Apple Mac Studio (2022)
Apple's first Mac Studio: a 19.7 cm square, 9.5 cm tall aluminium desktop with the M1 Max or the dual-die M1 Ultra, 10Gb Ethernet and front-panel USB-C plus SD card. Aimed at video, audio and 3-D creatives who want far more GPU and memory than a Mac mini without a Mac Pro tower.
Memory
- Type
- Unified memory packaged with the SoC; LPDDR5-6400 per Wikipedia (512-bit on M1 Max, 1024-bit on M1 Ultra)
- M1 Max
- 32 GB standard; configurable to 64 GB
- M1 Ultra
- 64 GB standard; configurable to 128 GB
- Bandwidth
- 400 GB/s (M1 Max), 800 GB/s (M1 Ultra)
- Slots
- None; memory cannot be added after purchase
Storage
- M1 Max
- 512 GB SSD standard; configurable to 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB or 8 TB
- M1 Ultra
- 1 TB SSD standard; configurable to 2 TB, 4 TB or 8 TB
- Performance
- Up to 7.4 GB/s (Apple press release)
- Form
- Removable Apple storage modules (not M.2); swapping needs a second Mac running Apple Configurator, per Wikipedia
Graphics
- M1 Max
- 24-core GPU; 32-core GPU configurable
- M1 Ultra
- 48-core GPU; 64-core GPU configurable
- Media engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW
- External displays
- Up to five at once: four Pro Display XDRs (6K60) over USB-C/Thunderbolt plus one 4K60 display over HDMI
- Thunderbolt video
- Native DisplayPort over USB-C; Thunderbolt 2, DVI and VGA via adapters
- HDMI
- One display up to 4K at 60 Hz (HDMI 2.0 per Wikipedia); multichannel audio out; DVI via adapter
Expansion
- Internal slots
- None; no PCIe slots, expansion only through external ports (per Wikipedia)
Networking
- Ethernet
- 10Gb Ethernet (Nbase-T 1/2.5/5/10 Gb, RJ-45)
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.0
Power
- Power supply
- Internal; only a power cord in the box
- Input
- 100–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz, single phase
- Maximum continuous power
- 370 W
Ports
- Rear
- 4 × Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C; Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4 up to 40 Gb/s, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2 up to 10 Gb/s), 10Gb Ethernet, AC power, 2 × USB-A (up to 5 Gb/s), HDMI, 3.5 mm headphone jack, power button
- Front (M1 Max)
- 2 × USB-C (USB 3, up to 10 Gb/s), SDXC card slot (UHS-II)
- Front (M1 Ultra)
- 2 × Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40 Gb/s), SDXC card slot (UHS-II)
- Audio
- Built-in speaker; headphone jack with support for high-impedance headphones; HDMI multichannel audio
Physical
- Dimensions
- 9.5 × 19.7 × 19.7 cm (H × W × D); 3.7 × 7.7 × 7.7 in
- Weight
- 2.7 kg / 5.9 lb (M1 Max); 3.6 kg / 7.9 lb (M1 Ultra)
- Enclosure
- Single aluminium extrusion, silver; double-sided blowers, over 4,000 perforations on the back and bottom
- Operating temperature
- 10–35 °C
- Relative humidity
- 5–90 % non-condensing
- Altitude
- Tested up to 5000 m
- Acoustics
- 15 dBA sound pressure at idle and on wireless web (M1 Ultra, 48-core GPU tested)
Operating systems
- Shipped with
- macOS Monterey
- Supported
- macOS 12 Monterey through macOS 27 Golden Gate (Apple lists Golden Gate as the newest compatible OS)
Processors
- Apple M1 Max (10-core CPU)
- Apple M1 Ultra (20-core CPU)