Apple Mac Studio Refresh Planned for Fall with M5 Max & Ultra Chips
Apple is finalizing its next-generation Mac Studio workstation launch, featuring M5 Max and M5 Ultra silicon with expanded unified memory bandwidth for AI local execution.
Supply chain reports indicate Apple is scheduling a major hardware refresh for the Mac Studio desktop line this autumn, introducing configurations equipped with M5 Max and M5 Ultra processors.
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The upcoming M5 Ultra is expected to fuse two M5 Max dies using UltraFusion interconnect technology, delivering up to 32 CPU cores and 80 GPU cores with memory bandwidth exceeding 1.6 TB/s. This unified memory architecture makes the workstation particularly attractive for developers running large-scale LLM weights locally.
The updated desktop chassis will also incorporate full Thunderbolt 5 support, enabling external data transfer rates up to 120 Gbps alongside multi-monitor 8K display output options.