{"slug": "2025-vs-2026-mac-studio-buyer-s-guide-all-upgrades-compared", "title": "2025 vs. 2026 Mac Studio Buyer's Guide: All Upgrades Compared", "summary": "Apple's 2026 Mac Studio lineup, powered by the M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips, offers significant upgrades over the 2025 M4 Max and M3 Ultra models, including faster CPUs, enhanced GPUs with Neural Accelerators, and higher memory bandwidth, with the M5 Ultra starting at $5,499 and the M5 Max at $2,499, while the 2025 models are now discontinued.", "body_md": "Mac Studio (M4 Max, 2025) |\n\nMac Studio (M5 Max, 2026) |\n\nM4 Max chip |\n\nM5 Max chip |\n\n14-core CPU, configurable to 16-core, with 12 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores |\n\n18-core CPU with 6 super cores and 12 performance cores |\n\n32-core GPU, configurable to 40-core |\n\n32-core GPU, configurable to 40-core, with Neural Accelerators built into every core and enhanced shader cores |\n\nSecond-generation hardware-accelerated ray tracing |\n\nThird-generation hardware-accelerated ray tracing |\n\nUp to 546GB/s memory bandwidth |\n\nUp to 614GB/s memory bandwidth |\n\n36GB unified memory with the 32-core GPU, or 64GB with the 40-core GPU (128GB option withdrawn in May 2026) |\n\n36GB unified memory with the 32-core GPU, or 48GB, 64GB, or 128GB with the 40-core GPU |\n\nWeighs 6.1 pounds (2.74 kg) |\n\nWeighs 6.0 pounds (2.7 kg) |\n\nNow discontinued |\n\nStarts at $2,499 |\n\nMac Studio (M3 Ultra, 2025) |\n\nMac Studio (M5 Ultra, 2026) |\n\nM3 Ultra chip |\n\nM5 Ultra chip |\n\n28-core CPU, configurable to 32-core, with 24 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores |\n\n30-core CPU, configurable to 36-core, with 12 super cores and 24 performance cores |\n\n60-core GPU, configurable to 80-core |\n\n64-core GPU, configurable to 80-core, with Neural Accelerators built into every core and enhanced shader cores |\n\nFirst-generation hardware-accelerated ray tracing |\n\nThird-generation hardware-accelerated ray tracing |\n\nDynamic Caching |\n\nSecond-generation Dynamic Caching |\n\n819GB/s memory bandwidth |\n\n1.2TB/s memory bandwidth |\n\n96GB, 256GB, or 512GB unified memory (512GB option withdrawn in March 2026 and the 256GB option withdrawn in May 2026) |\n\n96GB or 256GB unified memory, or 512GB with the 80-core GPU |\n\nNow discontinued |\n\nStarts at $5,499 |", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/2025-vs-2026-mac-studio-buyer-s-guide-all-upgrades-compared", "canonical_source": "https://www.macrumors.com/guide/2025-vs-2026-mac-studio/", "published_at": "2026-08-27 16:30:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-27 16:50:17.255608+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-chips", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Apple", "Mac Studio", "M5 Max", "M5 Ultra", "M4 Max", "M3 Ultra"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/2025-vs-2026-mac-studio-buyer-s-guide-all-upgrades-compared", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/2025-vs-2026-mac-studio-buyer-s-guide-all-upgrades-compared.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/2025-vs-2026-mac-studio-buyer-s-guide-all-upgrades-compared.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/2025-vs-2026-mac-studio-buyer-s-guide-all-upgrades-compared.jsonld"}}