Apple's New M5 Ultra Chip Runs Big AI Programs Directly on Your Computer

Apple announced the M5 Ultra on August 25, 2026 — its fastest consumer chip yet. It handles AI tasks 4.5 times faster than the M3 Ultra, thanks to built-in AI hardware in each of its 80 graphics cores. Its 512 GB of shared memory lets large AI programs run entirely on the computer, with no cloud connection needed.