PCMag reviewed the 2026 Apple Mac Studio featuring the M5 Ultra processor, awarding it an Editors’ Choice rating for professional creative and local AI workflows. The reviewer praised its quad-die processing architecture, up to 1.2TB/s unified memory bandwidth, quiet cooling, and Thunderbolt 5 connectivity. However, the publication highlighted steep pricing—reaching $12,299 as tested—alongside non-upgradable soldered hardware, lack of formal ISV certifications, and no included peripherals. PCMag recommends the upgrade primarily for professionals on M1 or M2 systems with demanding memory or AI workloads.
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Worth considering if your professional work needs the M5 Ultra’s high processing capacity, large shared memory pool, and Thunderbolt 5 connectivity for demanding creative workflows or local AI. PCMag reports strong processing and video-production results, but also describes the tested configuration as a steep investment with no user-upgradeable internal components.
Serious creative professionals and local-AI users who can justify a high-cost desktop with 256GB of unified memory and 4TB of storage.
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PCMag awards the Mac Studio (2026, M5 Ultra) Editors’ Choice, citing its strong processing performance and capabilities for professional creative work and local AI, while emphasizing its high price and locked-down design.
Who it may suit
Serious creative and AI professionals with the budget for the tested high-memory configuration.
Source testing context
The article describes benchmark testing with Cinebench 2024, Geekbench 6.3 Pro, HandBrake 1.8, graphics tests, and PugetBench for Creators in DaVinci Resolve Studio 18. It also notes that software compatibility prevented reliable comparison data for some other tests.
A 36-core CPU, 80-core GPU, 256GB of unified memory, and 4TB of storage.
The review says the memory is soldered and the silicon is non-upgradable.
PCMag reports $12,299.
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