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<span style="color: #555; font-weight: bold;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-muted);">Supercharged for pros.</span>
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The Mac Studio is [[Apple]]'s flagship desktop — the double-height Mac mini introduced in March 2022 to carry Ultra-class silicon, and since the Mac Pro's 2026 discontinuation, the most powerful computer Apple makes. It compresses what once required a tower into four liters on a desk, exhaust vents and all.

= History =

The Studio debuted alongside the [[Apple Display|Studio Display]] with the [[Apple M1|M1 Max and M1 Ultra]] — the first machine built around UltraFusion's two-die chips. The [[Apple M2|M2]] generation (2023) shared the stage with the Mac Pro it would outlive; the 2025 refresh paired the [[Apple M4|M4 Max]] with the off-cycle [[Apple M3|M3 Ultra]] and its 512 GB unified-memory ceiling — the configuration that made the Studio the darling of local-AI workloads. An [[Apple M5|M5]]-generation refresh, expected with an M5 Ultra, is the line's anticipated next act.

= Current models =

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| '''Mac Studio''' || [[Apple M4|M4 Max]] (2025) || Desktop workstation
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| '''Mac Studio''' || [[Apple M3|M3 Ultra]] (2025) || The flagship — up to 512 GB unified memory
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= Position =

The Studio ended the tower era by making it unnecessary: no slots, no expansion bays, just the biggest chip Apple can package and every port a studio needs. It anchors the pro desk beside the [[Apple Display|Studio Display family]], and its memory ceiling — not clock speed — is now the spec pros buy it for, in the age of running models locally.

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{| style="width: 100%; border: 2px solid #333; text-align: center;" darkstyle="border-color: #48484a;" |- | style="padding: 28px 20px 42px;" | <div style="font: bold 2em/1.2 -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'SF Pro Display', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: var(--wiki-color); margin-bottom: 0.8em;">Mac Studio</div> <span style="color: #555; font-weight: bold;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-muted);">Supercharged for pros.</span> |- | style="padding: 0;" | ![[hw_mac_studio.png]] |- | style="background-color: #333; padding: 8px;" | [https://www.apple.com/mac-studio/ <span style="color: #fff;">Official Mac Studio site — Apple</span>] |} {{Mac lineup Navbox}} The Mac Studio is [[Apple]]'s flagship desktop — the double-height Mac mini introduced in March 2022 to carry Ultra-class silicon, and since the Mac Pro's 2026 discontinuation, the most powerful computer Apple makes. It compresses what once required a tower into four liters on a desk, exhaust vents and all. = History = The Studio debuted alongside the [[Apple Display|Studio Display]] with the [[Apple M1|M1 Max and M1 Ultra]] — the first machine built around UltraFusion's two-die chips. The [[Apple M2|M2]] generation (2023) shared the stage with the Mac Pro it would outlive; the 2025 refresh paired the [[Apple M4|M4 Max]] with the off-cycle [[Apple M3|M3 Ultra]] and its 512 GB unified-memory ceiling — the configuration that made the Studio the darling of local-AI workloads. An [[Apple M5|M5]]-generation refresh, expected with an M5 Ultra, is the line's anticipated next act. = Current models = {| style="width: 100%; border: 2px solid #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="border-color: #48484a;" |- ! style="background-color: #555; color: #fff; padding: 6px;" | Model ! style="background-color: #555; color: #fff; padding: 6px;" | Chip ! style="background-color: #555; color: #fff; padding: 6px;" | Role |- | '''Mac Studio''' || [[Apple M4|M4 Max]] (2025) || Desktop workstation |- | '''Mac Studio''' || [[Apple M3|M3 Ultra]] (2025) || The flagship — up to 512 GB unified memory |} = Position = The Studio ended the tower era by making it unnecessary: no slots, no expansion bays, just the biggest chip Apple can package and every port a studio needs. It anchors the pro desk beside the [[Apple Display|Studio Display family]], and its memory ceiling — not clock speed — is now the spec pros buy it for, in the age of running models locally.