Apple unveils new Mac Studio, probably the most highly effective Mac ever

March 5, 2025

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Apple unveils new Mac Studio, probably the most highly effective Mac ever, that includes M4 Max and new M3 Extremely

With Thunderbolt 5, as much as 512GB of unified reminiscence, and an as much as 16TB SSD, all in a compact design, the last word professional desktop delivers much more efficiency

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple at the moment introduced the brand new Mac Studio, probably the most highly effective Mac ever made, that includes M4 Max and the brand new M3 Extremely chip. The final word professional desktop delivers groundbreaking professional efficiency, in depth connectivity now with Thunderbolt 5, and new capabilities in its compact and quiet design that may dwell proper on a desk. Mac Studio can sort out probably the most intense workloads with its highly effective CPU, Apple’s superior graphics structure, larger unified reminiscence capability, ultrafast SSD storage, and a quicker and extra environment friendly Neural Engine. It offers an enormous enhance in efficiency in comparison with the earlier era, and an enormous leap for customers coming from older Macs.

Mac Studio is a powerhouse for AI, able to operating giant language fashions (LLMs) with over 600 billion parameters fully in reminiscence, due to its superior GPU and as much as 512GB of unified reminiscence with M3 Extremely — probably the most ever in a private laptop. It’s additionally constructed for Apple Intelligence, the private intelligence system that transforms how customers work, talk, and specific themselves, whereas defending their privateness. The brand new Mac Studio is obtainable to pre-order at the moment, with availability starting March 12.

“The brand new Mac Studio is probably the most highly effective Mac we’ve ever made,” mentioned John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice chairman of {Hardware} Engineering. “An entire game-changer for professionals all over the world — powering each residence and professional studios — Mac Studio sits in a category of its personal, providing a staggering quantity of efficiency in a compact, quiet design that matches superbly in your desk. With this new Mac Studio, we’re delivering much more excessive efficiency with M4 Max and M3 Extremely, help for half a terabyte of unified reminiscence, as much as 16TB of superfast storage, and Thunderbolt 5 connectivity. Mac Studio really is the last word professional desktop.”

Mac Studio with M4 Max: A Efficiency Juggernaut

The brand new Mac Studio with M4 Max is the right alternative for video editors, colorists, builders, engineers, photographers, inventive professionals, and different customers who must blaze by means of intensive workflows. It delivers phenomenal single-threaded CPU efficiency with the world’s quickest CPU core, together with excellent multithreaded CPU efficiency for advanced workloads. That includes an as much as 16-core CPU, an as much as 40-core GPU, over half a terabyte per second of unified reminiscence bandwidth, and a Neural Engine that’s over 3x quicker than M1 Max, Mac Studio with M4 Max can run on-device AI fashions extremely quick. Mac Studio with M4 Max is as much as 3.5x quicker than Mac Studio with M1 Max, and is as much as 6.1x quicker than probably the most highly effective Intel-based 27-inch iMac.¹

The GPU in M4 Max additionally brings Apple’s superior graphics structure to Mac Studio for the primary time, together with dynamic caching, hardware-accelerated mesh shading, and a second-generation ray-tracing engine for extra seamless content material creation and gaming. Mac Studio with M4 Max begins at 36GB of unified reminiscence, with help for as much as 128GB, so customers can do every thing from sorting by means of hundreds of photos with velocity and precision, to producing advanced compositions with tons of of tracks, plug-ins, and digital devices, all performed in actual time. And with the highly effective Media Engine in M4 Max, which options two ProRes accelerators, Mac Studio efficiency is excellent for videographers who can effortlessly work with a number of streams of 4K ProRes.

Mac Studio with M4 Max allows:¹

• As much as 1.6x quicker picture processing in Adobe Photoshop when in comparison with Mac Studio with M1 Max, and as much as 2.9x quicker when in comparison with the 27-inch iMac with Core i9. 

