- You might not like it
but this is what peak performance looks like
And it is chonky, yeah.
Kind of reminds me of a stubby G4 Cube.
The Mac studio and matching studio display
are the two latest announcements out of Apple
and of everything they announced today
they're easily the most exciting
both powered by Apple Silicon
they're set to usher in a new era performance
for apple enthusiasts
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The new max studio is in every way
what we all feared the Mac pro would become
when apple started the transition to Apple Silicon
an entirely unexpandable design
with fully solder components in a Mac mini enclosure
that decided to make a little taller than usual
cooled by two beefy fans that pull air up
through the bottom of the chassis
and out to the rear grill
something Apple says is nearly silent
there's actually a lot going for this design.
For starters you get 10 gigabit ethernet as standard.
Thank you Apple.
Now the rest of the rear IO is rearranged
but looks basically the same as the Intel Mac mini
with a high impedance pro audio output
that I suspect is the same
as on the new MacBook pros
turn it around however
and you'll see that Apple has finally
acquiesced added front facing connectors
two USB type C 10 gigabit ports
and an SDX C reader
while support from a brand new SD express format
would've been nice to see
as a future proofing measure
what we're getting tracks with the larger MacBook pros.
If you pick up an M1 ultra equipped max studio
those types C ports
up front turn into Thunderbolt ports
wait
M1 ultra
Yeah turns out Apple's been holding out on us
and their M1 max chips had an unused interconnect
called ultra fusion
that allows for a chip style connection
between two M1 maxes to make up an M1 ultra
the effective result is a single SOC
as far as software is concerned
and gives a metric bug load of CPU and GPU cores
double the already very impressive media engine
on the M1 max and twice the maximum memory capacity
at 800 gigabytes per second
that is faster memory
than the GDR 6X
that is used on Avid RTX 3080 and 3090.
That is pretty amazing
and even more amazing
as the memory itself isn't even clocked faster.
There's just that many more channels to work with.
If you believe what Apple has to say
the M1 ultra is up to 60% faster
than the Mac pro equipped with 28 Zion W cores
and 80% faster than that machine's fastest GPU
the Radeon W6900X.
They still sell those by the way
something about those claims though
it doesn't really pass the sniff test.
Part of that claim is that
it's also 90% faster than a 16 core desktop CPU
while drawing a hundred Watts less power
you might think that's referring
to the only current 16 core desktop CPU
the rise in 95950X
but in fact they're talking about the core i9-12900K
which is an eight plus eight core CPU
with performance and efficiency cores
much like Apple Silicon.
what's more Max Turbo Power on the 12900K is 241 Watts.
So we can surmise based
on Apple's own data that the M1 ultra draws
around 140 Watts
which is still a lot of Watts.
The 12900K is TDP at base clock is 125 Watts
and I can guarantee you M1 ultra
doesn't draw just 25 Watts
but that's the CPU
128 gigs of unified memory
offers an unprecedented amount of potential VERA to the GPU
Apple is right in that the biggest workstation card
on the market right now
the RTX A6000 caps out a meager 48 gigs.
Sure you can connect multiple as six thousands together
via NVlink but having that much memory in a single package
is a significant feather in Apple's cap.
They're also making some interesting claims
about beating the highest end discrete GPU
while also using 200 Watts less power though
the footnote says
they're talking about the RTX 3090
using select industry standard benchmarks.
So take from that what you will
I expect performance will be decent either way
but it it's very possible
this specific claim leans on the media engine
as Apple has done in the past
and they're not talking about raw compute performance.
I'd like to be wrong though.
Speaking of the doubled up media engine is now capable
of running 18 simultaneous 8K ProRes, 422 streams.
So it really does sound
like an ideal workstation for most professionals
especially as software support comes online
like with blender 3.1
you'll be able to make use of it too
up to four pro display XDR
and a 4K HDMI device simultaneously
that is more battle stations
certainly more pixels
than Apple has ever officially supported.
Internal storage doesn't look expandable however
So you'll need to add over $2,000
for 8 terabytes if you don't want external storage
a fact made worse by recent revelations
that Apple's SSD performance
isn't as good as they claim it is.
They're cheating
and in the process, putting data at risk
if an unexpected shutdown occurs
the onboard battery
in a MacBook makes this a non-issue
but on a stationary machine plugged into wall power
Well make sure that you combine
the Mac studio with a battery backup.
