Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra (512 GB, 16 TB)
Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra (512 GB, 16 TB)
- Puppy One fit: Frontier
- Memory for models: 512 GB unified
- Chip / GPU: Apple M3 Ultra
- OS: macOS
- Validation: Mac: same platform as the tested setup (M4 Max)
Compact desktop workstation built on the Apple M3 Ultra, with up to a 32-core CPU, an 80-core GPU, a 32-core Neural Engine, 96 GB to 512 GB of unified memory at 819 GB/s, up to 16 TB of internal SSD, and six Thunderbolt 5 ports.
Designed for local inference through Apple's MLX framework and Metal, with macOS, Xcode, and Core ML included, 10 Gigabit Ethernet for serving on a local network, and configurable to 512 GB of unified memory for the largest open-weight models.
Silent under sustained load at 3.6 kg, powered from a single cord at under 480 W, and runs a 70-billion-parameter model at 8-bit at 96 GB, or a 671-billion-parameter model quantized at 512 GB.
$5,299 (96 GB, 1 TB) after Apple's June 25 repricing; 13–14 week lead time. The 512 GB configuration is ~$9,500 and capped by the DRAM cycle.