Apple’s new M6 and M5 Pro Mac mini and M5 Max and M5 Ultra Mac Studio reach customers and stores on September 22, with one exception to note.
M5 Ultra
M5 Pro Mac mini idles at 4 dB and M5 Ultra Mac Studio at 7 dB, per Apple
Apple’s new acoustic reports measure the 2026 Mac mini at 4 dB and the 2026 Mac Studio at 7 dB. Both numbers are A-weighted sound pressure at the operator position, roughly where you sit, and each holds for idle and for light web browsing on the one configuration Apple tested. Mac Studio with M5 Max…
Mac Studio M5 Max vs. M5 Ultra: What the Extra $3,000 Buys
Mac Studio starts at $2,499 with M5 Max or $5,499 with M5 Ultra, a $3,000 gap between the two configurations Apple sells under one name. Apple has published full specs for both, and the difference is mostly cores, memory and bandwidth rather than any feature exclusive to one chip, arriving the same year Apple introduced…
Every Mac Apple Sells Right Now, and the Four Chip Generations Behind Them
Apple is currently selling six Mac models built on four different chip generations at once. Its newest chip, M6, ships in the cheapest desktop Apple sells, while the most expensive Mac Studio configuration runs a chip Apple announced on the very same day, but from an older generation. Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5…
Mac Mini and Mac Studio Go on General Sale Tuesday, September 22
Mac mini and Mac Studio go on general sale Tuesday, September 22, 2026, ten days from today. Apple announced both machines in August, weeks before the September 9 iPhone event, and has already published full pricing, chip options and ports for every configuration. Mac Studio with M5 Max from $2,499 and M5 Ultra from $5,499.…
Apple Silicon's Unified Memory Ceiling Now Runs From 32GB to 512GB
Apple’s current Mac chips top out at a 32GB unified memory maximum on M6, the smallest chip Apple sells, and a 512GB maximum on M5 Ultra, the largest, a 16-fold spread between the two ends of Apple’s own lineup. Every figure below comes from Apple’s own chip and machine pages published in 2026. Mac mini…
M5 Ultra: How Apple Fuses Two Dies Into 'Its Most Powerful Chip Ever'
M5 Ultra is the chip Apple calls, in its own words, “Apple’s most powerful chip ever.” Announced August 25, 2026, it ships only in Mac Studio, where it starts at $5,499. What sets M5 Ultra apart from every other chip in Apple’s current lineup is not just its size, but how Apple builds it: by…