[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-apples-m5-ultra-mac-studio-costs-11299-for-modest-gains":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":24,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":25,"tags":26,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},7139,"apples-m5-ultra-mac-studio-costs-11299-for-modest-gains","Apple's M5 Ultra Mac Studio Costs $11,299 for Modest Gains","Apple's priciest Mac Studio configuration adds real AI and graphics horsepower over the M5 Max, but the price gap only pays off for a narrow slice of buyers.","Apple's top-end Mac Studio now starts at $11,299, and the extra power it buys over a cheaper config is hard to justify for most people.\n\nThe new configuration pairs an M5 Ultra chip with Apple's Mac Studio desktop, sitting above the already-powerful M5 Max version. In hands-on testing, the M5 Ultra delivers a real jump in AI and graphics performance over its Max sibling. But that jump comes bundled with a price tag that starts at $11,299 for the top build. For the money, buyers get more raw compute, not a different machine.\n\nThis is the classic Apple Ultra-chip trade-off: the ceiling goes up, but so does the price of touching it. Only workloads that actually saturate an M5 Max, like heavy AI training, large-scale rendering, or professional graphics work, will feel the difference at all.\n\nFor everyone else, the M5 Max remains the better deal, and the M5 Ultra reads less like a mainstream upgrade than a receipt for people who already know they need it.","[\"apple\",\"mac studio\",\"m5 ultra\",\"reviews\"]","2026-09-21T13:00:00.000Z","2026-09-21T13:30:13.710Z","2026-09-21T13:30:25.924Z","published",null,[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Fapples-m5-ultra-mac-studio-costs-11299-for-modest-gains.webp","reviews",[27,28,29,25],"apple","mac studio","m5 ultra",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"Engadget","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.engadget.com\u002F2263184\u002Fapple-mac-studio-m5-ultra-review\u002F",0,{"sections":36},[37,42,47,52,57,62,67,72,77,82,87,92,97,101],{"name":38,"slug":39,"count":40,"latest_published_at":41},"AI","ai",4177,"2026-09-21T14:24:55.000Z",{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"Security","security",682,"2026-09-21T11:59:49.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"Policy","policy",353,"2026-09-21T13:30:33.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Deals","deals",184,"2026-09-21T10:18:31.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Hardware","hardware",160,"2026-09-21T13:46:32.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":64,"count":65,"latest_published_at":66},"Science","science",130,"2026-09-20T13:48:11.000Z",{"name":68,"slug":69,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",99,"2026-09-09T17:27:33.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":74,"count":75,"latest_published_at":76},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",78,"2026-09-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Software","software",75,"2026-09-10T20:41:21.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":86},"Startups","startups",56,"2026-09-21T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":88,"slug":89,"count":90,"latest_published_at":91},"Gaming","gaming",43,"2026-09-10T12:18:06.000Z",{"name":93,"slug":94,"count":95,"latest_published_at":96},"General","general",42,"2026-09-18T22:35:10.000Z",{"name":98,"slug":25,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Reviews",22,"2026-09-21T13:00:24.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]