“In the first generation of Mac Studio with M1 Mac and M1 Ultra…people overall were just really thrilled with being able to fly through 8K footage and do their edits and playing multiple large projects on the timeline,” says Novielli. And for editors interested in the nitty-gritty, this year’s model brings an especially welcome change on the video-encoding front.
Long story short: If you’re upgrading from an Intel-powered Mac - or even an Apple silicon-powered iMac or Mac Mini - you’ll be enjoying a serious speed boost. To put that in perspective, the Studio performed 18% better than last year’s M1 Max model, 50% better than the M2-powered Mac Mini and a whopping 68% better than the Intel-powered iMac 27-inch from a few years back. On the Geekbench 5 multi-core test (which gauges general performance), the 2023 Mac Studio scored a 15,276 - the highest number we’ve ever gotten from any computer. Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1080p, max settings) Geekbench 5 (multi-core) performance test In our own benchmarks, the Mac Studio got the highest scores we’ve seen from a desktop on almost every test, revealing some impressive gains over the previous model while topping the competition in some key areas.ĭell XPS Desktop (Intel Core i5, RTX 3060 Ti) Meanwhile, the M2 Ultra model promises 3D-rendering speeds that are three times faster than the previous M1 Ultra Studio and video processing that’s up to 50% faster than last year’s. And that’s only scratching the surface of what this beastly machine is designed to do.Īpple says that the Mac Studio with M2 Max is up to 50% faster than last year’s model and up to four times faster than a fully loaded 27-inch iMac.
It certainly doesn’t hurt that the Studio never got sluggish under the weight of my daily multitasking habits, which include Outlook, Slack, Discord, Zoom and an ungodly amount of Chrome tabs all running at once. Once I was ready to export my session into a WAV file I could listen to on the go, the whole process took a brisk 16 seconds. I’ve been using my M2 Max Studio as my primary music production machine and have been able to record and edit 16-track projects without a hint of latency or slowdown. This year’s model swaps in Apple’s new M2 Max and M2 Ultra chips, which - you guessed it - are even faster. “But in general, when you look at it from the outside, it’s going to look like the M1 Studio that we know and love.”Īrmed with Apple’s M1 Max and M1 Ultra processors that are designed for demanding creative work, last year’s Mac Studio pumped out the best performance we’ve ever seen on a Mac. “ a lot of under-the-hood innovation to make the product better, to make it have less environmental impact,” says Goldberg, who is part of the product design team behind the new computer.
This setup allows you to connect up to five displays on the M2 Max model and as many as eight - including three 8K displays - on the M2 Ultra version, which should give power users plenty of flexibility for rigging up the ultimate multi-monitor workstation.ĭespite its seemingly unchanged appearance, Apple notes that it made a number of subtle improvements to things like cosmetics and airflow while using more recycled materials than before.
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Loaded with two USB-C ports and an SDXC card reader up front and four Thunderbolt 4 ports, an Ethernet jack, two USB-A ports, an HDMI port and a headphone jack in the back, the Studio made it easy for me to connect my monitor, webcam, microphone and audio interface with plenty of free ports to spare. The latest Mac Studio also retains the same generous port selection as last year’s model, which is a refreshing change from the minimal connection options on most other Macs these days. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account
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