Mac Studio (M5 Ultra)

“Now featuring up to 4.3x faster AI performance, up to 2x faster storage, up to 1.8x faster graphics, and up to 1.3x faster CPU speed, along with higher memory bandwidth, Mac Studio empowers creatives, developers, AI researchers, data scientists, and more to push the boundaries of what they can do.”

Compares CPU and GPU (Metal) with the M3 Ultra in the Mac Studio (M3 Ultra). No baseline named, read as the previous generation.

Mac Studio (M5 Ultra) announcement, August 2026, Apple Newsroom, Mac Studio (M5 Ultra) announcement, August 2026

“M5 Ultra also features a large up-to-36-core CPU consisting of 12 super cores and 24 performance cores, delivering up to 1.25x higher single-threaded performance and up to 1.3x higher multithreaded performance than M3 Ultra.”

Compares CPU single-core and multi-core with the M3 Ultra in the Mac Studio (M3 Ultra).

M6 and M5 Ultra announcement, August 2026, Apple Newsroom, M6 and M5 Ultra announcement, August 2026

“The GPU includes Apple’s latest shader core with second-generation Dynamic Caching, as well as hardware-accelerated mesh shading and third-generation ray tracing, delivering up to 40 percent faster graphics performance than M3 Ultra.”

Compares GPU (Metal) with the M3 Ultra in the Mac Studio (M3 Ultra).

M6 and M5 Ultra announcement, August 2026, Apple Newsroom, M6 and M5 Ultra announcement, August 2026