Apple Silicon Games
News, Game Performance Reports, Reviews and more.
All about Gaming on Apple Silicon by Mac Gamers for Mac Gamers.
Device family · Mac
Mac Studio
High-performance Apple desktops centered on Max and Ultra chip configurations. Compare each configuration’s chip and available gaming-performance context.
Mac Studio performance over time
Metal GPU performance
A synthetic view of GPU compute throughput. Higher is better.
Max
Ultra
Chip-wide fallback
CPU single-core performance
Useful context for frame pacing, game logic, and CPU-limited titles.
Max
Ultra
CPU multi-core performance
Useful context for simulation-heavy games and parallel workloads.
Max
Ultra
Mac Studio configurations
| Device | Chip | Year | CPU single | CPU multi | Metal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Studio (M5 Max, 2026)announced | M5 Max | 2026 | — | — | 226,635chip-wide |
| Mac Studio (M5 Ultra, 2026)announced | M5 Ultra | 2026 | — | — | —chip-wide |
| Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, 2025) | M3 Ultra | 2025 | 2,906–2,921 | 34,897–39,059 | 230,508chip-wide |
| Mac Studio (M4 Max, 2025) | M4 Max | 2025 | 3,491–3,499 | 25,808–28,998 | 188,670chip-wide |
| Mac Studio (M2 Max, 2023) | M2 Max | 2023 | 2,543 | 17,403 | 129,468chip-wide |
| Mac Studio (M2 Ultra, 2023) | M2 Ultra | 2023 | 2,518 | 28,246 | 199,780chip-wide |
| Mac Studio (M1 Max, 2022) | M1 Max | 2022 | 2,225 | 14,265 | 108,087chip-wide |
| Mac Studio (M1 Ultra, 2022) | M1 Ultra | 2022 | 2,225 | 23,411 | 151,932chip-wide |
Chips used by Mac Studio
Benchmark context
Device averages come from the Geekbench 7 Mac and iOS charts captured 2026-09-02. “Chip-wide” uses the Metal processor chart when no device-level average is available.