Apple Studio Display (2026) / LG UltraGear OLED 27GS95QE-B

Apple Studio Display (2026): Studio Display (2026), 27-inch 5K; standard or nano-texture glass; tilt-adjustable stand, tilt- and height-adjustable stand or VESA mount adapter. The 2022 Studio Display and the mini LED Studio Display XDR are separate models.

LG UltraGear OLED 27GS95QE-B: 27GS95QE-B (Y24), 26.5-inch QHD 240 Hz OLED gaming monitor. The earlier 27GR95QE-B and the 480 Hz 27GX790A-B are separate models.

SpecificationApple Studio Display (2026)LG UltraGear OLED 27GS95QE-B
Release year20262024
Panel27-inch 5K Retina; 5120 × 2880, 218 ppi; 60 Hz

218 ppi lets macOS render text sharply at 2x scaling; 60 Hz is a fixed rate, with no high or variable refresh as on gaming monitors.

Apple		26.5-inch (67.3 cm) OLED; 2560 × 1440; 16:9; 0.2292 mm pixel pitch

Although sold in the 27-inch class, the viewable diagonal is 26.5 inches. OLED lights each pixel itself, so there is no backlight bleed.

LG
Brightness and colour600 nits; 1 billion colours; wide colour (P3); True Tone

This is not an HDR monitor; 600 nits is SDR brightness.

Apple		—
Reference modesApple Display (P3-600 nits), HDTV Video (BT.709–BT.1886), NTSC and PAL/SECAM Video, Digital Cinema (P3-DCI, P3-D65), Design and Print (P3-D50), Photography (P3-D65), Internet and Web (sRGB)

Reference modes lock colour space, white point and gamma for a task, for example sRGB for the web or P3-D50 for print.

Apple		—
GlassStandard glass or nano-texture glass (configurable)

Nano-texture glass scatters reflections in bright rooms; standard glass is glossy and reflective.

Apple		—
Ports1 × Thunderbolt 5 upstream (up to 120 Gb/s, 96 W charging to the host); 1 × Thunderbolt 5 downstream; 2 × USB-C (up to 10 Gb/s)

The downstream Thunderbolt 5 port takes accessories or daisy-chains another display. Apple says up to four Studio Displays can be daisy-chained with a MacBook Pro with M5 Max. There is no HDMI or DisplayPort input.

Apple		—
Camera12 MP Center Stage with Desk View

Center Stage follows the person during video calls by cropping the ultra-wide view; Desk View shows the desk from above.

Apple		—
AudioSix-speaker system (four force-cancelling woofers + two tweeters); Spatial Audio for Dolby Atmos music and video; three-mic array with beamforming

Apple claims 30 percent deeper bass than the previous generation.

Apple		—
Stand and mountTilt-adjustable stand (−5° to +25°); configurable tilt- and height-adjustable stand (105 mm); configurable VESA mount adapter (100 × 100 mm, landscape or portrait)

The stand is chosen at purchase; the standard stand has no height adjustment.

Apple		—
Size and weightTilt stand: 47.8 × 62.3 × 16.8 cm, 6.3 kg; tilt- and height-adjustable stand: 7.6 kg; VESA adapter: 36.2 × 62.3 × 3.1 cm, 5.4 kg AppleWith stand 604.4 × 574.4 × 258 mm (raised), 604.4 × 464.4 × 258 mm (lowered), 7.35 kg; without stand 604.4 × 350.6 × 45.3 mm, 5.05 kg LG
CompatibilityApple silicon Macs with macOS Tahoe 26.3.1 or later; some iPad Pro and iPad Air models with iPadOS 26.3.1 or later

Apple’s compatibility list does not include Windows PCs.

Apple		—
Power and box contentsInternal power supply, 100–240 V AC; 1 m Thunderbolt 5 Pro cable in the box Apple—
Speed—240 Hz; 0.03 ms (GtG) response time

GtG is the time a pixel takes to change from one grey level to another; lower values reduce motion blur.

LG
Brightness and contrast—275 nits typical, 250 nits minimum; contrast 1,500,000:1 typical, 1,200,000:1 minimum

LG quotes 275 nits for a full-white screen (100% average picture level); small bright areas can be brighter.

LG
Colour—DCI-P3 98.5% typical (90% minimum, CIE1976); 1.07 billion colours; factory calibrated; hardware calibration ready

A printed calibration report is included. Hardware calibration uses LG Calibration Studio with a compatible meter.

LG
HDR and sync—HDR10; VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400; NVIDIA G-SYNC Compatible; AMD FreeSync Premium Pro; VRR

Variable refresh rate matches the monitor to the graphics card’s frame rate, reducing tearing and stutter.

LG
Connections—HDMI 2.1; 1 × DisplayPort 1.4 (DSC); USB 3.0 (1 upstream, 2 downstream); optical audio out (SPDIF); 4-pole headphone out, DTS Headphone:X

DSC compression helps carry QHD at 240 Hz over DisplayPort 1.4. There is no USB-C video input.

LG
Speakers—2 × 2 W LG
Stand and mounting—Tilt, height, swivel and pivot adjustment; 100 × 100 mm VESA LG
Power—External adapter (19 V, 7.37 A); under 0.5 W in sleep LG
In the box—2 × HDMI cables, DisplayPort cable, USB A-to-B cable, remote control, adapter, printed calibration report LG