M5 Ultra Mac Studio Reviews: Local AI Powerhouse

M5 Ultra Mac Studio reviews: local AI powerhouse

In addition to the new M6 Mac mini (9to5Mac review), early impressions of the most powerful Mac Studio are out ahead of tomorrow’s release as well. Here’s what reviewers are saying about the upgraded M5 Ultra Mac Studio so far. more…

I Tested the New M5 Apple Mac Studio, a Pricey, Quad-Die Beast for Heavy AI Use

Apple's 2026 Mac Studio with the M5 Ultra pushes performance (and pricing) to the limit. The new quad-die chip is a serious powerhouse for top-tier local AI inference, heavy software compilation, and high-throughput video rendering.

Apple Mac Studio (M5 Ultra) review: Huge AI and graphics power at a huge premium

At $11,299, the M5 Ultra's extra performance over the M5 Max model is only worth it for select buyers.

The M5 Ultra Mac Studio tears through our benchmark tests

What’s in the box?! Cores. So many cores. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Mac Studio review unit that Apple sent us to test this year is, put simply, kind of outrageous. It has an M5 Ultra chip with a 36-core CPU and 80-core GPU, 256GB of RAM, and 4TB of storage and costs $12,299. This thing is not for your typical content creation workloads. It's for AI developers and some of the most demanding 3D visual effects houses out ther…

Review: Mac Studio M5 Ultra for video editors - part 1 by Scott Simmons

The Mac Studio M5 Ultra is here. Apple recently introduced new Mac Studios in a surprise update that included new Mac Studios and new Mac minis. The M5 Ultra Mac Studio in a temporary home at the Editblog labs for testing and review. Yes, that a cheapo monitor, a Resolve dongle in a USB-C adapter and a hand-painted mouse. It’ll move to the main edit station soon for more testing and review. The Mac Studio line presents editors with a choice betw…