• As much as 2.1x quicker construct efficiency when compiling code in Xcode when in comparison with Mac Studio with M1 Max, and as much as 3.1x quicker when in comparison with the 27-inch iMac with Core i9. 

• As much as 1.2x quicker ProRes transcode efficiency in Compressor when in comparison with Mac Studio with M1 Max, and as much as 2.8x quicker when in comparison with the 27-inch iMac with Core i9. 

• As much as 1.6x quicker video processing efficiency in Topaz Video AI when in comparison with Mac Studio with M1 Max, and as much as 5x quicker when in comparison with the 27-inch iMac with Core i9.

Mac Studio with M3 Extremely: The Pinnacle of Professional Efficiency

Mac Studio with M3 Extremely pushes demanding workflows to a complete new degree. It delivers practically 2x quicker efficiency than M4 Max in workloads that make the most of excessive CPU and GPU core counts, and big quantities of unified reminiscence.² Mac Studio with M3 Extremely is as much as 2.6x quicker than Mac Studio with M1 Extremely, and as much as 6.4x quicker than the 16-core Intel Xeon W-based Mac Professional.¹ With the brand new M3 Extremely, Mac Studio options an as much as 32-core CPU with 24 efficiency cores, 50 % greater than any earlier Extremely chip and probably the most CPU cores ever in a Mac. It additionally gives an as much as 80-core GPU, greater than any Apple silicon chip; a robust 32-core Neural Engine for on-device AI and machine studying (ML); and a high-bandwidth reminiscence structure that delivers over 800GB/s of unified reminiscence bandwidth.

Mac Studio with M3 Extremely begins with 96GB of unified reminiscence, which could be configured as much as 512GB — probably the most unified reminiscence ever in a private laptop — and as much as 16TB of ultrafast SSD storage, so content material and knowledge could be stored regionally. That’s sufficient storage for over 12 hours of 8K ProRes video. The superior graphics structure brings Dynamic Caching, together with hardware-accelerated mesh shading and ray tracing, so graphics workflows like GPU-based renderers are as much as 2.6x quicker than Mac Studio with M1 Extremely.

Mac Studio with M3 Extremely allows:¹

• As much as 16.9x quicker token era utilizing an LLM with tons of of billions of parameters in LM Studio when in comparison with Mac Studio with M1 Extremely, due to its huge quantities of unified reminiscence.

• As much as 2.6x quicker scene rendering efficiency in Maxon Redshift when in comparison with Mac Studio with M1 Extremely, and as much as 6.4x quicker when in comparison with the 16-core Intel-based Mac Professional with Radeon Professional W5700X.

• As much as 1.1x quicker basecalling for DNA sequencing in Oxford Nanopore MinKNOW when in comparison with Mac Studio with M1 Extremely, and as much as 21.1x quicker when in comparison with the 16-core Intel-based Mac Professional with Radeon Professional W5700X. 

• As much as 1.4x quicker 8K video rendering efficiency in Closing Minimize Professional when in comparison with Mac Studio with M1 Extremely, and as much as 4x quicker when in comparison with the 16-core Intel-based Mac Professional with Radeon Professional W5700X.

Thunderbolt 5 for Excessive-Bandwidth Equipment and Growth

The brand new Mac Studio options Thunderbolt 5 ports that ship switch speeds as much as 120 Gb/s, as much as 3x quicker than the prior era, enabling quicker exterior storage, growth chassis, and highly effective hub options. For many who depend on PCIe growth playing cards for his or her workflows, Thunderbolt 5 permits customers to attach an exterior growth chassis with larger bandwidth and decrease latency. And with M3 Extremely, Mac Studio now drives as much as eight Professional Show XDRs on the full 6K decision. Mac Studio additionally gives a big selection of connectivity inside straightforward attain for professionals, together with a 10Gb Ethernet port, an HDMI port, an SDXC card slot on the entrance to conveniently import photographs and video, together with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Constructed for Apple Intelligence

