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Apple expands its range of professional computers with a new Mac Studio. This time the company is focusing primarily on on-device AI performance, but it hasn't forgotten video editing, 3D graphics or working on large projects. The computer features M5 Max chips and the debuting M5 Ultra, and in its most powerful configuration can be fitted with as much as 512 GB of unified memory.
M5 Ultra ma być prawdziwym potworem do AI
Największą zmianą w nowym Macu Studio jest oczywiście układ M5 Ultra. Apple wyposażyło go w maksymalnie 36-core CPU and 80-core GPU, a pamięć zunifikowana może osiągnąć 512 GB. Przepustowość pamięci wynosi natomiast aż 1.2 TB/s, czyli o 50 percent więcej niż w poprzedniej generacji. Takie parametry mają pozwolić na uruchamianie naprawdę dużych modeli językowych bezpośrednio na komputerze. Apple podaje, że M5 Ultra osiąga nawet 4.3 times higher peak AI compute performance than M3 Ultra. W porównaniu z M1 Ultra różnica ma sięgać nawet 9.8 razy. Co ciekawe, użytkownicy mogą również połączyć kilka Maców Studio w jeden klaster wykorzystujący Thunderbolt 5 oraz technologię RDMA. Według Apple konfiguracja z czterech komputerów może zapewnić nawet 3 times greater AI inference performance niż pojedynczy system.
Mac Studio M5 Max also got a powerful boost
The cheaper model uses the M5 Max chip with an 18‑core CPU and up to a 40‑core GPU. This version can be configured with up to 128 GB of unified RAM, with bandwidth reaching 614 GB/s. The GPU also gained integrated Neural Accelerators to improve performance on AI-related tasks. Apple boasts, among other things, up to 3.9 times faster processing of LLM prompts in LM Studio compared with the Mac Studio with M4 Max. For text-to-image generation the company claims up to 3.5 times higher performance, and the Magic Mask feature in DaVinci Resolve Studio is said to run up to three times faster. Professional graphics weren’t forgotten either. The M5 Max offers third-generation hardware ray tracing, and the computer can easily handle 8K footage and multiple video streams.
33 streams of 8K at once? Mac Studio is meant to be ready for extreme editing
With the M5 Ultra, Apple pushes multimedia capabilities even further. The SoC features twice as many video encode and decode engines as the M5 Max, allowing Mac Studio to handle up to 33 simultaneous 8K ProRes 422 streams at 30 fps. This hardware is therefore aimed not only at people working with AI. Apple also points to filmmakers, VFX artists, 3D designers, developers and those working with large datasets. Mac Studio is intended to enable, among other things, real-time colour grading of 8K footage and the rendering of demanding 3D scenes.
Thunderbolt 5, Wi-Fi 7 and even eight monitors
The new Mac Studio also comes with an expanded set of ports. On board it has up to six Thunderbolt 5 ports, offering bandwidth of up to 120 Gb/s. The computer also supports Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6, and via USB-C it can use genlock technology useful for professional video production. Apple allows up to eight displays to be connected simultaneously. It is also possible to use up to four Studio Display XDR monitors at full 5K resolution and 120 Hz.
Pre-orders for the new Mac Studio began on 25 August, while first deliveries and in-store sales will start on 22 September. The M5 Max model starts at 12,499 zł in Poland, and the M5 Ultra version is priced at a minimum of 27,999 zł. Configurations with 512 GB of RAM will arrive in late October.
The new Mac Studio is primarily a showcase for the capabilities of the M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips. 512 GB of unified memory, an 80-core GPU, 1.2 TB/s of bandwidth and a huge emphasis on on-device AI mean the most powerful configuration is aimed at truly demanding users. Apple also allows machines to be clustered, so Mac Studio can be used even when working with very large AI models.
source: Apple
