June 5, 2023
PRESS RELEASE
Apple unveils new Mac Studio and brings Apple silicon to Mac Professional
With M2 Max and the brand new M2 Extremely, Mac Studio is a efficiency powerhouse in a compact design, whereas the brand new Mac Professional combines the extremely highly effective M2 Extremely with PCIe growth and completes the Mac transition to Apple silicon
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple at present launched the brand new Mac Studio and Mac Professional, the 2 strongest Macs ever made. Mac Studio options M2 Max and the brand new M2 Extremely, delivering an enormous increase in efficiency and enhanced connectivity in its stunningly compact design. Mac Studio is as much as 6x sooner than essentially the most highly effective Intel-based 27-inch iMac,1 and as much as 3x sooner than the previous-generation Mac Studio with M1 Extremely.2 Mac Professional, now that includes M2 Extremely, combines the unprecedented efficiency of Apple’s strongest chip with the flexibility of PCIe growth. Mac Professional is as much as 3x sooner than the previous-generation Intel-based mannequin.3 That includes as much as 192GB of unified reminiscence, Mac Studio with M2 Extremely and Mac Professional have way more reminiscence than essentially the most superior workstation graphics playing cards, taking up demanding workloads different methods can’t even course of. The brand new Mac Professional completes the Mac transition to Apple silicon and, along with the remainder of Apple’s professional methods, offers customers essentially the most highly effective and succesful lineup of professional merchandise Apple has ever supplied. Mac Studio and Mac Professional can be found to order at present, with availability starting Tuesday, June 13.
“The brand new Mac Studio and Mac Professional with Apple silicon are the 2 strongest Macs we’ve ever made,” stated John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice chairman of {Hardware} Engineering. “Mac Studio has been a breakthrough for professionals all over the place, and it’s on the coronary heart of tons of of 1000’s of dwelling and professional studios internationally. At this time, it will get even higher with M2 Max and the brand new M2 Extremely, that includes much more efficiency and enhanced connectivity. And for these customers who want the flexibility of inside growth, Mac Professional combines PCIe slots with our strongest chip. The brand new Mac Studio and Mac Professional be part of our different professional methods to present our customers essentially the most highly effective and succesful lineup of professional merchandise that Apple has ever supplied.”
Mac Studio: A Efficiency Powerhouse
Mac Studio empowers professionals to construct the studio of their goals with its groundbreaking efficiency and intensive connectivity in a compact type that lives proper on their desks. With M2 Max and M2 Extremely, the brand new Mac Studio offers a giant increase in efficiency versus the earlier technology and an enormous leap for customers coming from older Macs. Mac Studio with M2 Max is as much as 50 p.c sooner than the previous-generation Mac Studio4 and 4x sooner than essentially the most highly effective Intel-based 27-inch iMac.1 It contains a 12-core CPU, as much as a 38-core GPU, and as much as 96GB of unified reminiscence with 400GB/s of reminiscence bandwidth.
When in comparison with Mac Studio with M1 Max,4 Mac Studio with M2 Max:
- Empowers movement graphics designers utilizing After Results to render as much as 50 p.c sooner.
- Allows builders to construct new variations of apps with Xcode at blazing pace, with as much as 25 p.c sooner efficiency.
Mac Studio with M2 Extremely takes Mac efficiency to new heights. M2 Extremely delivers twice the efficiency and capabilities of M2 Max, and is Apple’s largest and most succesful system on a chip (SoC) ever. Mac Studio with M2 Extremely is as much as 3x sooner than the previous-generation Mac Studio with M1 Extremely,2 and as much as 6x sooner than essentially the most highly effective Intel-based 27-inch iMac.1 It contains a 24-core CPU, as much as a 76-core GPU, and as much as 192GB of reminiscence with 800GB/s of unified reminiscence bandwidth for workstation-class efficiency.
When in comparison with Mac Studio with M1 Extremely,2 Mac Studio with M2 Extremely:
- Empowers 3D artists utilizing Octane to render as much as 3x sooner.
- Allows colorists utilizing DaVinci Resolve to see as much as 50 p.c sooner video processing than earlier than.