Mac Studio helps professionals push the boundaries of what they will do, and Apple Intelligence elevates these experiences even additional. Writing is much more dynamic with Writing Instruments, which will help customers rewrite, proofread, or summarize — whether or not they’re responding to emails or utilizing summarization to draft an summary in seconds in apps like Scrivener. Execs can reduce pointless distractions with Precedence Notifications and use dwell transcription in Notes to document and simply recap essential conferences. With new Siri enhancements, customers can transfer fluidly between spoken and typed requests to speed up duties all through their day, and Siri can reply hundreds of questions on Mac options and settings, with step-by-step directions like the right way to mix PDF recordsdata in Preview. With entry to ChatGPT seamlessly built-in into Writing Instruments and Siri, customers can faucet into ChatGPT’s experience, to allow them to get issues finished even quicker and simpler. Customers can select to allow ChatGPT integration, and are in full management of when to make use of it and what info is shared with ChatGPT. Customers may also discover inventive new methods to specific themselves visually with Picture Playground, and drop their unique picture proper into their paper, temper board, or Keynote presentation. Whether or not customers are researching their subsequent challenge, modifying a video, creating new designs, or getting ready for his or her subsequent lecture, these new instruments will assist professionals be much more productive.

Designed to guard customers’ privateness at each step, Apple Intelligence makes use of on-device processing, that means that most of the fashions that energy it run fully on gadget. For requests that require entry to bigger fashions, Personal Cloud Compute extends the privateness and safety of Mac into the cloud to unlock much more intelligence. When utilizing Personal Cloud Compute, customers’ knowledge is rarely saved or shared with Apple; it’s used solely to satisfy their request.

macOS Sequoia: An Unmatched Expertise

macOS Sequoia completes the brand new Mac Studio expertise with a number of thrilling options, together with iPhone Mirroring, which permits customers to wirelessly work together with their iPhone, its apps, and notifications instantly from their Mac.³ Execs can now transfer recordsdata, photographs, and movies between iPhone and Mac as simply as they will drag and drop between apps on Mac. Simpler window tiling means customers can keep organized with a window format that works greatest for them. The all-new Passwords app provides handy entry to passwords, passkeys, and different credentials, all saved in a single place. And customers can apply lovely built-in backgrounds for video calls, which embody a wide range of shade gradients and system wallpapers, or add their very own photographs. Safari, the world’s quickest browser,⁴ now surfaces related info on websites in Highlights; summarizes articles within the redesigned Reader; retains movies entrance and middle in a brand new Video Viewer; and lets customers conceal distracting objects with Distraction Management. Gaming will get much more immersive with options like Customized Spatial Audio and enhancements to Sport Mode, together with a breadth of thrilling titles, together with Cyberpunk 2077: Final Version by CD PROJEKT RED, Murderer’s Creed Shadows, and extra.

Subsequent month, macOS Sequoia 15.4 will make it simpler than ever to arrange the brand new Mac Studio with iPhone.⁵ By merely bringing iPhone near Mac, customers can shortly and conveniently register to their Apple Account to get their recordsdata, photographs, messages, passwords, and extra on their new Mac Studio.

The Final Studio Setup

Mac Studio, along with Studio Show, empowers inventive customers to construct the studio of their goals. Studio Show completely pairs with Mac Studio with its expansive 27-inch 5K Retina show, 12MP Middle Stage digital camera, studio-quality three-mic array, and six-speaker sound system with Spatial Audio. For customers engaged on HDR workflows, Professional Show XDR gives a 32-inch Retina 6K show with as much as 1600 nits of peak HDR brightness. Clients may also add matching Magic equipment — together with Magic Keyboard with Contact ID, Magic Trackpad, and Magic Mouse — that superbly complement the elegant design of Mac Studio and Studio Show.

