Apple launches new Mac Studios with its ‘most powerful chip ever’ — the M5 Ultra

<figure> <img alt="A rear view of the M5 Max / M5 Ultra Mac Studio, showing its many ports." data-caption="Those precious, precious ports! | Image: Apple" data-portal-copyright="Image: Apple" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/Apple-Mac-Studio-rear-ports.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Those precious, precious ports! | Image: Apple </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple is announcing new models of the Mac Studio, now using the existing M5 Max and a <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/984118/apple-m6-m5-ultra-chip-mac-mini-studio">new M5 Ultra</a>. This reunification under one chip generation comes over a year after Apple awkwardly <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/624193/apple-mac-studio-m4-max-m3-ultra-launch-price-specs-availability">split the Studio between M4 Max and M3 Ultra offerings</a>. (The older sounding M3 Ultra was actually the more powerful one, and there was never an M4 Ultra chip.) The new Studios look identical to previous generations, utilizing the same small form factor chassis since <a href="https://www.theverge.com/22981815/apple-mac-studio-m1-ultra-max-review">its introduction in 2022</a> (right down to <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/10/22967995/apple-mac-studio-usb-a-ports-display-macbook-pro-imac-2022-connectivity">the USB-A ports</a> on the rear), but inside are Apple's most powerful SoCs.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The new Mac Studio with the existing M5 Max chip comes with 36GB of unified memory …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/984207/apple-mac-studio-m5-max-ultra-price-specs-launch">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>