Mac Studio: Enhanced Connectivity
That includes a big selection of connectivity inside simple attain for professionals, the brand new Mac Studio now has higher-bandwidth HDMI, enabling as much as 8K decision and 240Hz body charges. With M2 Extremely, Mac Studio helps as much as six Professional Show XDRs — driving over 100 million pixels — permitting for an unlimited quantity of display screen actual property for professional workflows. Moreover, it now options superior built-in wi-fi applied sciences. Wi-Fi 6E delivers obtain speeds which are as much as twice as quick because the earlier technology, whereas Bluetooth 5.3 permits customers to hook up with the most recent Bluetooth equipment. On the again, Mac Studio contains 4 Thunderbolt 4 ports, a 10Gb Ethernet port, an enhanced HDMI port, and two USB-A ports. It additionally conveniently has two USB-C ports and an SD card slot on the entrance to simply import pictures and video.
Apple Silicon Involves Mac Professional
Mac Professional delivers the groundbreaking efficiency of M2 Extremely, plus the flexibility of PCIe growth, taking essentially the most demanding workflows to the subsequent stage. Whereas the Intel-based Mac Professional began with an 8-core CPU and could possibly be configured up from there, each Mac Professional has Apple’s strongest 24-core CPU, an as much as 76-core GPU, and begins with twice the reminiscence and SSD storage. The brand new Mac Professional may also be configured with up to an enormous 192GB of reminiscence with 800GB/s of unified reminiscence bandwidth. That is way more reminiscence than essentially the most superior workstation graphics playing cards. Now each Mac Professional has the efficiency of not only one however seven Afterburner playing cards in-built. It additionally options the identical industry-leading media engine as Mac Studio with M2 Extremely. Each can play an unprecedented 22 streams of 8K ProRes video.
When in comparison with the Intel-based Mac Professional, Mac Professional with M2 Extremely:
- Empowers demanding real-world professional workflows like video transcoding and 3D simulations to run as much as 3x sooner.3
- Allows video engineers to ingest 24 4K digital camera feeds and encode them to ProRes in actual time, all on a single machine, when utilizing six video I/O playing cards.5
Mac Professional: The Versatility of PCIe Growth
The brand new Mac Professional brings PCIe growth to Apple silicon for professionals who need the efficiency of M2 Extremely and depend on inside growth for his or her workflows. Mac Professional options seven PCle growth slots, with six open growth slots that help gen 4, which is 2x sooner than earlier than, so customers can customise Mac Professional with important playing cards. From audio professionals who want digital sign processing (DSP) playing cards, to video professionals who want serial digital interface (SDI) I/O playing cards for connecting to skilled cameras and displays, to customers who want further networking and storage, Mac Professional lets professionals customise and develop their methods, pushing the bounds of their most demanding workflows.
Mac Professional: Superior Connectivity
The big range of connectivity in Mac Professional will get even higher with eight built-in Thunderbolt 4 ports — six on the again and two on the highest — which is twice as many as earlier than. It helps as much as six Professional Show XDRs, together with Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3, which come to the brand new Mac Professional for quick wi-fi connectivity. Moreover, Mac Professional contains three USB-A ports, two higher-bandwidth HDMI ports that help as much as 8K decision and as much as 240Hz body charges, two 10Gb Ethernet ports, and a headphone jack that permits using high-impedance headphones.
Higher for the Setting
The brand new Mac Studio and Mac Professional are designed with the atmosphere in thoughts, together with one hundred pc recycled uncommon earth components in all magnets, and one hundred pc recycled gold plating and tin soldering in a number of printed circuit boards. Each use far much less power than the desktops of their class, and over 40 p.c lower than the ENERGY STAR effectivity requirement. Mac Studio and Mac Professional are freed from mercury, PVC, and beryllium, and over 95 p.c of the packaging is fiber based mostly.
At this time, Apple is carbon impartial for international company operations and is concentrated on its Apple 2030 purpose to make each product carbon impartial. This implies each Mac Apple creates, from design to manufacturing to buyer use, can have net-zero local weather affect.
macOS: The World’s Most Superior Desktop Working System
Designed to take full benefit of Apple silicon, Mac Studio and Mac Professional include macOS Ventura, delivering breakthrough efficiency and productiveness. Options like Stage Supervisor make specializing in duties and transferring between apps and home windows simpler and sooner than ever, whereas Continuity Digicam, Handoff in FaceTime, Safari passkeys, and the Freeform app assist customers be extra productive and expressive. Highly effective gaming options like MetalFX Upscaling assist speed up gameplay efficiency with beautiful graphics and optimizations for Apple silicon, whereas professional apps like Closing Lower Professional and Logic Professional allow customers to sort out extra advanced tasks, all at blazing speeds.
