinity Photo / NASA TetrUSS
Performance improvements in computational fluid dynamics9
5.3 x Mac Studio with M1 Ultra 2.7 x Mac Pro with 16-core Intel Xeon 2.2 x 27-inch iMac with 10-core Intel Core i9
Final Cut Pro / Compressor / Affinity Photo / Boris FX Sapphire 2022 / Maxon Cinema 4D / Blackmagic Design GPU Performance Faster 8K render speed in DaVinci Resolve Studio13 Mac Studio with M1 Ultra 5.0 x Mac Studio with M1 Max 3.5 x Mac Pro with Radeon Pro W5700X 1.4 x 27-inch iMac with Radeon Pro 5700 XT
Apple silicon’s incredible power and efficiency has allowed us to completely reimagine the high-performance desktop. The inspiration for Mac Studio was simple: let M1 Max or M1 Ultra — and your creativity — run completely unrestricted, in the smallest possible footprint. It fits perfectly beneath most displays, putting incredible power and connectivity at your fingertips right on your desk.
With an array of 12 high-performance ports located front and back for easy access, Mac Studio allows you to build the studio of your dreams. From the front, you can easily connect and disconnect your camera, external storage, and other devices. Connect up to four Pro Display XDRs and one 4K TV to see the big picture. A headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones and a line out for amplified speakers are also included.
For the ultimate studio setup, we designed Mac Studio in collaboration with the new Studio Display. Studio Display completes the Mac experience with its stunning 68.29-centimetre (27-inch) 5K Retina display, 12MP Ultra Wide camera with Centre Stage, studio-quality three-mic array, and six-speaker sound system with Spatial Audio.
Mac Studio, with its strikingly small form factor and abundance of ports, allows you to reimagine your workspace and unleash your creativity.
Magic accessories are wireless, rechargeable, precise, and comfortable, and they now come in silver and black to round out your setup.
macOS Monterey was built to scale with Apple silicon, so the system benefits automatically from the increased graphics, massive memory, and powerful machine learning of the M1 Max or M1 Ultra. With over 10,000 optimised apps and plug-ins, as well as great new macOS features like Universal Control, 19 Shortcuts, and Focus, you can work, play, and create in ways you never thought possible.
Designed with the environment in mind.
Mac Studio was designed to have the least amount of environmental impact possible, from the way it’s built to how it’s packaged and shipped — and even how it’s used. Mac Studio raises the bar for desktops in its class by requiring far less energy than its competitors, thanks to the efficiency of Apple silicon. Over the course of a year, Mac Studio will be going to use up to 1,000 kilowatt-hours less energy than a high-end PC desktop. Its magnets are completely made of recycled rare earth elements, while the solder on the main logic board is entirely made of recycled tin. Its packaging is entirely constructed of brand new wood fibre sourced from sustainably managed forests20.
Apple conducted testing in February 2022 with pre-production Mac Studio systems equipped with an Apple M1 Max with a 10-core CPU and a 32-core GPU, as well as pre-production Mac Studio systems equipped with an Apple M1 Ultra with a 20-core CPU and a 64-core GPU. Performance is measured against industrystandard benchmarks. Data from a 10-core PC desktop CPU performance test with a Core i5-12600K and DDR5 memory. Data from testing the Core i9-12900K with DDR5 memory on a 16-core PC desktop CPU. Performance tests are carried out on specific computer systems to approximate the performance of Mac Studio.