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Mac Studio (M5 Ultra, 96 GB) — Local LLM Performance

Mac Studio (M5 Ultra, 96 GB) is a Desktop running macOS, with 96 GB unified memory.

Specifications

Memory for models
96 GB unified
Memory bandwidth
1,229 GB/s
Memory upgradeable
No — soldered, decided at purchase
Architecture
ARM, 3nm TSMC
Form factor
Desktop
Operating system
macOS
Released
2026
Llama 3.1 8B Q4_K_M
59–123 tok/s

Worth knowing before you buy

  • Memory is soldered; the configuration cannot be changed after purchase.
  • The base M5 Ultra configuration — the same 1.2 TB/s bandwidth as the larger ones, with less capacity.