Image generation on Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 96 GB

Apple M5 Ultra. 96 GB. 1,200 GB/s.

Source: Apple Newsroom, 14 Oct 2026

Image generation

Runs well

The step up from FLUX.1. In the neighborhood of recent cloud image tools for many prompts, and still behind the best closed models on tricky text and hands.

The local quality ceiling for still pictures, when the machine has room and you can wait.

Install guides from the makers

Draw Things' site · Draw Things · Mac
ComfyUI's official docs · ComfyUI · Mac, Windows, Linux

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Fit rule checked 14 Oct 2026. canirun.ai.