That'll add to the already high price tag
for the M1 ultra variant
but if you take Apple at their word
it's the most powerful machine
you can buy for the money.
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because we are definitely putting that claim to the test.
You might also want to combine the Mac studio
with a new studio display.
Apple certainly wants you to
the panel itself seems suspiciously similar
to the existing LG UltraFine 5K
with a slight bump and peak brightness
and 10 gig type C ports instead of 5 gig.
It even has similar power delivery capabilities
to the recent models
so it seems like a bit of a cop out
until you get under the hood.
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Got it in there
what makes the studio display special
aside from the aluminum and glass construction
is the A13 bionic chip
powering a plethora of onboard goodies.
It's got a very similar speaker array on paper
to the 24 inch M1 iMac
complete with special audio
a three-mic array presumably with noise suppression
and an integrated 12 megapixel FaceTime camera
capable of center stage
which means you can finally use center stage on a Mac
like the one place it makes a lot of sense
not to mention the A13
provides the image signal processing
we've come to expect from Apple Silicon.
That means that the Mac itself
doesn't need to do any of the work
freeing up the neural engine for other tasks.
It even makes these AI features usable
on Intel max as old as 2016.
Now the studio display XDR
comes with three mounting options
a 30 degree tilt-adjustable stand
a pro display XDR like stand
except without rotation support
and an ugly VESA mount
although it looks like
you need to choose what you want out of the factory
because unlike the pro display XDR
there isn't a user accessible mounting mechanism
on the display itself.
Thankfully the VESA mount
and tilt adjustable stand are options
that don't add to the already lofty 1599 price tag
but the tilt and height adjustable stand
costs an extra 400 bucks
I guess rotation is a $600 value now
it's worth mentioning
that the UltraFine 5K is $300 cheaper
and it's already priced $300 higher
than the old Thunderbolt displays were
I can't win 'em all I guess
but hey you've got the option
of buying color matched silver and black peripherals.
So it's not all bad
whatever
the rest of the event was pretty unimpressive
we got a spec bump for the iPad air
now powered by the M1 SOC with 8 gigs of Ram
and rocking a 12 megapixel front camera with central stage.
It's got 5G support now and it comes in new colors.
I don't really know what else to say here
they're comparing it to a similarly priced laptop
and while I don't disagree that for a layperson
it's probably a better experience
it's really not the same thing unless
and until they bring Mac OS to the iPad
which they stubbornly refuse to do
the other specs
as much as they talked about them are the same
with the exception of the type C port
which is now 10 gigabits per second rather than 5.
It's a little less disappointing than the iPhone SE
and I know that's going to be a hot take
but hear me out
the price is going up
and all we're getting is the A 15 bionic SOC
a few hours better battery life
ceramic shield and 5G.
The rest is exactly the same
right down to the iPhone eight and star chassis.
Now to be clear
I wasn't expecting Apple to reinvent the wheel here.
I understand that things are getting more expensive
and glad this form factor is still available
but it would've been nice to see MagSafe
come to the SE
by Apple's own admission
this is going to be many people's first foray into iPhone
and MagSafe is becoming a big part of the ecosystem
I might be giving Apple a harder time over this
than I should be but I I feel it's a missed opportunity
particularly given how long SE models
have traditionally stayed in market.
And that is basically all they talked about
outside of baseball and apple TV plus
and a new green color option for the iPhone 13 and 13 pro.
There are a few things we did pick up on though.
First, they came out and said
that the Mac studio
is not the Apple Silicon refreshed the Mac Pro
so that's still on the horizon.
Second, they said that the Mac pro
was the final Mac to make the transition
and the 27 inch iMac like the iMac pro
is now missing from Apple's product pages.
In fact if you type 27 into the URL bar
to try and force it you're redirected
to the 24 inch pages set
My guess is the M1 max iMac studio
is taking the place of the 27 inch
which makes sense
looking at the performance comparisons I get it
just feels
strange for apple to discontinue
a long standing skew like that
with no fanfare you know
speaking of bailing with no fanfare
we'll have all this stuff linked below
and we are gonna be clicking on those links ourselves
cause we've got a lot of apple hardware to purchase.
So
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Thanks for watching guys
maybe go check out a review
of the M1 max Mac books for a little preview
of how the base Mac studio will perform.
It's pretty good, but it's still evolving.