Shop the refurbished 2026 Mac Studio with M5 Max or M5 Ultra, Apple's latest and most powerful desktop. The M5 Max has an 18-core CPU and up to a 40-core GPU, while the M5 Ultra offers up to a 36-core CPU, 80-core GPU and 512GB of memory, with Neural Accelerators for on-device AI, Wi-Fi 7 and Thunderbolt 5. Every Mac Studio comes with our 1 Year Hardware Warranty and free next working day delivery.
Mac Studio (2026) with M5 Max or M5 Ultra.
Introduced: Announced August 2026, available September 2026
Model number: A3545 (M5 Max), A3546 (M5 Ultra)
Model identifier: Mac17,14 (M5 Max), Mac17,15 (M5 Ultra)
Colour: Silver
Weight: 2.7kg (M5 Max), 3.6kg (M5 Ultra)
Size: (H)9.5 by (W)19.7 by (D)19.7cm
M5 Max: 18-core CPU (6 super, 12 performance) with 32-core or 40-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine
M5 Ultra: 30-core CPU (10 super, 20 performance) with 64-core GPU, or 36-core CPU (12 super, 24 performance) with 80-core GPU, 32-core Neural Engine
All: Neural Accelerator in every GPU core, hardware-accelerated ray tracing
M5 Max: 36GB (32-core GPU) or 48GB, 64GB or 128GB (40-core GPU)
M5 Ultra: 96GB, 256GB or 512GB (512GB on 36-core)
Bandwidth: 460GB/s or 614GB/s (M5 Max), 1.2TB/s (M5 Ultra)
M5 Max: 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB or 8TB
M5 Ultra: 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 8TB or 16TB
Rear: Four Thunderbolt 5 (up to 120Gb/s), two USB-A, HDMI 2.1, 10Gb Ethernet, 3.5mm headphone jack
Front: Two USB-C (M5 Max) or two Thunderbolt 5 (M5 Ultra), SDXC (UHS-II) card slot
Wireless: Apple N1: Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, Thread
External displays: Up to 5 (M5 Max) or 8 (M5 Ultra)
Geekbench 6 multi-core: 28,948 (M5 Max)
MHL64B/A, M5 Max 32-core GPU, 36GB, 512GB: £2,499
MHQJ4B/A, M5 Max 40-core GPU, 64GB, 1TB: £3,799
MHL74B/A, M5 Ultra 30-core, 96GB, 1TB: £5,499
M5 Ultra 36-core, 96GB, 1TB: £6,799
The M5 Max (18-core CPU, up to 40-core GPU, up to 128GB) is more than enough for almost all photo, music, video, 3D and development work. The M5 Ultra fuses two M5 Max chips, with up to 36 CPU cores, an 80-core GPU, 1.2TB/s memory bandwidth and up to 512GB of memory, for 8K multicam, huge 3D scenes and running enormous AI models on device.
The M5 chips add a Neural Accelerator to every GPU core for much faster on-device AI, alongside faster CPUs and storage. Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 come to Mac Studio for the first time, and M5 Ultra brings 1.2TB/s of memory bandwidth. The design and Thunderbolt 5 ports carry over from the 2025 Mac Studio.
Apple announced the Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra on 25 August 2026, and it went on sale on 22 September 2026.
The M5 Max supports up to five external displays and the M5 Ultra up to eight.
Yes. With up to 128GB (M5 Max) or 512GB (M5 Ultra) of unified memory and Neural Accelerators in every GPU core, the M5 Mac Studio can run very large language models entirely on device, and several units can be clustered over Thunderbolt 5.
No. The Mac Studio works with any monitor connected over Thunderbolt or HDMI. Its ideal partners are the 27-inch 5K Studio Display and the 32-inch 6K Pro Display XDR, both available in our refurbished Apple Displays range.
Premium grade is our highest grade: the Mac Studio is fully functional and indistinguishable from new, with no visible marks on the enclosure. Excellent, Good and Fair grades show progressively more signs of use at lower prices. See our grading guide.
Every refurbished Mac Studio comes with our 1 Year Hardware Warranty, a power lead and free next working day delivery on weekday orders placed before 1pm. Keyboard, mouse and display are sold separately. You can also spread the cost with finance.
