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Mac Studio (M5 Ultra)

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Price
£5,4992Apple UK store
Chip
M5 Ultrachip
CPU
30-coreCPU
GPU
64-coreGPU
Memory
96GBunified memory, base
Storage
1TBstorage, base
Released
22 September 20263ReleasedIn Apple Stores; pre-order from 25 August 2026. Apple says Mac Studio with 512GB of unified memory is coming in late October, and its UK store marks the M5 Ultra 512GB memory option the same way (store re-read 26 October 2026: "512GB memory option for M5 Ultra coming late October").
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,

197 mm95 mm
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
3.6 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 Ultra): two Thunderbolt 5 ports (up to 120Gb/s), SDXC card slot (UHS-II)
Thunderbolt ports
6
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 Ultra chip
Apple silicon
Yes
CPU cores
30
Super cores
105
Performance cores
205
GPU cores
64
Neural Engine cores
32
Chip options
M5 Ultra with 30-core CPU and 64-core GPU, or M5 Ultra with 36-core CPU and 80-core GPU
Memory (base)
96GB
Memory (maximum)
256GB5
Memory options
96GB or 256GB5
Memory bandwidth
1,200 GB/s
Storage (base)
1TB
Storage (maximum)
16TB
Storage options
1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 8TB or 16TB
Media engine
Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAWtwo video decode enginesfour video encode enginesfour 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)
8

Camera and audio

Speakers
Built-in speaker6

Platform

Newest macOS
macOS 27 Golden Gate7
Model identifier
Mac17,158
Part numbers
MHL74xx/A9
Model year
2026

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

Apple UK price, as listed

15 September 2026 to 7 October 2026
£5,4991011

Apple’s UK store page for the base configuration (Apple M5 Ultra chip, 30-core CPU, 64-core GPU, 96GB memory, 1TB 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 available12
Security updates until
Not available12
Basis
our inference from history13

Previous and next model

Previous model

What changed

Weight
3.64 kg Mac Studio M3 Ultra3.6 kg Mac Studio M5 Ultra
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 (M3 Ultra): two Thunderbolt 5 ports (up to 120Gb/s), SDXC card slot (UHS-II) Mac Studio M3 UltraFour 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 Ultra): two Thunderbolt 5 ports (up to 120Gb/s), SDXC card slot (UHS-II) Mac Studio M5 Ultra
Chip
Apple M3 Ultra chip Mac Studio M3 UltraApple M5 Ultra chip Mac Studio M5 Ultra
CPU cores
28 Mac Studio M3 Ultra30 Mac Studio M5 Ultra
GPU cores
60 Mac Studio M3 Ultra64 Mac Studio M5 Ultra
Memory bandwidth
819 GB/s Mac Studio M3 Ultra1,200 GB/s Mac Studio M5 Ultra
Wi-Fi
Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax) Mac Studio M3 UltraWi‑Fi 7 (802.11be) Mac Studio M5 Ultra

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Sources

  1. Apple Support (UK) — Mac Studio (M5 Max or M5 Ultra) - Tech Specs · Default for Mac Studio (M5 Ultra) · Apple’s figure · read 30 Sep 2026

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  2. Apple UK store — Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 30-core CPU, 64-core GPU, 96GB, 1TB — From £5,499 · Apple’s figure · read 2 Oct 2026

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  3. Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple introduces new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra · Apple’s figure · read 3 Oct 2026

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  4. Security updates: no end date published. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 30 Sep 2026

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  5. Apple Support (UK) — Mac Studio (M5 Max or M5 Ultra) - Tech Specs · Apple’s figure · read 2 Oct 2026

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  6. Apple Support (UK) — Mac Studio (M5 Max or M5 Ultra) - Tech Specs · Apple’s figure · read 9 Oct 2026

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  7. Apple Support (UK) — macOS 27 Golden Gate is compatible with these computers · Apple’s figure · read 30 Sep 2026

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  8. Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac Studio model · Apple’s figure · read 30 Sep 2026

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  9. Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac Studio model · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026

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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. Feature and security updates: end dates not published by Apple. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 30 Sep 2026

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  13. Runs macOS 27 Golden Gate. endoflife.date states that major versions of macOS are usually maintained for three years and that Apple usually provides security updates for the latest 3 releases, but this isn't consistently applied. Source: endoflife.date. Read 30 Sep 2026

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Not published by Apple

Mac Studio (M5 Ultra). 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.