Mac Studio is built from a monolithic block of Aluminium and has variants powered by Apple’s M1 Max and M1 Ultra processors. The M1 Ultra is a new processor that Apple claims is the world’s most powerful. According to the company, with this new desktop computer, “users can do things that are not possible on any other desktop, such as rendering massive 3D environments and playing back 18 streams of ProRes video.” You can connect up to five displays to it for work.
Specification with Apple M1 Max chip
10-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores24-core GPU16-core Neural Engine400GB/s memory bandwidth
Media engine
Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAWVideo decode engineTwo video encode enginesTwo ProRes encode and decode engines
Configurable to: M1 Max with 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine RAM: 32GB / 64GB SSD Storage: 512GB / 1TB / 2TB / 4TB / 8TB
Specification with Apple M1 Ultra chip
20-core CPU with 16 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores48-core GPU32-core Neural Engine800GB/s memory bandwidth
Media engine
Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAWTwo video decode enginesFour video encode enginesFour ProRes encode and decode engines
Configurable to: M1 Ultra with 20-core CPU, 64-core GPU, and 32-core Neural Engine RAM: 64GB / 128GB SSD Storage: 1TB / 2TB / 4TB / 8TB They both support WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5, and Ethernet connectivity, along with four Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports, 10 Gbit Ethernet, two USB-A ports, one HDMI, a 3.5mm audio jack, and a power connector.
Availability and Pricing
Mac Studio goes on sale on March 18, 2022. The configurations with M1 Max processor start from $1,999 (USA), £1,999 (UK),€2,299 (EU), and INR 189,000 (India), while the config with M1 Ultra processor starts from $3,999 (USA), £3,999 (UK), €4,599 (EU), and INR 389,000 (India). Studio Display starts from $1,599 (USA).
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