Apple Studio Display (2026) / LG UltraGear OLED 27GR95QE-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 27GR95QE-B: 27GR95QE-B: a 2023 26.5-inch (27-inch class) 1440p 240 Hz OLED gaming monitor. Its successor 27GS95QE-B and the 4K/1080p dual-mode 27GX790A-B are separate models.

SpecificationApple Studio Display (2026)LG UltraGear OLED 27GR95QE-B
Release year20262023
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 (67.32 cm) OLED, 2560 × 1440 (16:9); 0.2292 mm pixel pitch; 1.07 billion colours

Because self-lit OLED pixels can switch fully off, blacks are true black; LG gives typical contrast as 1,500,000:1. 1.07 billion colours corresponds to 10-bit colour depth.

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 AppleWithout stand 604.4 × 350.6 × 45.3 mm, 5.05 kg; with stand 604.4 × 464.4–574.4 × 258 mm, 7.35 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—
Refresh rate and response time—240 Hz; 0.03 ms (GtG)

240 Hz shows 240 frames per second, making motion smoother and less blurred in fast games; this needs a graphics card producing 240 fps and a DisplayPort or HDMI 2.1 connection. GtG is the time a pixel takes to change from one grey level to another.

LG
Brightness—Typical 200 cd/m², minimum 160 cd/m²

These are full-screen SDR figures; small HDR highlights can be brighter. LG does not give a peak HDR figure in the spec table.

LG
Colour and HDR—98.5% DCI-P3 (typical), 90% (minimum); HDR10; factory calibrated; hardware calibration ready

Hardware calibration uses LG Calibration Studio and a compatible colorimeter to adjust the monitor’s own colour tables. No VESA DisplayHDR certification is listed.

LG
Adaptive sync and gaming—NVIDIA G-SYNC Compatible, AMD FreeSync Premium, VRR; Black Stabiliser, Dynamic Action Sync, crosshair, FPS counter

Adaptive sync matches the monitor’s refresh to the graphics card’s frame rate to reduce tearing and stutter. Dynamic Action Sync is meant to reduce input lag.

LG
Video inputs—2 × HDMI 2.1, 1 × DisplayPort 1.4 (DSC)

DSC (Display Stream Compression) uses visually lossless compression to fit a 1440p 240 Hz signal within DisplayPort 1.4 bandwidth. The HDMI 2.1 inputs support VRR on consoles. There is no USB-C video input.

LG
USB and audio—1 × USB 3.0 upstream, 2 × USB 3.0 downstream; 4-pole headphone output (sound + mic) with DTS Headphone:X; optical digital audio out (S/PDIF)

There are no built-in speakers. DTS Headphone:X gives virtual 3D audio over headphones.

LG
Stand and mounting—Tilt, height, swivel and pivot adjustment; VESA 100 × 100 LG
Lighting and remote—Hexagon Lighting on the back; remote control included LG
Power—External adapter, AC 100–240 V; typical 74 W, maximum 94 W; under 0.5 W in sleep LG