Apple introduced up to date variations of its Mac Studio with the M4 Max and all-new M3 Extremely chips. The newest Mac desktop is aimed toward video editors, builders, engineers, photographers, and inventive execs.
Apple initially introduced the Mac Studio in 2022 with the M1 Max and M1 Extremely chips. The brand new M4 Max and M3 Extremely fashions supply sizeable positive aspects for 3D rendering, video modifying, code compiling, and different workflows.
The baseline Mac Studio has the M4 Max chip that includes a configurable 14-16-core CPU, 32-40-core GPU and 16-core Neural Engine. You get 36GB of unified reminiscence as customary, which is upgradeable to 128GB with 546GB/s bandwidth. Storage begins at 512GB and tops out at 8TB.
The M3 Extremely chip takes issues up a notch with its 28-32-core CPU, 60-80-core GPU and 32-core Neural Engine. Apple’s premier desktop now begins with 36GB unified reminiscence (as a substitute of 32GB), which is configurable to a bonkers 512GB (800GB/s bandwidth), as Apple proudly claims – “probably the most unified reminiscence ever on a private pc. You may also add as much as 16TB SSD storage.
Apple is promoting 1.8x quicker CPU efficiency and a couple of.6x quicker GPU rendering than the M1 Extremely. Apple additionally shared that the M3 Extremely Mac Studio can run massive language fashions (LLMs) with over 600 billion parameters solely in reminiscence.
Relating to workflow, the brand new M3 Extremely Mac Studio helps as much as 24 streams of 8K ProRes video playback with H.264, HEVC, and ProRes encode and decode. You may also hook up the machine with as much as 8 shows.
Each the M4 Max and M3 Extremely Mac Studios function 4x Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) ports on the again, and the latter additionally has two extra of the identical ports on the entrance facet. The remaining connectors on the again embody 2x USB-A ports, 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x 10GB/s Ethernet port and a 3.5mm headphone jack. You additionally get a UHS-II SDXC card reader on the entrance. Wi-fi connectivity remains to be capped at Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.
The brand new M4 Max Mac Studio begins from $1,999, whereas the M3 Extremely kicks off at $3,999. The highest-tier model with 512GB of unified reminiscence and 16TB storage will set you again a whopping $14,099. Pre-orders at the moment are open, with deliveries scheduled for March 12.
