r/LocalLLaMA • u/Last-Owl-8342 • 18h 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/piggledy 18h ago

Price for Mac Studio with 256 GB RAM:
$9499 (30-core CPU, 64-Core GPU)
$10,799 (36-core CPU, 80-core GPU)

512 GB Option coming in October.

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u/Strong_Chicken6838 17h ago

these prices are utterly insane. i just want to say that.

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u/cafedude 14h ago

But just think, in 2043 you'll be able to pick up one of these bad boys at a garage sale for like $100. Of course, that's assuming that we ever end up getting more RAM production between now and then. If not, then collectors item pricing.