Mac Studio M5 Max 40-core GPU vs MacBook Pro 16" M5 Max 40-core GPU
Prices, stock and measured speed side by side. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Verdict
Mac Studio M5 Max 40-core GPU is cheaper in USD by $1,900 (37%). In EUR, Mac Studio M5 Max 40-core GPU is cheaper by €2,090. Both use the same chip, and we have one public gpt-oss-120b result for that chip, so measured large-model speed is the same. Decide on price, stock, ports and support. Per dollar, Mac Studio M5 Max 40-core GPU gives more large-model speed (15.5 vs 11.3 tok/s per $1k).
Generated from the numbers below; no hands-on testing.
| Mac Studio M5 Max 40-core GPU, 128GB / 512GB | MacBook Pro 16" M5 Max 40-core GPU, 128GB / 2TB | |
|---|---|---|
| Price (USD) | $5,099 | $6,999 |
| Price (EUR) | €5,909 | €7,999 |
| Memory | 128GB | 128GB |
| Stock | not tracked shop | not tracked shop |
| gpt-oss-120b tok/s | 79.1 | 79.1 |
| gpt-oss-120b tok/s per $1k | 15.5 | 11.3 |
| gpt-oss-120b tok/s per €1k | 13.4 | 9.9 |
| Llama-2 7B tok/s | 119.08 | 119.08 |
| Llama-2 7B tok/s per $1k | 23.4 | 17.0 |
| Llama-2 7B tok/s per €1k | 20.2 | 14.9 |
| Stores | US store · EU (Ireland) | US store · EU (Ireland) |
Benchmark sources
- Mac Studio M5 Max 40-core GPU: large-model source (Ollama 0.34.1 (not llama-bench)) · small-model source
- MacBook Pro 16" M5 Max 40-core GPU: large-model source (Ollama 0.34.1 (not llama-bench)) · small-model source
Large: gpt-oss-120b MXFP4 (59 GiB weights), text generation tok/s at empty context, single request. Small: llama.cpp llama-bench, Llama-2 7B Q4_0, tg128 (text generation tok/s); best of FA on/off as posted.