Mac Studio (M5 Max) (Est.)
The Mac Studio (M5 Max, 2026) is engineered for extreme professional workflows, 3D rendering, video post-production, and on-device machine learning. Powered by Apple’s 3nm N3P silicon, it pairs 18 CPU cores with a massive 40-core GPU and dedicated Neural Accelerators delivering ~70 TFLOPS of FP16 compute.
Architectural Highlights & Specs
- CPU Topology: 18-Core layout (6 Super Cores @ 4.61 GHz + 12 Performance Cores).
- GPU: 40-Core high-density graphics subsystem.
- Memory Bandwidth: 614 GB/s unified memory pipeline with up to 128GB capacity.
- MSRP: $2,999.
Benchmark Projections (Geekbench 6 & Metal)
- Single-Core CPU: 4,260.
- Multi-Core CPU: 29,233 (confirmed by benchmark telemetry).
- Metal GPU: ~235,000.
- Normalized Combined Score: 65,685.
- Bang for Buck Rating: 21.90 (Grade B on MacNerd Leaderboards).
| Manufacturer Part Number | M5-max-studio |
|---|---|
| Year | 2026 |
| Model Name | Mac Studio (M5 Max) |
| MSRP ($) | $2,999 |
| Current Market Price | N/A |
| Nano-Texture screen Available | N/A |
| CPU/SOC Family | M5 |
| CPU/SOC Variant | Max (Est.) |
| Total CPU Cores | 18 |
| Total GPU Cores | 40 |
| Memory Bandwidth (GB/s) | 614 |
| Max Screen Brightness (Nits) | N/A |
| Weight (Lbs) | 5.9 |
| Geekbench Single Core | 4,260 |
| Geekbench Multi Core | 29,233 |
| Geekbench Metal GPU | 235,000 |
| Performance* | 65,685 |
| Bang for Buck | 21.90 (B) |