Apple Launches Mac Mini and Mac Studio Models with M6 and M5 Ultra Processors

Apple officially launched the new Mac mini and Mac Studio models, the two most striking members of the desktop computer family. While Mac mini, which appeals to a wide audience with its compact design, gains power with the new generation M6 and M5 Pro processors, the professional workstation class Mac Studio takes its place on the shelves with M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips that offer monster performance. New models; It takes the desktop experience to the next level with hardware-level artificial intelligence accelerators, macOS 27 operating system and advanced connection standards.

What Does the New Mac mini Equipped with M6 and M5 Pro Offer?

Packing huge power in its compact body, the new Mac mini appeals to a wide segment from casual users to software developers. Mac mini with M6 processor; It comes with a 12-core CPU, a 12-core GPU with special neural accelerators in each core, and a dual 16-core Neural Engine architecture. This hardware provides up to 4 times faster artificial intelligence performance, 2 times faster graphics power and 40 percent higher processor performance compared to previous generations.

While the starting model has 16 GB of combined memory, this capacity can be increased up to 32 GB. Designed for heavier professional workloads, the M5 Pro processor version offers up to 18-core CPU, up to 20-core GPU and up to 64 GB combined memory support. The model that catches up with the times on the connection side; It has support for Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 and 2.5 Gb Ethernet as standard (with an optional 10 Gb option).

Power That Pushes the Boundaries: Mac Studio and M5 Ultra

Developed for the most demanding professional workflows, Mac Studio raises the bar in the desktop class with its M5 Max and M5 Ultra options. Mac Studio with M5 Ultra chip offers up to 36-core CPU and up to a full 80-core GPU configuration. The most striking point of the model is that it supports up to 512 GB of combined memory with a huge memory bandwidth of 1.2 TB / s.

This hardware power; It allows visual effects experts to render scenes in-the-moment, filmmakers to edit uncompressed 8K footage directly, and researchers to run massive AI language models (LLMs) entirely natively.

Thunderbolt 5 and Multi-System Clustering

The new Mac Studio models come with Thunderbolt 5 ports that offer data transfer speeds of up to 120 Gb/s. This connection not only speeds up external storage devices; Thanks to Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) technology, it makes it possible to cluster multiple Mac Studios by connecting them to each other. Thus, up to 3 times higher performance is achieved in distributed artificial intelligence inferences compared to a single system. The device also supports up to eight external displays or four Studio Display XDR monitors at full 5K resolution and 120 Hz.

macOS 27 and Pricing

Devices that come with the new macOS 27 operating system out of the box directly run Siri AI and advanced Apple Intelligence features integrated throughout the system. Innovations such as the Visual Intelligence shortcut that understands what is on the screen and smart tab grouping in Safari draw their power directly from the neural engines of new processors.

The starting prices of the new desktop models offered for sale through the Apple Store are as follows: