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Mac Studio M2 Ultra vs Mac Studio (M3 Ultra)
Specs, price and the one trade-off that actually decides it — Mac Studio M2 Ultra against Mac Studio (M3 Ultra), side by side.
Cheaper to start
Tie
Both start at a similar price.
Rated higher
Tie
Both score 9.8 on our design scale.
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Mac Studio M2 Ultra
M2 Ultra Chip with 76-core GPU
Mac Studio M2 Ultra
The ultimate local AI workstation for running massive 70B+ parameters models effortlessly thanks to 192GB of unified memory.
Where it wins, where it doesn't
Pros
- 192GB Unified Memory
- Dead silent operation
- Incredible power efficiency
Cons
- Zero upgradeability
- Very expensive at high configs
Specifications
- gpu76-core GPU
- tierenthusiast
- memoryUp to 192GB Unified
- storageUp to 8TB SSD
- processorApple M2 Ultra
Mac Studio (M3 Ultra)
Apple's compact workstation, now with 819 GB/s of unified memory bandwidth.
Where it wins, where it doesn't
Pros
- 819 GB/s unified memory bandwidth
- Very large unified memory pool holds models that exceed consumer VRAM
- Near-silent and power-efficient for the capability
Cons
- Outside the CUDA ecosystem — training and custom kernels are awkward
- Memory is fixed at purchase and cannot be upgraded
- Raw compute per pound trails a discrete GPU build
Specifications
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