The M2 Max and Extremely Mac Studio was launched at WWDC 23 final June, and the M3 period of Apple’s System on a Chip began final November. So, with WWDC 24 creeping up on us, it’s time to begin wanting ahead to the subsequent Mac Studio.
The rumors will begin to enhance as June 2024 approaches, and no matter is reported now can change (and certain will) earlier than the brand new Mac Studio is launched. We’ll hold monitor of what’s being mentioned on this article.
M3 Mac Studio: Launch date
We’ve had two generations of Mac Studio. The primary gen (M1 Max and Extremely) was launched in March of 2022. The second gen (M2 Max and Extremely) was revealed at WWDC 23 in June. Apple will seemingly proceed with a March or June timeframe for the subsequent Mac Studio.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman mentioned within the paid model of his Energy On e-newsletter that the subsequent Mac Studio may launch within the second half of 2024, which seemingly means a WWDC launch. ICsmart studies that the brand new Mac Studio may arrive in the course of this yr as effectively. Since Apple doesn’t historically maintain standalone occasions throughout the summer season months, WWDC is a secure guess.
The M3 Max and Extremely Mac Studio may very well be launched by June 2024.
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M3 Mac Studio: Value
No studies on the value for the M3 Mac Studio have been made. Listed here are the usual configuration costs of the present M2 Mac Studio lineup, for reference.
- $1,999/£2,099: M2 Max with a 12-Core CPU, 30-Core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine, 32GB unified reminiscence, 512GB SSD
- $3,999/ £4,199: M2 Extremely with a 24-Core CPU, 60-Core GPU, 32-Core Neural Engine, 64GB unified reminiscence, 1TB SSD
Whereas the value of the Mac Studio has already elevated outdoors of the U.S. (it was initially £1,999 within the U.Ok.), costs didn’t change within the U.S. when Apple upgraded from the M1 to the M2 chips, and costs may keep the identical with an M3 improve. However when Apple launched the M3 Professional and Max MacBook Professionals, the value for the usual configuration M3 Max mannequin elevated by $100, so there’s a great chance that the Mac Studio costs go up.
M3 Mac Studio: Design
No studies about design modifications to the Mac Studio have been made. The present design works effectively and is occurring its third yr, so Apple seemingly isn’t going to alter it. The one potential exception is a brand new house black coloration choice to match the MacBook Professional.
M3 Mac Studio: Specs and options
The principle (and certain solely) change that can occur with the upcoming Mac Studio is with its SoC. The Mac Studio ought to proceed to have the Max and Extremely variations of its M-series chips, so the brand new chips we’ll see are the M3 Max and M3 Extremely.
The present M3 Max MacBook Professional is accessible with a 14-core CPU/30-core GPU or a 16-core CPU/38-core GPU, so we may even see these chips within the M3 Max Mac Studio.
The ports on the Mac Studio will seemingly stay unchanged.
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Apple’s Extremely chips have doubled the CPU and GPU cores of the Max. In January 2024 Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported within the paid model of his Energy On e-newsletter that this could proceed, with the M3 Extremely that includes as much as 32 CPU cores and 40 GPU cores. Additionally in January, a report by The Elect acknowledged that the M3 Extremely shall be manufactured utilizing an enhanced 3nm course of.
The opposite options of the Mac Studio ought to stay the identical. Which means no modifications to the ports, connectivity, speaker, SSD sizes, or show assist.
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