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Apple has unveiled the latest Mac Studio, touting it as their most powerful desktop yet. Featuring the M4 Max and M3 Ultra chips, this machine is built to handle AI-heavy tasks, professional creative work, and demanding performance needs. Pricing kicks off at ₹2,14,900 for the M4 Max model, while the M3 Ultra version starts at ₹3,49,900.
Apple claims the M4 Max-powered Mac Studio with its 16-core CPU and 40-core GPU, delivers 3.5 times the performance of the M1 Max and outpaces Intel’s last 27-inch iMac by a factor of 6.1. Tasks like image processing in Adobe Photoshop now run 1.6 times faster than on the M1 Max, while code compilation in Xcode sees a 2.1x boost. AI-driven video processing in Topaz Video AI gets an even bigger upgrade, running up to five times quicker than on an Intel iMac—great news for creatives and developers needing muscle.
Apple’s beefed-up Neural Engine is now three times faster than the one in the M1 Max, ensuring smooth performance for on-device AI tasks. Meanwhile, ray tracing and mesh shading bring sharper, more realistic graphics to both gaming and professional rendering, per the brand.
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The Mac Studio with M3 Ultra with its 32-core CPU—featuring 24 performance cores—has 50% more power than any previous Ultra chip, Apple says. The 80-core GPU delivers 2.6 times the graphics performance of the M1 Ultra. It also handles Large Language Models (LLMs) with up to 600 billion parameters, making it an elite choice for AI development, high-end graphics, and compute-heavy tasks.
It comes with 96GB of unified memory as standard, with the option to expand up to 512GB—the most ever in a personal computer. This gives it the muscle to handle massive AI training datasets, complex 3D animation, and ultra-high-resolution video editing without breaking a sweat.
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For pros juggling external storage, AI models, and creative projects, the new Mac Studio steps up with Thunderbolt 5, delivering 120Gbps transfer speeds—triple that of Thunderbolt 4. It can drive up to eight Pro Display XDR monitors and has improved PCIe expansion.
Staying connected is easy with Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and 10Gb Ethernet. Optimised for Apple Intelligence, the Mac Studio introduces AI-powered Writing Tools for summarisation and editing, live transcription in Notes, and an upgraded Siri with ChatGPT integration. Creators can also tap into Image Playground, unlocking AI-driven visual enhancements.