The new Mac mini with M6 chip starts at $899 and delivers up to 4x faster AI performance. Higher end configurations of the newly released Mac Studio offer M5 Max or M5 Ultra chips, supporting 512GB of unified memory, 1.2TB/s memory bandwidth, and an 80-core GPU. Large language models can run entirely on-device with the top Mac Studio model, which costs $5,499, while the base Studio starts at $2,499.

Apple integrated Thunderbolt 5 with RDMA into the Mac Studio to link multiple machines for distributed AI inference that is 3x faster. This hardware update increases memory ceilings and chip capabilities for the desktop product line as part of a bigger push into local AI performance.