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M1 Cluster
Build
Component
Units
Cost
Total (Component)
Link
Notes
Overall
Apple Cluster
Mac Studio Ultra
(maxed)
60
US$7200.00
US$432000.00
https://www.apple.com/us-edu/shop/buy-mac/m
Link is for Base ultra, max confi guration is
2x
Cost Post Tax (10%)
US$1118007.00
Cost Pre-Tax
QSFP56 Switch
3
US$18000.00
US$54000.00
https://www.fs.com/products/158523.html?attrib
Overkill, can get away with 1-2
Power Consumption (KW)
24339
US$1016370.00
SFP56->QSFP
DACs
15
US$90.00
US$1350.00
https://www.fs.com/products/88141.html
Each QSFP56 cable breaks out to
4*SFP56. No need for adapters
Memory (CPU GB)
7680
Cost Post Tax (10%)
ThunderBolt4 ->
PCIe
360
US$700.00
US$252000.00
https://www.sonnetstore.com/products/echo-1-
More expensive than needed
FP32 Tflops
1200
US$1118007.00
PCIe->SFP56
360
US$550.00
US$198000.00
https://www.ebay.com/itm/304762494762?epid=
Cards exist, put are a PITB to fi nd. Using
a single port QSFP56 as a surrogate.
FP16 Tflops
4800
Enclosure (20
Macs)
3
US$1000.00
US$3000.00
https://www.mk1manufacturing.com/Mac-Studio
Estimate, based on 4 Mac studio @ 289
kits. Mac Studio is ~3U tall, and can fi t 2
wide. (Or 4 wide if you vertical mount, but
you’re then 5U tall. Each pair of Mac
studios is 3u tall by 11.5 inches in depth.
Deep racks can exceed/reach 60”)
Storage TB
480
UPS (5.4KW, 6KV)
5
US$8080.00
US$40400.00
https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/skuPage.9PX6
Relatively small, need 5
Pcores
960
Ecores (if applicable)
240
Redundant parts, 1
of each
1
US$35620.00
US$35620.00
Realistically, some parts need 1 extra,
others need 10+.
UPS % Headroom:
1.11
“What do you get?”
FP16 Tflops
FP32 Tflops
Power Consumption W
Memory (CPU GB)
Memory (GPU if separate)
Storage TB
Per machine
Macs
80
20
213
128
0
8
Switches
253
SFP56 cards
20
TB adapters
10
UPS
-5400
Component total:
FP16 Tflops
FP32 Tflops
Power Consumption
Memory (CPU GB)
Memory (GPU if separate)
Storage TB
Macs
4800
1200
12780
7680
0
480
Switches
759
SFP56 cards
7200
TB adapters
3600
UPS
-27000
