Headroom for 5K at 120hz

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

Hiya folks,

I’ve ordered a Studio Display XDR and it’s my first dip into the 5K at 120hz realm. Soon I’ll be ordering a new M5 Mac mini to go with it.

What I would like to discuss is the impact of 5K 120 on the chip itself and RAM. Put simply, do I need to spec my Mac higher due to the performance hit of driving this resolution and refresh rate together?

My needs are Lightroom CC, Affinity, and various productivity apps that I have open. I do light gaming (if Two Point Hospital counts!)

I was considering the base M5 with 24gb RAM, but I’m looking forward to hearing some thoughts. Thank you!

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

Shouldn’t be much conversation to this, short answer is no. Current Apple devices that are compatible with the ASD XDR (per Apple) are more than capable in their base model configuration.