Probably using m3 max geek bench single clock lol. Its the same as what i found also. As thats limited by clock speed which m4 has the highest atm at 4.5ghz vs 4.05ghz on m3 gen
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New Mac Studio M4 Max and M3 Ultra Available 03/12!
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Its 22,200 aud here lol for maxed out m3 ultra. 16tb ssd and 512gb ram nnope. Even the m4 max mbp is overkill for me at 64gb ram and 1 tb ssd but i do love it
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So now M3 Ultra is showing up in the Geekbench browser with single core scores around 3250. So no overclock confirmed.
from max talk tech on yt…
i know the ultra can flex on storage and ram but even so i think 64gb is plenty (coming from windows where i had 64gb ram)
im glad i pulled the trigger on m4 max 16” mbp altho would love it in the studio tbh for better thermals and better longetivity f but ahh got announced 2-3 month after by surprise
would be a total waste the studio has so much thermal headroom they can put more power into the chip since its direct off ac power…
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Any UK buyers - why is the base model M4 Max Studio $1,999 in the USA, but £2,099 over here, yet the new M4 MacBook Air is $999 in the USA and £999 in the UK?
I just bought a Mac mini m4 pro too. The base model studio with the m4 max isn't that much more. I thought for sure Apple would raise the prices so I went with the mini. Should I return my mini?
Definitely yes and change to Mac Studio.
It’s what they can build. A 60-core GPU is a difficult chip to package and test. They aren’t an Evil Empire selfishly keeping it out of your hands; it’s just a difficult thing to do and it takes longer.
100% I did the same and pre-ordered the Studio. No brainer.
The only problem is that the price gap widens if you want more than 36 GB in the Mac Studio. Apple forces you to buy the unbinned M4 Max.
You can get the shipping bumped. All you need to do is to call Apple customer service and ask them to change the shipping from standard to 2-3 business day/express. I do this all the time with my orders and they typically don't charge you either. Last night they mentioned it would be $19 to do this and then said since I was spending 4K, they would just upgrade the shipping for free. That was the first time though there was ever anything mentioned about paying extra for shipping.
Geekbench 6 will not provide accurate results for the M3 ultra. This was discovered today. Multicore is for sure inaccurate.
I ordered a fully loaded M4 Max Studio, apparently coming next week.
I shouldn't get my hopes up, but has anyone with a March 19 delivery date seen any movement? Or has your delivery date been moved up? 🤞🏼
There should be and Apple should launch it alongside the MacBook Pro with M5 Max. However, Apple seems reluctant to update the Max without also updating the Ultra. It did not ship an M3 Max Mac Stduio. Apple has four desktop lines. Maybe it should free the Studio and make the Ultra exclusive to the Mac Pro. I suspect the Pro mini sells more units than the Max Studio but which one generates more revenue?
Went with 16-core CPU and 40-Core GPU (all parts working), 64GB memory, and 1TB SSD storage
I got this exact same config! My delivery ETA is March 19th.
I ordered the M4 Max Studio 40 GPU too, but only with 48 GB RAM. Is the memory bandwith from the 64 GB RAM version larger?
I don’t think so, the memory bandwidth is dictated by the number of active cores, thus the binned chip gets less where the full chip gets all available. Going higher gives you denser DRAM chips, With 48GB its 4 x 12GB, 64GB is 4 x 16GB.
That said, for a workflow that could see memory bandwidth as a differentiator, your ideal memory footprint should be in the ballpark of 64GB and more to see a sizable difference.
Thanks... My delivery showed Standard Delivery for Mar 19-21, and so I called Apple to update the delivery to Express Delivery and they did so immediately. Was told to check my pre-order in a short while as the Delivery of Mar 19-21 should update. There was no cost for changing from Standard Delivery to Express Delivery...."Next Day Delivery"
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Here's mine...! It'll be replacing a MBP M3 Max which has been doing duty as a desktop since I got it (as there was no M3 Max Studio).
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Considering the close price difference, the two additional front-facing Thunderbolt 5 ports on the M3 Ultra model offer an advantage over standard USB ports.
It’ll be interesting to see how much difference there actually is between the M4 Max (128GB RAM) and the M3 Ultra (28-core CPU, 60-core GPU, 96GB RAM). In real-world usage, I’d expect the gap to be minimal unless you’re pushing the system to its absolute limits.
Many people assume the M4 is simply a generation ahead of the M3, but Apple seems to be treating them more like parallel tiers with different enhancements. In the long run—whether M3 or M4—both will be slow/obsolete in 5 to 8 years anyway.
Considering the close price difference, the two additional front-facing Thunderbolt 5 ports on the M3 Ultra model offer an advantage over standard USB ports.
It’ll be interesting to see how much difference there actually is between the M4 Max (128GB RAM) and the M3 Ultra (28-core CPU, 60-core GPU, 96GB RAM). In real-world usage, I’d expect the gap to be minimal unless you’re pushing the system to its absolute limits.
Many people assume the M4 is simply a generation ahead of the M3, but Apple seems to be treating them more like parallel tiers with different enhancements. In the long run—whether M3 or M4—both will be slow/obsolete in 5 to 8 years anyway.