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Silver
M3 Ultra chip:
28-core CPU with 20 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores
60-core GPU
Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
32-core Neural Engine
819GB/s memory bandwidth
Configurable to:
M3 Ultra with 32-core CPU, 80-core GPU, and 32-core Neural Engine (819GB/s memory bandwidth)
M4 Max chip:
14-core CPU with 10 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
32-core GPU
Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
16-core Neural Engine
410GB/s memory bandwidth
Configurable to:
M4 Max with 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine (546GB/s memory bandwidth)
Apple M3 Ultra chip:
Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW
Two video decode engines
Four video encode engines
Four ProRes encode and decode engines
AV1 decode
Apple M4 Max chip:
Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW
Video decode engine
Two video encode engines
Two ProRes encode and decode engines
AV1 decode
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36GB, 8GB, 64GB, or 128GB (M4 Max with 16-core CPU and 40-core GPU)
96GB, 256GB or 512GB (M3 Ultra with 32-core CPU and 80-core GPU)
512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 8TB, 16TB SSD
M3 Ultra:
Simultaneous support for up to eight displays
Eight displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz or 4K resolution at up to 144Hz
Four displays with up to 8K resolution at 60Hz or 4K resolution at up to 240Hz
Thunderbolt 5 digital video output:
Support for native DisplayPort 2.1 output over USB-C
M4 Max:
Simultaneous support for up to five displays:
Up to four displays with 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one display with 4K resolution at 144Hz over HDMI
Up to two displays with 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one display with 8K resolution at 60Hz or 4K resolution at up to 240Hz over HDMI
Thunderbolt 5 digital video output:
Support for native DisplayPort 2.1 output over USB-C
HDMI display video output:
Support for one display with up to 8K resolution at 60Hz or 4K resolution at 240Hz
Support for variable refresh rate (VRR), HDR, and multichannel audio
Built-in speaker
3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
HDMI port supports multichannel audio output
Four Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) ports with support for:
Thunderbolt 5 (up to 120Gb/s)
USB 4 (up to 120Gb/s)
USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s)
DisplayPort 2.1
Two USB 3 (USB-A) ports (up to 5Gb/s)
HDMI 2.1 port
10Gb Ethernet
3.5 mm headphone jack
On front (M4 Max):
Two USB-C ports (up to 10Gb/s)
SDXC card slot (UHS-II)
On front (M3 Ultra):
Two Thunderbolt 5 ports (up to 120Gb/s)
SDXC card slot (UHS-II)
Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 5.3
Ethernet: 10Gb Ethernet (Nbase-T Ethernet with support for 1Gb, 2.5Gb, 5Gb, and 10Gb Ethernet using RJ-45 connector)
100-240V AC
50Hz to 60Hz, single phase
480W
50 Degree to 95 Degree F (10 Degree to 35 Degree C)
-40 Degree to 116 Degree F (-40 Degree to 47 Degree C)
5% to 95% noncondensing
Tested up to 16,400' (5000m)
macOS
Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new Mac Studio. With built-in support for vision, hearing, mobility, and learning, you can create and do amazing things.
Features include:
Voice Control
VoiceOver
Zoom
Increase Contrast
Reduce Motion
Siri and Dictation
Switch Control
Live Captions
App Store, Books, Calendar, Contacts, FaceTime, Find My, Freeform, GarageBand, Home, iMovie, iPhone Mirroring, Keynote, Mail, Maps, Messages, Music, News, Notes, Numbers, Pages, Passwords, Photo Booth, Photos, Podcasts, Preview, QuickTime Player, Reminders, Safari, Shortcuts, Stocks, Time Machine, Tips, TV, Voice Memos, Weather
3.7 x 7.7 x 7.7" (9.5 x 19.7 x 19.7cm)
M3 Ultra: 8 lbs (3.64kg)
M4 Max: 6.1 lbs (2.74kg)
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Mac Studio - More power to you.
Powered by the most advanced Apple silicon, Mac Studio is the ultimate pro desktop. With massive CPU core updates, mind-bending graphics, increased memory, blazing-fast Thunderbolt 5 connectivity, and next-level AI capabilities, Mac Studio is the beast that's built to deliver.
Choose your superpower.
