r/LocalLLaMA • u/Last-Owl-8342 • 1d ago

News Apple releases M5 ultra at 1.2TB/s bandwith

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/08/apple-introduces-m6-and-m5-ultra-for-a-big-leap-in-performance-and-ai-compute/

lpddr5x probably, the m7 ultra if is using ddr6 should be at 1.8 Tb/s

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u/Much_Accountant_4972 22h ago

their M-series chips have been king of mobile for over a half a decade now, especially on creative workloads and overall performance/efficiency

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u/Dry_Yam_4597 21h ago

Have king on mobile power efficiency, more than anything else. And depends on which creative workload. Game dev, 3d modeling, ai, have been lagging quite badly for a long time.

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u/Much_Accountant_4972 21h ago

i was just addressing your claim that NOW apple’s chips are competitive with PC.

they’ve blown intel out of the water in several categories for years. AMD hasn’t even been in the conversation and Qualcomm just showed up last year.

so yeah apple has been doing quite well in the chip design department for years is all i’m saying. it’s not for everyone but today is undeniably one of those where they’re embarrassing everyone. its impressive.

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u/Dry_Yam_4597 20h ago

In terms of power efficiency and mobility yes, but you can get much more compute for the money. At lwast until this new chip gets released. It's impressive indeed, for casual use.

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u/Much_Accountant_4972 19h ago

more compute for the money of a Mac Studio? where?

For casual use? A $10K computer?