Quick context: last year's Mac Studio was a genuine mess — M4 Max on one end, M3 Ultra on the other, with the older-sounding M3 actually being more powerful. An M4 Ultra never existed. That's fixed now.
The new lineup:
🔸 M5 Max — 36GB memory, from
$2,499🔸 M5 Ultra — 96GB memory, 80-core GPU,
1.2TB/s bandwidth, from $5,499🔸 512GB memory config — October, pricing TBD
🔸 Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, storage twice as fast
Ships September 22nd on macOS 27 Golden Gate. With the Mac Pro gone, the M5 Ultra is now Apple's absolute ceiling — according to The Verge. Same chassis since 2022. USB-A ports still on the back. Apparently "most powerful chip ever" and "we kept the old box" aren't mutually exclusive.