M5 Studio 512GB
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The post highlights how AI-driven demand has inflated memory prices, illustrated by the steep cost of upgrading a Mac Studio with an extra 256GB of RAM.
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@ai_xiaomu: What makes Mac Studio M5 impressive isn't the 512G config, which M3 already has. The differences are: 1.2TB/s memory bandwidth, 36-core CPU + 80-core GPU with independent NPU, up to 512GB unified memory, Thunderbolt 5 + RDMA, supporting distributed AI inference across multiple Macs…
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@jun_song: If Apple drops the M5 Ultra Mac Studio soon, I am ordering it with max RAM instantly. No time to hesitate. The M3 Ultra…
The author states they will immediately order an M5 Ultra Mac Studio with max RAM if Apple releases it soon, citing the M3 Ultra's high resale value and the M5's inference performance leap as reasons.
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