Mac Studio unleashes the full speed and capabilities of Apple silicon. Packed with the most unified memory and ultrafast SSD storage ever available in a Mac, both chips introduce Dynamic Caching and hardware-accelerated mesh shading to fast-track all kinds of pro workflows. Hardware-accelerated ray tracing enables unbelievably realistic graphics for gaming, game development, and 3D rendering. And a faster Neural Engine works with the entire system to boost on-device AI tasks - no matter how advanced.
M3 Ultra
The most powerful Apple chip ever made, M3 Ultra fuses two chips to deliver twice the CPU, GPU, Neural Engine, and memory bandwidth. Experience breakthrough performance for the most extreme workflows - from crunching massive datasets to simultaneously animating and rendering 3D scenes. And with up to half a terabyte of unified memory, you can run LLMs entirely in memory.
Up to 3.3x faster CPU performance
Up to 6.4x faster GPU performance
Up to 9.1x faster machine learning
Our most advanced chip delivers unprecedented power for the most demanding professionals. Whether you're loading massive datasets for large language models, editing a feature film, or composing a symphony, this chip does it all.
Up to 24 streams of 8K ProRes video playback
Support for up to 8 displays
H.264, HEVC, and ProRes encode and decode
M4 Max
With phenomenal single- and multithreaded performance and enhanced machine learning accelerators, M4 Max brings the world's fastest CPU core to whatever you set out to do - from professional music production and photography to video editing and coding. And with faster unified memory, a more powerful Neural Engine, and our most advanced graphics architecture, M4 Max rips through GPU- and AI-intensive tasks at the speed of your creativity.
3.1x faster CPU performance
Up to 6.1x faster GPU performance
Up to 5x faster machine learning
M4 Max brings serious speed and capability to pro workloads and creative projects. Mix an epic film score with hundreds of virtual instruments. Blast through visual effects with faster particle effects and simulations. And tackle AI tasks like image upscaling and video caption creation at warp speed.
Up to 18 streams of 8K ProRes video playback
Support for up to 5 displays
H.264, HEVC, and ProRes encode and decode
Apple Intelligence. Work smarter.
Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself, and get things done effortlessly. With groundbreaking privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data - not even Apple.
Siri
Siri can help you like never before, drawing on your personal context by using the information on your device to help find what you're looking for - like a presentation file shared with you in an email weeks ago.17 Siri can even tap into ChatGPT to bring answers right to you. No account needed.
Writing Tools
Use Apple Intelligence to proofread your text and rewrite different versions until the tone and wording are just right, and summarize selected text with a click. Or use Compose to tap directly into ChatGPT to create content from scratch.
Priority Messages
Get time-sensitive messages at the top of your inbox - like an invitation for a meeting in an hour or a contract that needs your signature by midnight. And Mail summarizes messages so you can get the gist of an email without even opening it.
Great powers come with great privacy.
Apple Intelligence is designed to protect your privacy at every step. It's integrated into the core of your Mac through on-device processing. So it's aware of your personal information without collecting your personal information.
And with groundbreaking Private Cloud Compute, Apple Intelligence can draw on larger server-based models, running on Apple silicon, to handle more complex requests for you while protecting your privacy.
Outsized performance. - Fits right in.
Thanks to the power and efficiency of Apple silicon, Mac Studio lets your imagination - run unrestrained within an unbelievably small footprint. Designed to fit perfectly under most displays, putting tremendous power and connectivity within arm's reach, Mac Studio is a high-performance computer unlike any other.
Plays it cool and quiet
Within the 7.7-inch-square Mac Studio enclosure lies a thermal system designed to let M4 Max or M3 Ultra fly through intensive tasks at lightning-fast speeds. Even with so much incredible power, Mac Studio stays quiet, so it never interferes with your workflow.
Powerful connections.
Create the studio of your dreams with unmatched versatility. Mac Studio features Thunderbolt 5 with transfer rates up to 120Gb/s - three times faster than Thunderbolt 4 - and supports Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.18 Drive external displays, directly offload SDXC cards, connect high-speed peripherals, or use an external chassis for PCIe expansion to build your ideal creative playground.
Thunderbolt 5 connectivity up to 3x faster than Thunderbolt 4
PCIe: High-speed PCI expansion enabled with external chassis - up to 120Gb/s
macOS. Let your pro apps fly.
macOS is designed to be powerful and intuitive, and to make the most of Apple silicon. Choose from tens of thousands of apps optimized for the incredible graphics, memory, and machine learning capabilities of Apple silicon - including powerful AI-ready and pro apps like Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve Studio, and Adobe Photoshop.
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