Mac Studio

11 chip options (M1 Max – M4 Max)

M4 Generation Current

Spec M4 Max
16c CPU / 40c GPU		 M4 Max
14c CPU / 32c GPU
Devices Mac Studio Mac Studio
CPU
CPU Cores 16 14
Performance Cores 12 10
Performance Core Speed (GHz) 4.51 4.51
Efficiency Cores 4 4
GPU
GPU cores 40 32
Execution Units 640 512
ALU Count 5120 4096
TFLOPS 17.04 13.64
Ray Tracing ✓ ✓
GPU Vendor 8th-gen Apple 8th-gen Apple
NPU
Neural Engine cores 16 16
Neural Engine TOPS 38 38
Memory
Memory bandwidth (GB/s) 546 409.6
Memory bus width (bits) 512 384
Memory type LPDDR5X-8533 LPDDR5X-8533
Memory options (GB) 48
64
128 		36
Media Engine
Hardware Acceleration H264
HEVC
ProRes
ProRes RAW 		H264
HEVC
ProRes
ProRes RAW
Video Decode 2 2
Video Encode 2 2
ProRes Engines 2 2
AV1 Decode 1 1
Semiconductor Tech
Release date 2024-11-08 2024-11-08

M3 Generation

Spec M3 Ultra
32c CPU / 80c GPU		 M3 Ultra
28c CPU / 60c GPU
Devices Mac Studio Mac Studio
CPU
CPU Cores 32 28
Performance Cores 24 20
Performance Core Speed (GHz) 4 4
Efficiency Cores 8 8
Efficiency Core Speed (GHz) 2.75 2.75
L2 Cache (MB) 96 80
SLC Cache (MB) 96 96
GPU
GPU cores 80 60
Execution Units 1280 960
ALU Count 10240 7680
GPU Frequency (GHz) 1380 1380
TFLOPS 28.262 21.197
Ray Tracing ✓ ✓
GPU Vendor 7th-gen Apple 7th-gen Apple
NPU
Neural Engine cores 32 32
Neural Engine TOPS 36 36
Memory
Memory bandwidth (GB/s) 819.2 819.2
Memory bus width (bits) 1024 1024
Memory channels 8 8
Memory channel width (bits) 128 128
Memory type LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
Memory options (GB) 96
256 		96
256
Media Engine
Hardware Acceleration H264
HEVC
ProRes
ProRes RAW 		H264
HEVC
ProRes
ProRes RAW
Video Decode 4 4
Video Encode 4 4
ProRes Engines 4 4
AV1 Decode 2 2
Semiconductor Tech
Process node (nm) 3 3
Transistors (billion) 184 184
Release date 2025-03-12 2025-03-12

M2 Generation

Spec M2 Ultra
24c CPU / 76c GPU		 M2 Ultra
24c CPU / 60c GPU		 M2 Max
12c CPU / 38c GPU		 M2 Max
12c CPU / 30c GPU
CPU
CPU Cores 24 24 12 12
Performance Cores 16 16 8 8
Performance Core Speed (GHz) 3.7 3.7 3.69 3.69
Efficiency Cores 8 8 4 4
Efficiency Core Speed (GHz) 2.4 2.4 2.42 2.42
L2 Cache (MB) 96 96 48 48
SLC Cache (MB) 96 96 48 48
GPU
GPU cores 76 60 38 30
Execution Units 304 240 152 120
ALU Count 9728 7680 4864 3840
GPU Frequency (GHz) 1398 1398 1398 1398
TFLOPS 27.199 21.473 13.599 10.736
GPU Vendor 5th-gen Apple 5th-gen Apple 5th-gen Apple 5th-gen Apple
NPU
Neural Engine cores 32 32 16 16
Neural Engine TOPS 31.6 31.6 15.8 15.8
Memory
Memory bandwidth (GB/s) 819.2 819.2 409.6 409.6
Memory bus width (bits) 1024 1024 512 512
Memory channels 8 8 4 4
Memory channel width (bits) 128 128 128 128
Memory type LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
Memory options (GB) 64
128
192 		64
128
192 		32
64
96 		32
64
96
Media Engine
Hardware Acceleration H264
HEVC
ProRes
ProRes RAW 		H264
HEVC
ProRes
ProRes RAW 		H264
HEVC
ProRes
ProRes RAW 		H264
HEVC
ProRes
ProRes RAW
Video Decode 4 4 2 2
Video Encode 4 4 2 2
ProRes Engines 4 4 2 2
Semiconductor Tech
Process node (nm) 5 5 5 5
Transistors (billion) 134 134 67 67
Release date 2023-06-13 2023-06-13 2023-01-24 2023-01-24

M1 Generation

Spec M1 Ultra
20c CPU / 64c GPU		 M1 Ultra
20c CPU / 48c GPU		 M1 Max
10c CPU / 32c GPU
CPU
CPU Cores 20 20 10
Performance Cores 16 16 8
Performance Core Speed (GHz) 3.2 3.2 3.2
Efficiency Cores 4 4 2
Efficiency Core Speed (GHz) 2.06 2.06 2.06
L2 Cache (MB) 96 96 48
SLC Cache (MB) 96 96 48
GPU
GPU cores 64 48 32
Execution Units 1024 768 512
ALU Count 8192 6144 4096
TFLOPS 21.2 15.8 10.4
GPU Vendor 4th-gen Apple 4th-gen Apple 4th-gen Apple
NPU
Neural Engine cores 32 32 16
Neural Engine TOPS 22 22 11
Memory
Memory bandwidth (GB/s) 819.2 819.2 409.6
Memory bus width (bits) 1024 1024 512
Memory channels 8 8 4
Memory channel width (bits) 128 128 128
Memory type LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
Memory options (GB) 64
128 		64
128 		32
64
Media Engine
Hardware Acceleration H264
HEVC
ProRes
ProRes RAW 		H264
HEVC
ProRes
ProRes RAW 		H264
HEVC
ProRes
ProRes RAW
Video Decode 2 2 1
Video Encode 4 4 2
ProRes Engines 4 4 2
Semiconductor Tech
Process node (nm) 5 5 5
Transistors (billion) 114 114 57
Release date 2022-03-18 2022-03-18 2021-10-26