Apple has just revealed a boosted M2 Max and M2 Ultra-powered Mac Studio and, more surprisingly, a return for the Mac Pro, powered by the M2 Ultra and expandable PCIe.
For the past year, we’ve heard rumours of both a new Mac Studio and a new Mac Pro but, of late, it seemed like the latter wouldn’t turn up at WWDC, but it has just been revealed. Here’s how the two updated desktops compare.
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Price and Release Date
- Order Mac Studio and Mac Pro today
- Availability from June 13
- Mac Studio (2023) starts at £2099/$1999
- Mac Pro (2023) starts at £7199/$6999
Specs and Performance
- New M2 Ultra chip for Mac Pro
- M2 Max and M2 Ultra for Mac Studio
Apple has revealed a new M2 Ultra for the Mac Pro (2023) and Mac Studio (2023). The Mac Pro also offers PCIe expansion, making it a desktop truly for professionals with extremely demanding workloads.
The Mac Pro is touted as being up to 3x faster than the previous-generation Intel-based model. You’ll be able to get this chip with up to 192GB of unified memory, at 800GB/s. The chip features a 24-core CPU, up to a 76-core GPU and starts with twice the memory and storage than the Intel-based Mac Pro.
The new M2 Max for the Mac Studio offers up a 12-core CPU, up to a 38-core GPU and up to 96GB of unified memory (at 400GB/s of memory bandwidth). The M2 Ultra inside the Mac Studio offers the same specs as the chip inside the new Mac Pro, but without the option for PCIe expansion.
