M5 Ultra Mac Studio rumored with 512GB RAM; 6 units chained could run 2T-parameter models locally for ~$100k
SumitGup · x · 2026-10-19
A viral post claims the upcoming Mac Studio M5 Ultra will offer a 512GB unified-memory config for $15-20k. Chaining 6 units over Thunderbolt 5 yields 3TB+ of memory, enough to run a 2-trillion-parameter frontier model locally for roughly $100k — versus $500k for comparable NVIDIA hardware.
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