Overview

• Preorders are live for the M5‑based 14‑inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and Vision Pro, with retail availability set for October 22 at largely unchanged starting prices ($1,599, $999/$1,299, and $3,500 respectively).
• Apple touts roughly 3.5x–4x on‑device AI gains versus M4, backed by a 10‑core CPU, a 10‑core GPU with a Neural Accelerator in each core, and a 16‑core Neural Engine with 153 GB/s unified memory bandwidth.
• Early Geekbench 6 results show strong performance for the base M5 (around 4,263 single‑core and 17,862 multi‑core on Mac), approaching prior high‑end chips such as M1 Ultra in multi‑core tests.
• The iPad Pro adds practical upgrades beyond the chip, including 12GB RAM on 256GB/512GB models, Apple’s N1 wireless and C1X cellular chips, up to 2x faster SSD speeds, 120Hz external display support, fast charging, and ultra‑low 1‑nit minimum brightness.
• The 14‑inch MacBook Pro now offers up to 24 hours of battery life and configurable storage up to 4TB, while the updated Vision Pro gains a Dual Knit Band, about 10% more display pixels, up to 120Hz refresh support, and roughly 30 minutes more runtime.