Discover 15 essential facts about the Apple Studio Display, from its stunning 5K resolution to advanced features and compatibility insights.
Apple currently sells two displays for Mac:
- Pro Display XDR (starting at $4999)
- Studio Display (starting at $1599) ($1499 after education discount)
Pro Display XDR is a high-end 32-inch 6K monitor aimed at people who need the utmost color accuracy for editing movies, photos, and other similar workflows.
Studio Display, with integrated connectivity solutions, an ultra-wide camera with Center Stage, a high-fidelity speaker system with spatial audio, a refined aluminum design, an iPhone chip, and much more, is a great monitor for everyone else.
About Studio Display
Here are the key features of the Apple Studio Display:
- A 27-inch active display.
- 5K Retina display with 14.7 million pixels at 218 pixels per inch.
- Integrated connectivity options with 3x USB-C 10 Gbps and 1x Thunderbolt with 96W charging that provides enough power to charge any Mac notebook or fast-charge a 14-inch MacBook Pro, allowing you to connect up to three Studio Displays to a MacBook Pro.
- The display is powered by Apple’s A13 Bionic chip, which is the same chip that’s on an iPhone 11 and 11 Pro.
- An integrated twelve-megapixel Ultra Wide camera, the same as on the iPad, with support for the Center Stage feature.
- A three-microphone array.
- A high-fidelity sound system with six speakers, four force-cancelling woofers, and two high-performance tweeters, providing support for spatial audio via Dolby Atmos.
- 600 nits of brightness.
- True Tone.
- P3 color, support for more than a billion colors.
- Anti-reflective coating.
- Optional nano-texture glass to minimize glare. The nano-texture version costs $1899, which is $300 more than the standard glass version.
- An all-screen design with an aluminum enclosure resembling that of the pricier Pro Display XDR, narrow borders, and an integrated stand allowing for up to a 30-degree tilt.
- An optional upgrade to the stand featuring a tilt and high-adjustable option.
- A VESA adapter option for portrait or landscape wall mount.
For further information, including optional upgrades at the time of purchase, read Apple’s press release about the Studio Display or visit apple.com/studio-display/specs/. There’s no mention of the refresh rate on Apple’s tech specs page for the Studio Display, however. That said, it’s almost certainly 60 Hz because the much pricier Pro Display XDR also maxes out at 60 Hz.
In addition to using the Studio Display with your Mac, you can also use it with your iPad and take advantage of Stage Manager to work with iPadOS apps on the big screen.
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