Apple Mac Studio M5 Max

Apple Mac Studio M5 Max

Apple
98 Overall Score
vs
Dell Area-51 Lunar Silver 2025

Dell Area-51 Lunar Silver 2025

Dell
94 Overall Score

Scores

Compact
Apple
100
Dell
49
Developer
Apple
100
Dell
93
Creator
Apple
80
Dell
99
Gaming
Apple
56
Dell
99
Business
Apple
99
Dell
91
Home Office
Apple
99
Dell
95
Workstation
Apple
98
Dell
96
Ai Llm
Apple
95
Dell
82

Specifications

Apple Mac Studio M5 MaxDell Area-51
Processor
CPU*Apple M5 MaxIntel Core Ultra 9 285K★
CPU Multi-Core Score
57,744
67,259
Cores1824★
Frequency—3.7 GHz★
L3 Cache—36 MB★
Graphics
GPUApple (40-Core)NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080★
GPU Benchmark ScoreNo data
35,666
Type—discrete
VRAM64 GB★16 GB
VRAM Type—GDDR7
Memory & Storage
RAM64 GB★32 GB
RAM GenerationDDR5DDR5
Storage 12 TB★2 TB
Storage 1 TypeNVMe SSDNVMe SSD
Build
Form Factorminidesktop
PSU480W1500W★
Weight2.70 kg34.93 kg
Connectivity
USB-C Ports6★2
USB Ports210★
ThunderboltThunderbolt 5 x 4Thunderbolt 4 x 2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.10
DisplayPort—0
Wi-FiWi-Fi 7Wi-Fi 7
BluetoothBluetooth 6.0Bluetooth 5.4★
Ethernet10 GbE10/100/1000/2500
System
OSmacOSWindows 11 Home

Pros & Cons

Apple Mac Studio M5 Max

  • Strong gpu (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong reliability (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong ram (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong cpu (94th percentile)94th %ile

Dell Area-51 Lunar Silver 2025

  • Strong port selection (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong cpu (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong ram (91st percentile)91st %ile
  • Strong gpu (91st percentile)91st %ile

Pricing

Apple Mac Studio M5 Max is $1,428 cheaper (1.3x less).

Apple Mac Studio M5 Max0.023score per dollar
vs
Dell Area-51 Lunar Silver 20250.016score per dollar

Apple Mac Studio M5 Max offers 1.4x better value for money

Apple Mac Studio M5 Max

Dell Area-51 Lunar Silver 2025

Verdict

★ Winner: Apple Mac Studio M5 Max

Scores 98 overall, wins 5 of 8 usage categories and 4 of 26 specs.

Apple Mac Studio M5 Max Better at:

Ai LlmCompactBusinessDeveloperHome Office

Dell Area-51 Better at:

GamingCreator

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