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August 27, 2026

Apple debuts M5 Ultra with an 80-core GPU and 512GB of memory

Apple M5 Ultra fuses two dual-die M5 Max chips into its first quad-die design, with up to 80 GPU cores, 512GB of unified memory and 1.2TB/s of bandwidth. Every performance figure so far is Apple s own.

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