M5 Ultra Mac Studio
A high-performance desktop workstation introduced by Apple, equipped with the M5 Ultra chip and Unified Memory Architecture (UMA), delivering memory bandwidth exceeding 800 GB/s. The system is designed for local AI inference and large-model deployment workloads.
Core Facts
The Mac Studio M5 Ultra starts at $5,499, with up to 512GB of memory and memory bandwidth of 1.2TB per second, with the 512GB version expected to ship in late October.
Muse Spark Open can run on two Mac Studios equipped with M5 Ultra chips, together with the latest MLX framework.
The new Mac Studio uses a unified memory design, with the 128 GB memory version starting at RMB 19,999 for the domestic Chinese market and the 512 GB version starting at RMB 46,999.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Meta Muse Spark Open requires two M5 Ultra Mac Studios with 512GB of memory each to run, and Apple says that configuration ships in late October with pricing not yet announced.
Running Muse Spark Open locally requires about 1TB of memory; Meta partnered with Apple to optimize for the MLX framework, and running it requires two 512GB M5 Ultra Mac Studios interconnected, using the unified memory architecture to pool TB-scale unified memory.
Meta and Apple this time explicitly gave a reference configuration of two M5 Ultra Mac Studios plus MLX, which belongs to the path of solving the last-mile problem through joint optimization with hardware vendors and providing validated configuration schemes.
Muse Spark Open can run on two Mac Studios equipped with M5 Ultra chips, together with the latest MLX framework.
The M5 Ultra version of the Mac Studio is equipped with up to 80-core GPU and up to 512GB of unified memory
In Blender, the Mac Studio is about 40% faster than the RTX 5090 (compared against the CUDA path), but the 5090 pulls ahead once OptiX is enabled on the PC.
The Mac Studio is equipped with six Thunderbolt 5 ports, HDMI 2.1, a 10G Ethernet port, and retains full-size USB-A ports and an SDXC card reader.
The new Mac Studio uses a unified memory design, with the 128 GB memory version starting at RMB 19,999 for the domestic Chinese market and the 512 GB version starting at RMB 46,999.
The M5 Ultra Mac Studio is better suited for local execution of medium-scale models and agent experimentation, rather than replacing all cloud computing resources.
The Mac Studio comes in an M5 Max version (starting at $2,499) and an M5 Ultra version (starting at $5,499), both equipped with Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thunderbolt 5.
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The Mac Studio M5 Ultra starts at $5,499, with up to 512GB of memory and memory bandwidth of 1.2TB per second, with the 512GB version expected to ship in late October.
80%Partially VerifiedMuse Spark Open can run on two Mac Studios equipped with M5 Ultra chips, together with the latest MLX framework.
65%Partially VerifiedThe new Mac Studio uses a unified memory design, with the 128 GB memory version starting at RMB 19,999 for the domestic Chinese market and the 512 GB version starting at RMB 46,999.
65%UnverifiedThe M5 Ultra version of the Mac Studio is equipped with up to 80-core GPU and up to 512GB of unified memory
60%UnverifiedThe Mac Studio is equipped with six Thunderbolt 5 ports, HDMI 2.1, a 10G Ethernet port, and retains full-size USB-A ports and an SDXC card reader.
60%UnverifiedRunning GLM 5.3 Flash requires a Mac Studio M5 Ultra with 256 GB of memory, a configuration costing approximately $10,000.
60%UnverifiedMeta Muse Spark Open requires two M5 Ultra Mac Studios with 512GB of memory each to run, and Apple says that configuration ships in late October with pricing not yet announced.
50%UnverifiedRunning Muse Spark Open locally requires about 1TB of memory; Meta partnered with Apple to optimize for the MLX framework, and running it requires two 512GB M5 Ultra Mac Studios interconnected, using the unified memory architecture to pool TB-scale unified memory.
50%UnverifiedMeta and Apple this time explicitly gave a reference configuration of two M5 Ultra Mac Studios plus MLX, which belongs to the path of solving the last-mile problem through joint optimization with hardware vendors and providing validated configuration schemes.
50%UnverifiedIn Blender, the Mac Studio is about 40% faster than the RTX 5090 (compared against the CUDA path), but the 5090 pulls ahead once OptiX is enabled on the PC.
50%UnverifiedThe M5 Ultra Mac Studio is better suited for local execution of medium-scale models and agent experimentation, rather than replacing all cloud computing resources.
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