The M3 Ultra-equipped Mac Studio is among the most powerful Macs you can currently buy. Despite featuring faster cores, Apple indirectly confirmed it will not launch an M4 Ultra chip.
This won’t be the case with the M5, as the company reportedly plans to launch an M5 Ultra-powered Mac Studio in 2026.
M5 Ultra Mac Studio coming next year
Apple unveiled the M5-powered MacBook Pro and iPad Pro in mid-October. It features the world’s fastest CPU core, beating even the high-end M1 Ultra chip from a few years ago in benchmarks.
Based on Apple’s typical release timeline, the more powerful Pro and Max variants of the M5 chip should debut early next year. They will debut on the MacBook Pro lineup and feature more CPU and GPU cores to deliver even better performance.
Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reiterates in his latest report that the M5 Ultra-equipped Mac Studio is on track for a 2026 launch. It will supposedly feature 32 or more CPU cores and 80+ GPU cores.
The M3 Ultra is 1.8x faster than the M1 Ultra. The M5 Ultra, with its newer CPU architecture and other underlying changes, shall deliver an even bigger performance leap.
With the M3 Max delivering 800GB/s of memory bandwidth, the M5 Ultra will likely breach the 1TB/s mark. It should also be configurable with up to 768GB of system memory and 16TB of space.
Will UltraFusion make a comeback on M5 Ultra?
Apple’s current Ultra chips fuse two Max SoCs using UltraFusion. The tech allows them to talk to each other at ultra-low latency and with a bandwidth of over 2.5TB/s.
The absence of UltraFusion in the M4 Max is also why Apple never released an M4 Ultra chip.
Alongside the M5 Ultra, Apple will also launch an M5 Max-powered variant of the machine.
Rajesh has been closely following and writing about the latest happenings in the world of mobile for nearly a decade now. While he prefers Android, he does not deny the superiority of Apple’s products and ecosystem.