Arriving this fall, macOS Sonoma provides highly effective options and productiveness instruments that unlock new methods to get issues carried out on Mac. Dynamic video conferencing options, together with Presenter Overlay, elevate the presence of customers when showcasing their work throughout video calls by together with them on high of the content material they’re sharing. Designed to allow hybrid in-studio and distant professional workflows, macOS Sonoma brings a brand new excessive efficiency mode to the Display Sharing app, which leverages the superior media engine in Apple silicon to ship extremely responsive distant entry, together with low-latency audio, excessive body charges, and help for reference colour. Customers can place widgets proper on the desktop, work together with them with only a click on, and thru the magic of Continuity, use iPhone widgets whereas they work. Now it’s simple to finish highly effective duties — like working Shortcuts — proper from widgets on desktop. Massive updates come to Safari, taking productiveness on the net to the subsequent stage with profiles, which retains searching separate between a number of matters or tasks, and net apps on Mac, which offer sooner entry to favourite websites.
Pricing and Availability
- The brand new Mac Studio and Mac Professional can be found to order at present on apple.com/retailer and within the Apple Retailer app. They may begin to arrive to clients, and will likely be accessible in Apple Retailer areas and Apple Approved Resellers, starting Tuesday, June 13.
- Mac Studio begins at $1,999 (U.S.) and $1,799 (U.S.) for training. Further configure-to-order choices can be found at apple.com/retailer.
- Out there in each tower and rack-mounted enclosures, Mac Professional (Tower Enclosure) begins at $6,999 (U.S.) and $6,599 (U.S.) for training. Mac Professional (Rack Enclosure) begins at $7,499 (U.S.) and $6,999 (U.S.) for training. Further technical specs and configure-to-order choices can be found at apple.com/mac-pro.
- Extra info on Studio Show, Professional Show XDR, and Magic equipment is on the market at apple.com/store/buy-mac.
- With Apple Commerce In, clients can commerce of their present laptop and get credit score towards a brand new Mac. Clients can go to apple.com/store/trade-in to see what their system is price.
- Each buyer who buys a Mac from Apple can get pleasure from a free On-line Private Session with an Apple Specialist, get their product arrange in choose shops, together with assist with knowledge switch, and obtain steerage on the way to make their new Mac work the best way they need.
- AppleCare+ for Mac offers skilled technical help and extra {hardware} protection from Apple, together with limitless incidents of unintentional injury safety, every topic to a service charge.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized private expertise with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. At this time, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Apple’s 5 software program platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS — present seamless experiences throughout all Apple gadgets and empower individuals with breakthrough companies together with the App Retailer, Apple Music, Apple Pay, and iCloud. Apple’s greater than 100,000 workers are devoted to creating the perfect merchandise on earth, and to leaving the world higher than we discovered it.
- Outcomes are in comparison with previous-generation 3.6GHz 10-core Intel Core i9-based 27-inch iMac methods with Radeon Professional 5700 XT graphics with 16GB of GDDR6, 128GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD.
- Outcomes are in comparison with previous-generation Mac Studio methods with Apple M1 Extremely, a 20-core CPU, a 64-core GPU, 128GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD.
- Outcomes are in comparison with previous-generation 2.5GHz 28-core Intel Xeon W-based Mac Professional methods with Radeon Professional W6900X graphics with 32GB of GDDR6, configured with Afterburner, 384GB of RAM, and 4TB SSD.
- Outcomes are in comparison with previous-generation Mac Studio methods with Apple M1 Max, a 10-core CPU, a 32-core GPU, 64GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD.
- Testing was performed by Apple in April and Might 2023 utilizing preproduction Mac Professional methods with Apple M2 Extremely, a 24-core CPU, a 76-core GPU, 192GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD. It was examined with Blackmagic Design DeckLink 8K Professional PCIe playing cards, Blackmagic Design Videohub 40×40 12G, 4K UHD Video BNC cables, and Softron OnTheAir Video and MovieRecorder software program. Efficiency exams are performed utilizing particular laptop methods and mirror the approximate efficiency of Mac Professional.
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