1 review of this exact model; 3 of a sibling configuration (same chassis; a different chip or size, or the review does not state this Mac’s base chip with its CPU and GPU core counts), used for design topics only. Quotes are short, word for word, and each links to the article it came from. Every one was checked against that article on . MacIQ gives no score and no stars, and averages nothing.
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A count of the reviews we quote on this page that have a quote on each topic, from the findings shown below. A review may say more on a topic than we quote, so it counts what is quoted here, not everything each review covers, and it says how often a topic is quoted, not what was said about it. Battery, performance and heat are counted over the 1 review of this exact model.
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Newest first, in the order of the date each article prints (which may be an update date, not a first-publication date). Each quote links to its article; the date is the one the article prints, labelled as the article labels it. “Published” and “Updated” appear only where the article prints that word beside the date; “Dated” means the article prints that date with no label, so the date itself does not say whether it is the first publication or an update. A later update that an article mentions only in an editor’s note is not used as its date.
Luke Larsen
Reviewed: Mac Studio, M5 Ultra, 36-core CPU, 256GB unified memory
This is a different configuration of the same chassis. Only its comments on design are quoted here; its battery, performance and heat findings belong to the chip it tested.
I do wish the Mac Studio came in more than one color, such as Space Black.
Mike Wuerthele
Tested: M5 Max Mac Studio, 18-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 36GB RAM, 1TB SSD
For the M5 Max Mac Studio there are two 10-gigabit USB-C ports and an SDXC card slot on the front, as well as a small status light.
Andrew Cunningham
Reviewed: Mac Studio, M5 Ultra
This is a different configuration of the same chassis. Only its comments on design are quoted here; its battery, performance and heat findings belong to the chip it tested.
On the back, you’ll find four 120Gbps Thunderbolt 5 ports, a 10Gbps Ethernet port, an HDMI 2.1 port, and a pair of 5Gbps USB-A ports.
Roman Loyola
Reviewed: M5 Max Mac Studio, 18-core CPU, 40-core GPU, 128GB RAM, 4TB SSD
This is a different configuration of the same chassis. Only its comments on design are quoted here; its battery, performance and heat findings belong to the chip it tested.
The M5 Max Mac Studio supports up to five displays, four over Thunderbolt at 6K/60Hz or 4K/165Hz, and one connected to the HDMI port at 5K/60Hz.