Mac Studio (M4 Max, 2025)

Quick look

Price: £2,099²launch price
Chip: M4 Maxchip
CPU: 14-coreCPU
GPU: 32-coreGPU
Memory: 36GBunified memory, base
Storage: 512GBstorage, base
Released: 12 March 2025²ReleasedIn Apple Stores; pre-order from 5 March 2025.
Security updates: Not available³Security updates

Each figure is from the source marked¹ unless it carries its own number.

Drawn to scale from the published dimensions below: the front face. Outline only — the corner radius is our drawing convention, not a measurement.

Specifications

Body

Dimensions: 95 x 197 x 197 mm
Weight: 2.74 kg
Colours: Silver
Ports: Four Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) ports, two USB 3 (USB-A) ports (up to 5Gb/s), HDMI 2.1 port, 10Gb Ethernet, 3.5mm headphone jack; on front (M4 Max): two USB-C ports (up to 10Gb/s), SDXC card slot (UHS-II)
Thunderbolt ports: 4
Thunderbolt version: Thunderbolt 5
USB-A ports: 2
HDMI: HDMI 2.1 port
SD card slot: Yes
Headphone jack: Yes

Chip and memory

Chip: Apple M4 Max chip
Apple silicon: Yes
CPU cores: 14
Performance cores: 10
Efficiency cores: 4
GPU cores: 32
Neural Engine cores: 16
Chip options: M4 Max with 14-core CPU and 32-core GPU, or M4 Max with 16-core CPU and 40-core GPU⁴
Memory (base): 36GB
Memory (maximum): 128GB⁴
Memory options: 36GB; 48GB, 64GB or 128GB (16-core CPU and 40-core GPU)⁴
Memory bandwidth: 410 GB/s
Storage (base): 512GB
Storage (maximum): 8TB⁴
Storage options: 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB or 8TB⁴
Media engine: Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAWvideo decode enginetwo video encode enginestwo ProRes encode and decode enginesAV1 decode

Battery and power

Maximum continuous power: 480 W

Connectivity

Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Bluetooth: 5.3
Ethernet: 10Gb Ethernet (Nbase-T Ethernet with support for 1Gb, 2.5Gb, 5Gb and 10Gb Ethernet using RJ-45 connector)
External displays (base): 5

Camera and audio

Speakers: Built-in speaker⁵

Platform

Newest macOS: macOS 27 Golden Gate⁶
Model identifier: Mac16,9⁷
Part numbers: MU963xx/A⁸
Model year: 2025

Benchmarks

Geekbench 7 (CPU, single-core): 3,500⁹
Geekbench 7 (CPU, multi-core): 25,909⁹
Geekbench 7 (Metal): 169,424⁹

A desktop Mac has no built-in display, battery or camera, so those rows do not apply.

What it actually costs

Used, Grade A: £2,600¹⁰repriced 30 October 2026 · since 1 Nov 2026 · earlier: £2,800 from 15 Oct 2026; £2,900 from 28 Sep 2026
Used, Grade B: £2,400¹¹repriced 30 October 2026 · since 1 Nov 2026 · earlier: £2,600 from 15 Oct 2026; £2,700 from 28 Sep 2026
Used, Grade C: £2,200¹²out of stock online and in store when read · repriced 30 October 2026 · since 1 Nov 2026 · earlier: £2,300 from 15 Oct 2026; £2,400 from 28 Sep 2026
Trade in yours, Grade A: £1,664 cash / £1,924 voucher¹⁰16% more as store credit

Read 3 November 2026. CeX is one UK retailer; its used and trade-in figures are shown at its condition grades for the base configuration: M4 Max with 14-core CPU and 32-core GPU, 36GB memory, 512GB storage. “Since” is the first day MacIQ read that figure; “earlier” figures were each read from the date shown. We hold no stock and take no commission.

Apple UK price, as listed

6 April 2025 to 22 June 2026: £2,099¹³¹⁴
27 June 2026 to 8 August 2026: £2,499¹⁵¹⁶

Apple’s UK store page for the base configuration (Apple M4 Max chip, 14-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 36GB memory, 512GB storage), as the Internet Archive saved it. Each row runs from the first to the last Internet Archive capture MacIQ read at that price; the price may have held before and after. A price changed some time between the last capture read at one price and the first read at the next, so no day is given. A “From” price is the store’s starting price for the chip option; the base configuration is the lowest one listed under it. Read 18 October 2026.

Software support

Feature updates until: Not available¹⁷
Security updates until: Not available¹⁷
Basis: our inference from history¹⁸

Previous and next model

Previous model

Mac Studio (M2 Max, 2023), June 2023

What changed

Weight: 2.7 kg Mac Studio M2 Max2.74 kg Mac Studio M4 Max
Ports: Four Thunderbolt 4 ports, two USB-A ports (up to 5Gb/s), HDMI port, 10Gb Ethernet, 3.5mm headphone jack; on front (M2 Max): two USB-C ports (up to 10Gb/s), SDXC card slot (UHS-II) Mac Studio M2 MaxFour Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) ports, two USB 3 (USB-A) ports (up to 5Gb/s), HDMI 2.1 port, 10Gb Ethernet, 3.5mm headphone jack; on front (M4 Max): two USB-C ports (up to 10Gb/s), SDXC card slot (UHS-II) Mac Studio M4 Max
Chip: Apple M2 Max chip Mac Studio M2 MaxApple M4 Max chip Mac Studio M4 Max
CPU cores: 12 Mac Studio M2 Max14 Mac Studio M4 Max
GPU cores: 30 Mac Studio M2 Max32 Mac Studio M4 Max
Memory (base): 32GB Mac Studio M2 Max36GB Mac Studio M4 Max
Memory bandwidth: 400 GB/s Mac Studio M2 Max410 GB/s Mac Studio M4 Max

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