Higher for the Setting

The brand new Mac Studio is designed with the atmosphere in thoughts. As a part of Apple 2030, the corporate’s formidable aim to be carbon impartial throughout its whole carbon footprint by the top of this decade, Apple is transitioning to renewable electrical energy for its manufacturing, and investing in wind and photo voltaic tasks all over the world to deal with the electrical energy used to energy all Apple merchandise, together with Mac Studio. As we speak, all Apple amenities run on 100% renewable electrical energy — together with the information facilities that energy Apple Intelligence.

To realize Apple 2030, the corporate is designing merchandise with extra recycled and renewable supplies, which additional drives down the carbon footprint. Mac Studio options over 30 % recycled content material general, together with 100% recycled aluminum within the enclosure and 100% recycled uncommon earth parts in all magnets. Mac Studio makes use of far much less power and supplies than desktops in its class, and is freed from mercury, brominated flame retardants, and PVC. The packaging is fully fiber-based, bringing Apple nearer to its aim to take away plastic from all packaging by the top of 2025.⁶

Pricing and Availability

• Clients can pre-order the brand new Mac Studio beginning at the moment on apple.com/retailer and within the Apple Retailer app in 28 nations and areas, together with the U.S. It is going to start arriving to clients, and will probably be in Apple Retailer areas and Apple Approved Resellers, beginning Wednesday, March 12.

• Mac Studio begins at $1,999 (U.S.) and $1,799 (U.S.) for training. Extra configure-to-order choices can be found at apple.com/retailer. 

• Extra info on Studio Show, Professional Show XDR, and Magic equipment is obtainable at apple.com/store/buy-mac.

• Apple Intelligence is obtainable on all Mac fashions with M1 and later, in localized English for Australia, Canada, Eire, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK, and the U.S. Extra languages — together with French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese language (simplified), English (Singapore), and English (India) — will probably be out there in April, with extra languages coming over the course of the 12 months, together with Vietnamese. Some options, functions, and providers might not be out there in all areas or all languages. 

• With Apple Commerce In, clients can commerce of their present laptop and get credit score towards a brand new Mac. Clients can go to apple.com/store/trade-in to see what their gadget is value. 

• AppleCare+ for Mac offers unparalleled service and help. This consists of limitless incidents of unintended harm, battery service protection, and 24/7 help from the individuals who know Mac greatest. 

• Each buyer who buys instantly from Apple Retail will get entry to Private Setup. In these guided on-line classes, a Specialist can stroll them by means of setup, or deal with options that assist them profit from their new gadget. Clients may also be taught extra about getting began with their new gadget with a As we speak at Apple session at their nearest Apple Retailer.

• Clients within the U.S. who store at Apple utilizing Apple Card pays month-to-month at 0 % APR once they select to take a look at with Apple Card Month-to-month Installments, they usually’ll get 3 % Each day Money again — all up entrance. Extra info — together with particulars on eligibility, exclusions, and Apple Card phrases — is obtainable at apple.com/apple-card/monthly-installments.

About Apple
Apple revolutionized private expertise with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. As we speak, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Apple’s six software program platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS — present seamless experiences throughout all Apple units and empower individuals with breakthrough providers together with the App Retailer, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV+. Apple’s greater than 150,000 staff are devoted to creating the perfect merchandise on earth and to leaving the world higher than we discovered it.

1. Testing was carried out by Apple in January and February 2025. See apple.com/mac-studio for extra info.
2. Outcomes are in comparison with Mac Studio methods with Apple M4 Max, 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU, 128GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD.
3. Out there on Mac computer systems with Apple silicon and Intel-based Mac computer systems with a T2 Safety Chip. See necessities on apple.com/macos/macos-sequoia. Some iPhone options (for instance, digital camera and microphone) should not suitable with iPhone Mirroring.
4. Testing was carried out by Apple in August 2024. See apple.com/safari for extra info.
5. Out there subsequent month on macOS Sequoia 15.4 with iPhone and iPad operating iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, or a later model.
6. Based mostly on retail packaging as shipped by Apple. Breakdown of U.S. retail packaging by weight. Adhesives, inks, and coatings are excluded from calculations of plastic content material and packaging weight.

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