The latest Mac Studio is unmistakably an Apple product. Its compact dimensions of 3.7 x 7.7 x 7.7 inches / 9.5 x 19.7 x 19.7cm, with a weight starting at 6.1lbs / 2.74kg means it’s easy to find space for it on a desk, and you can hide it behind a monitor if you want, and it also means it’s easy to pick up and move if needed.

The Mac Studio comes with your choice of two different processors: the single-chip M4 Max, which is the default for the base model, or the M3 Ultra, which costs an additional $2,000. The M3 Ultra, as the name suggests, is based upon the M3 Max, Apple's top-of-the-line single-chip .

At a high level, the M3 Ultra Mac Studio can be configured with up to 1.5x faster CPU performance and 2x faster GPU performance than the Mac Pro. RAM, which is crucial with running local AI models, is even more of a dramatic compare. We’ve charted the top specs for each machine to compare.