Apple has announced the new 2026 Mac Studio with the M5 Max and the M5 Ultra chips, and one of the M5 Ultra configurations now listed in the US is the Silver MHL74LL/A, which comes with a 30-core CPU, a 64-core GPU, 96GB of Unified Memory, and a 1TB SSD.
The MHL74LL/A has a price of $5,499.00. At the time of writing, Amazon US has listed this model for pre-order. Visit the product page for updated pricing information.
- Launch Price: $5,499.00
- Release Date: September 22, 2026
Amazon has also listed the Apple Mac Studio with M5 Max, Silver ( MHL64LL/A ), priced at $2,499.00, which comes with an 18-core CPU, a 32-core GPU, 36GB of Unified Memory, and a 512GB SSD. M5 Max scales up to a 40-core GPU and 128GB of Unified Memory, with up to 614GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Let’s check out the specs and features of the Apple Mac Studio M5 Ultra MHL74LL/A.
- Chip: Apple M5 Ultra
- CPU: 30-core
- GPU: 64-core
- Unified Memory: 96GB
- Storage: 1TB SSD
- Colour: Silver
Specs and Features
The M5 Ultra is built by fusing two M5 Max chips into one, and it scales across the Mac Studio range up to a 36-core CPU ( 12 super cores and 24 performance cores ) and an 80-core GPU. The MHL74LL/A sits below those ceilings with its 30-core CPU and 64-core GPU. Every GPU core carries a Neural Accelerator, which is the first time Apple has brought that to an Ultra chip, and the GPU includes third-generation hardware-accelerated ray tracing.
On the memory side, the Mac Studio with M5 Ultra supports up to 512GB of Unified Memory and 1.2TB/s of memory bandwidth, which Apple states is 50 percent higher than the previous generation. This particular SKU ships with 96GB.
Apple’s own performance figures are all comparisons against earlier Mac Studio systems, and the company ran the testing in July 2026 against a Mac Studio with M3 Ultra, 32-core CPU, 80-core GPU, 512GB of Unified Memory and an 8TB SSD. According to Apple, the M5 Ultra reaches up to 4.3x the peak AI compute performance of M3 Ultra and 9.8x that of M1 Ultra, with up to 1.3x higher multithreaded CPU performance and up to 1.8x faster graphics than M3 Ultra.
Apple also published these application figures for the M5 Ultra, all measured against the M1 Ultra and M3 Ultra Mac Studio systems:
- Up to 15.4x faster CopyCat ML training in Foundry Nuke compared to M1 Ultra, and up to 3.3x faster than M3 Ultra
- Up to 9.8x faster LLM prompt processing in LM Studio compared to M1 Ultra, and up to 4x faster than M3 Ultra
- Up to 8.2x faster text-to-image performance compared to M1 Ultra, and up to 4.3x faster than M3 Ultra
- Up to 4.7x faster scene rendering in Maxon Redshift compared to M1 Ultra, and up to 1.7x faster than M3 Ultra
Storage on the new Mac Studio uses a next-generation SSD architecture that Apple rates at up to twice as fast as the previous generation for read and write.
Ports and Connectivity
The Mac Studio is equipped with the following ports:
- 6 x Thunderbolt 5 ( up to 120Gb/s )
- 2 x USB-A
- 1 x HDMI
- 1 x SDXC card slot
- 1 x 3.5mm headphone jack
It supports up to eight external displays, or up to four Studio Display XDR units running at full 5K resolution at 120Hz. Mac Studio now also supports genlock over USB-C, for synchronising a display with professional camera capture such as the iPhone 17 Pro.
Thunderbolt 5 also carries the clustering support. Multiple Mac Studio systems can be linked using Thunderbolt 5 and RDMA ( remote direct memory access ), creating a shared memory pool across systems. Apple states that a cluster of four Mac Studio systems delivers up to 3x faster AI inference than a single system.
For wireless, Apple has fitted its own N1 chip, bringing Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 to the Mac Studio for the first time.
Media Engine
The M5 Ultra Media Engine carries twice the video encode and decode blocks of M5 Max. It supports hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and AV1 decode. Apple states that M5 Ultra can play back up to 33 streams of 8K ProRes 422 at 30fps simultaneously.
Software and AI Frameworks
The new Mac Studio ships with macOS 27, which Apple has codenamed Golden Gate. It includes Siri AI and the next generation of Apple Intelligence. Both are currently in beta through the Apple Beta Software Program, and Siri AI arrives with macOS 27 as a beta later this year, in English first. macOS 27 itself is due as a free software update this fall.
On the development side, Apple has introduced Core AI, a new framework for building, running and deploying AI models on Apple silicon across Unified Memory, CPU, GPU and the Neural Engine. MLX, Apple’s open-source machine learning framework, also runs on the platform for training and fine-tuning models locally.
Design and Environment
The chassis is the same 7.7-inch square design, sized to sit under most displays, with what Apple describes as an advanced thermal system that keeps the machine quiet under load.
Apple states the new Mac Studio is made with 35 percent recycled content overall, including 100 percent recycled aluminium in the enclosure and 100 percent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets. It is manufactured with 40 percent renewable energy across the supply chain, and the paper packaging is 100 percent fibre-based.
Full Specifications
- Model: Apple Mac Studio with M5 Ultra, Silver
- Model Number: MHL74LL/A
- UPC: 195951078977
- Apple M5 Ultra chip, two M5 Max dies fused
- 30-core CPU
- 64-core GPU with a Neural Accelerator in each core
- Third-generation hardware-accelerated ray tracing
- 96GB Unified Memory
- 1TB SSD
- Range ceilings: 36-core CPU, 80-core GPU, 512GB Unified Memory, 1.2TB/s bandwidth
- 6 x Thunderbolt 5 ( up to 120Gb/s )
- 2 x USB-A
- 1 x HDMI
- 1 x SDXC card slot
- 1 x 3.5mm headphone jack
- Up to 8 external displays, or 4 x Studio Display XDR at 5K 120Hz
- Genlock over USB-C
- Thunderbolt 5 and RDMA clustering
- Apple N1 wireless chip
- Wi-Fi 7
- Bluetooth 6
- H.264, HEVC, ProRes and AV1 hardware decode
- macOS 27 Golden Gate
- 7.7-inch square enclosure
- Price: $5,499.00
- Pre-orders open August 25, 2026, arriving September 22, 2026
- 512GB Unified Memory configuration arriving late October
Product Package: ( MHL74LL/A ) Apple Mac Studio with M5 Ultra, Silver ( 195951078977 )
Prices mentioned above are the lowest prices recorded on August 26, 2026, and may change once the Mac Studio officially goes on sale.
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