Mac Studio, M5 Ultra, 96GB
1TB of storage, 1.2TB/s of memory bandwidth, and 88GB of unified memory left for a model once macOS has taken its share. It holds 7 of the 11 models we track.
Offers
checked 10 hours ago- Applelist pricecheapest todayin stockchecked 10 hours ago$5,499
- Best Buyin stockchecked 10 hours ago$5,499
The largest M5 Ultra Best Buy carries. B&H and Adorama both advertise a store-card promotion that covers the sales tax, which is worth more on a Mac this expensive than any price difference on this page.
No reseller undercuts Apple on this Config, so Apple direct is the price to beat.
Timing
Collecting price history — 2 of 90 days. No timing verdict yet.
Models it runs — 8K context
- Won't fit— headroom
- Won't fit— headroom
- Won't fit— headroom
- Won't fit— headroom
- Mistral-Large-2411Q4_K_MFits10GB headroomest. 10.5 tok/s
- gpt-oss-120bQ5_K_MTight4GB headroomest. 166 tok/s
- Llama-4-Scout-17B-16EQ5_K_MFits8GB headroomest. 49.8 tok/s
- Llama-3.3-70BQ8_0Fits10GB headroomest. 10.5 tok/s
- Qwen3-32BBF16Fits21GB headroomest. 12.2 tok/s
- Gemma-3-27BBF16Fits31GB headroomest. 14.4 tok/s
- gpt-oss-20bBF16Fits45GB headroomest. 83.3 tok/s
| Model | Best quant | Fit | Headroom | Est. speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama-4-Behemoth | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| DeepSeek-V3 | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| Qwen3-235B-A22B | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| Mistral-Large-2411 | Q4_K_M | Fits | 10GB | 10.5 tok/s |
| gpt-oss-120b | Q5_K_M | Tight | 4GB | 166 tok/s |
| Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E | Q5_K_M | Fits | 8GB | 49.8 tok/s |
| Llama-3.3-70B | Q8_0 | Fits | 10GB | 10.5 tok/s |
| Qwen3-32B | BF16 | Fits | 21GB | 12.2 tok/s |
| Gemma-3-27B | BF16 | Fits | 31GB | 14.4 tok/s |
| gpt-oss-20b | BF16 | Fits | 45GB | 83.3 tok/s |
Best quant is the highest-quality one that still loads with headroom. Every speed is an estimate; the formula is here.