The 5 Best Monitors For Mac Studio - Spring 2025

The best monitor for Mac Studio is the Dell U4025QW. Its large 40-inch screen makes multitasking easy, and its 21:9 aspect ratio and curved screen lets you see more of your timeline at once if you're doing video or audio editing. Its fantastic text clarity and high-resolution display ensure text and images look sharp. Additionally, it has a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz, so it feels more responsive than most office monitors. It even supports Thunderbolt 4 on its primary USB-C port, which is great given the Mac Studio's support for this protocol.

It's superb for video and photo editing, as it displays a wide range of colors in SDR and HDR and has fantastic accuracy before calibration. However, highlights don't get bright enough to pop in HDR. And while it has better contrast than most IPS displays, it has a terrible local dimming feature, so its blacks don't look as deep as OLEDs. It also doesn't get bright enough or have good enough reflection handling to overcome bright glare, though you can easily see it in most well-lit rooms.

Check out the Apple Studio Display if you want a computing setup with all Apple equipment. It has extremely sharp text because of its 5k display, so it's great for office work, and its exceptionally accurate sRGB mode makes it great for video or image editing. Like the Dell U4025QW, it also displays a wide range of colors in DCI-P3, which is helpful if you edit wide-gamut content. It's easy to see in any room, as it's bright enough to overcome glare, and it has fantastic reflection handling.

However, it has a few drawbacks compared to the Dell. It doesn't support HDR, so it's unsuitable for editing HDR content. It also has poor motion handling and a lower refresh rate, so it's not a good choice if you're editing a lot of fast-moving content. Additionally, it has terrible ergonomics, though you can get a variant with a VESA mount adapter instead, so you can attach it to a monitor arm. It's also very expensive for its size compared to the other options here, so it's best for people who want an all-Apple ecosystem.

If you're looking for a monitor with exceptional image quality, consider an OLED like the Gigabyte AORUS FO32U2P. As an OLED, it displays much deeper blacks than the Dell U4025QW or the Apple Studio Display, with no blooming around bright objects, unlike the Dell. Additionally, OLEDs have incredible motion handling, so fast-moving objects look much more crisp than on the other monitors here. This monitor also displays nearly all colors in the commonly used DCI-P3 color gamut, and colors look very vivid.

However, QD-OLED monitors like this do have a few drawbacks. The text clarity isn't quite as sharp as the Dell, so you may prefer a non-OLED if you spend most of your time looking at text. Additionally, deep blacks look slightly purple when there's a lot of ambient light shining on the screen, so it's not ideal if you need to do color-accurate work like photo editing in a brighter room. Finally, like all OLEDs, there's a risk of burn-in if static elements like toolbars and taskbars are always displayed in the same place. However, if you're okay with these potential issues, OLEDs can be an outstanding choice—especially if image quality matters above all else.

If you're looking for a 32-inch monitor for office or editing work and don't want the risk of burn-in, check out the Dell U3225QE, which you can get directly from the manufacturer. It's a smaller version of the Dell U4025QW with most of the same features. This means it has sharp text and displays a wide range of colors. It also has the same 120Hz refresh rate, so it feels more responsive than most office monitors. Like the U4025QW, it also has a KVM switch that works well with macOS, Thunderbolt 4 support, and a wide range of ports. It even supports connecting two additional monitors directly from the U3225QE.

In some ways, it's actually more capable than the U4025QW, as it gets brighter in SDR and has better reflection handling, so it's much better at overcoming glare in a bright room. However, like the U4025QW, it has terrible local dimming with HDR content, so highlights don't pop, and deep blacks look somewhat gray in a dark room, so it's not a good choice if you need to edit HDR material.

If you're looking for a smaller display that's still fantastic for editing or work, check out the ASUS ProArt Display PA279CRV. Like our other picks, its text clarity and image detail are fantastic, and this monitor is bright enough to overcome glare. It's also extremely accurate before calibration, and it has a variety of dedicated picture modes, such as for Rec. 2020 and DCI-P3. Like the Dell U3225QE, it also displays a wide range of colors in HDR.

However, it does have some drawbacks. It has a much lower contrast than the monitors above (other than the Apple Studio Display), so deep blacks look somewhat gray in a darker room, and its terrible local dimming feature doesn't help improve this. Additionally, it has a maximum refresh rate of 60Hz and disappointing motion handling, so it's not ideal if you're editing video with a lot of fast-moving objects. It also doesn't get bright enough for highlights to pop. If you want a monitor with considerably better HDR performance, check out the Acer Nitro XV275K P3biipruzx. It has a much better local dimming system and gets bright enough for highlights to pop. However, it's much more expensive.