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apple-silicon · introduced 2026-08

Apple M5 Ultra

unified LPDDR5X · Unified memory architecture

Configurations
3
Up to
409.6 GB usable
Peak
1,200 GB/s

Permanent config IDs

Available configurations

Capacity, bandwidth, price, and availability belong to each SKU—not the device family.

ConfigurationUsable memoryBandwidthPriceStatus
Apple M5 Ultra 512 GB 409.6 GB1,200 GB/sUnknownannounced
Apple M5 Ultra 256 GB 204.8 GB1,200 GB/s$9,499preorder
Apple M5 Ultra 96 GB 76.8 GB1,200 GB/s$5,499preorder

Sourced bandwidth · 60 configurations

Bandwidth ladder

Every sourced configuration, ranked by peak memory bandwidth. 100% is Apple M5 Ultra's fastest configuration at 1,200 GB/s.

Relative Bandwidth Configuration
1833% 22,000 GB/s NVIDIA Rubin GPU288 GB
667% 8,000 GB/s NVIDIA B300 SXM288 GB
667% 8,000 GB/s NVIDIA B200 SXM180 GB
442% 5,300 GB/s AMD Instinct MI300X192 GB
400% 4,800 GB/s NVIDIA H200 SXM141 GB
279% 3,350 GB/s NVIDIA H100 SXM80 GB
167% 2,000 GB/s NVIDIA A100 SXM80 GB
149% 1,792 GB/s NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition96 GB
149% 1,792 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 509032 GB
100% 1,200 GB/s This device: Apple M5 Ultra512 GB
100% 1,200 GB/s This device: Apple M5 Ultra256 GB
100% 1,200 GB/s This device: Apple M5 Ultra96 GB
85% 1,024 GB/s AMD Instinct MI5032 GB
84% 1,008 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409024 GB
80% 960 GB/s NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation48 GB
80% 960 GB/s AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX24 GB
78% 936.2 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 309024 GB
72% 864 GB/s NVIDIA L40S48 GB
68% 819 GB/s Apple M3 Ultra512 GB
68% 819 GB/s Apple M3 Ultra96 GB
67% 800 GB/s Apple M2 Ultra192 GB
67% 800 GB/s Apple M1 Ultra128 GB
67% 800 GB/s Apple M1 Ultra64 GB
61% 736 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER16 GB
60% 716.8 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 408016 GB
56% 672 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER16 GB
51% 614 GB/s Apple M5 Max128 GB / 614 GB/s
51% 614 GB/s Apple M5 Max64 GB / 614 GB/s
51% 614 GB/s Apple M5 Max48 GB / 614 GB/s
46% 546 GB/s Apple M4 Max128 GB / 546 GB/s
46% 546 GB/s Apple M4 Max64 GB / 546 GB/s
46% 546 GB/s Apple M4 Max48 GB / 546 GB/s
42% 504 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 407012 GB
42% 504 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER12 GB
42% 504 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti12 GB
38% 460 GB/s Apple M5 Max36 GB / 460 GB/s
38% 456 GB/s Intel Arc Pro B6024 GB
38% 456 GB/s Intel Arc B58012 GB
34% 410 GB/s Apple M4 Max36 GB / 410 GB/s
29% 346 GB/s NVIDIA Tesla P4024 GB
28% 332.8 GB/s AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX Platform512 GB
26% 307 GB/s Apple M5 Pro64 GB
26% 307 GB/s Apple M5 Pro48 GB
26% 307 GB/s Apple M5 Pro24 GB
24% 288 GB/s NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell16 GB
23% 273 GB/s NVIDIA DGX Spark128 GB
23% 273 GB/s Apple M4 Pro48 GB
23% 273 GB/s Apple M4 Pro24 GB
21% 256 GB/s AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 Developer Platform128 GB
17% 204.8 GB/s NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin64 GB
14% 170 GB/s Apple M632 GB
14% 170 GB/s Apple M624 GB
13% 153 GB/s Apple M532 GB
13% 153 GB/s Apple M524 GB
13% 153 GB/s Apple M516 GB
13% 153 GB/s Apple M616 GB
10% 120 GB/s Apple M432 GB
10% 120 GB/s Apple M424 GB
10% 120 GB/s Apple M416 GB
1% 17 GB/s Raspberry Pi 58 GB

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Notes and constraints

Audit trail

Primary sources

Every required capacity and bandwidth value includes a source and verification date.