Mac Studio (M5 Max)

Quick look

Price: £2,499²Apple UK store
Chip: M5 Maxchip
CPU: 18-coreCPU
GPU: 32-coreGPU
Memory: 36GBunified memory, base
Storage: 512GBstorage, base
Released: 22 September 2026³ReleasedIn Apple Stores; pre-order from 25 August 2026.
Security updates: Not available⁴Security updates

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

Latest: Mac Studio M5 Max and M5 Ultra in Apple Stores 22 September, 22 Sept

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: 2.7 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 (M5 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 M5 Max chip
Apple silicon: Yes
CPU cores: 18
Super cores: 6⁵
Performance cores: 12⁵
GPU cores: 32
Neural Engine cores: 16
Chip options: M5 Max with 18-core CPU and 32-core GPU, or M5 Max with 18-core CPU and 40-core GPU⁵
Memory (base): 36GB
Memory (maximum): 128GB⁵
Memory options: 36GB; 48GB, 64GB or 128GB (40-core GPU)⁵
Memory bandwidth: 460 GB/s
Storage (base): 512GB
Storage (maximum): 8TB⁵
Storage options: 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB or 8TB⁵
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 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth: 6
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 speaker⁶

Platform

Newest macOS: macOS 27 Golden Gate⁷
Model identifier: Mac17,14⁸
Part numbers: MHL64xx/A⁹
Model year: 2026¹⁰

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

What it actually costs

New: £2,499²recommended retail
Used, Grade A: £2,450¹¹repriced 30 October 2026 · since 1 Nov 2026 · earlier: £2,350 from 15 Oct 2026; £2,250 from 2 Oct 2026
Used, Grade B: £2,300¹²out of stock online and in store when read · repriced 30 October 2026 · since 1 Nov 2026 · earlier: £2,250 from 15 Oct 2026; £2,150 from 2 Oct 2026
Used, Grade C: £2,150¹³out of stock online and in store when read · repriced 8 October 2026 · since 15 Oct 2026 · earlier: £2,050 from 2 Oct 2026
Trade in yours, Grade A: £1,690 cash / £1,813 voucher¹¹7% 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: M5 Max with 18-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

15 September 2026 to 7 October 2026: £2,499¹⁴¹⁵

Apple’s UK store page for the base configuration (Apple M5 Max chip, 18-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. MacIQ read a selection of the Archive’s captures, not every one. 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 available¹⁶
Security updates until: Not available¹⁶
Basis: our inference from history¹⁷

Previous and next model

Previous model

Mac Studio (M4 Max, 2025), March 2025

What changed

Weight: 2.74 kg Mac Studio M4 Max2.7 kg Mac Studio M5 Max
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) Mac Studio M4 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 (M5 Max): two USB-C ports (up to 10Gb/s), SDXC card slot (UHS-II) Mac Studio M5 Max
Chip: Apple M4 Max chip Mac Studio M4 MaxApple M5 Max chip Mac Studio M5 Max
CPU cores: 14 Mac Studio M4 Max18 Mac Studio M5 Max
Memory bandwidth: 410 GB/s Mac Studio M4 Max460 GB/s Mac Studio M5 Max
Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) Mac Studio M4 MaxWi‑Fi 7 (802.11be) Mac Studio M5 Max

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Sources

Apple UK — Mac Studio Technical Specifications · Default for Mac Studio (M5 Max) · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026
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Apple UK store — Mac Studio M5 Max, 18-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 36GB, 512GB — From £2,499 · Apple’s figure · read 22 Sep 2026
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple introduces new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026
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Security updates: no end date published. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 22 Sep 2026
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Apple UK — Mac Studio Technical Specifications · Apple’s figure · read 2 Oct 2026
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Apple UK — Mac Studio Technical Specifications · Apple’s figure · read 9 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — macOS 27 Golden Gate is compatible with these computers · Apple’s figure · read 22 Sep 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac Studio model · Apple’s figure · read 2 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac Studio model · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac Studio model · Apple’s figure · read 9 Oct 2026
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CeX — Used, Grade A · third-party figure · read 3 Nov 2026
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CeX — Used, Grade B · third-party figure · read 3 Nov 2026
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CeX — Used, Grade C · third-party figure · read 3 Nov 2026
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Apple Store (UK), as saved by the Internet Archive — Buy Mac Studio - Apple (UK), captured 15 Sep 2026 · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026
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Apple Store (UK), as saved by the Internet Archive — Buy Mac Studio - Apple (UK), captured 7 Oct 2026 · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026
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Feature and security updates: end dates not published by Apple. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 22 Sep 2026
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Apple’s macOS 27 Golden Gate compatibility list names this Mac. endoflife.date says Apple usually provides security updates for the latest three macOS releases, but that this isn’t consistently applied; Apple publishes no end date. Source: endoflife.date. Read 22 Sep 2026
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Not published by Apple

Mac Studio (M5 Max). Apple doesn’t publish for this Mac: memory upgradeable by user, storage upgradeable by user, microphones, the macOS it shipped with. Geekbench 7: the Mac chart has no entry for this Mac, so no figures are shown (chart read 10 Oct 2026). Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac Studio (M5 Max or M5 Ultra) - Tech Specs; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple introduces new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra; Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac Studio model, read 9 Oct 2026.