Hannah Hopkins 
May 20, 2024
Apple's new Mac Studio and Mac Pro models will not be released until the middle of next year, the company's present timeline confirmed.
This indicates that, unlike all other Macs except the MacBook Air, both machines will remain on Apple's M2 generation this year. However, all of Apple's laptops (save the MacBook Air) will use the M4 processor, which the Cupertino-based tech giant recently introduced in the iPad Pro.
Amusingly, this herky-jerky processor update cycle means that the iPad Pro is now the single-core performance champion of Apple's range — and will remain so for nearly another year when compared to the Mac Studio and Mac Pro.
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According to Geekbench comparisons, the iPad Pro consistently outperforms the M2 Ultra by around 25%. If the users want to be ridiculous, the iPhone 15 Pro's A17 Pro processor has nearly the same single-core CPU power as the M2 Ultra.
However, the M2 Ultra will still smoke when several cores are required, which is when it truly counts.
The current crop of Mac Studios and Mac Pros are wonderful machines that contain more RAM, have more connections, and will not throttle as rapidly as the iPad Pro, even with the heat-conducting Apple logo.
In addition, they also lack an operating system that prevents them from fully using their hardware. And high-end Mac users should be prepared to wait a bit between upgrades.
