Apple updates 14-inch MacBook Pro with the latest M5 chip

We now have the first Apple-made laptop to come fitted with the M5 chip. Apple refreshed its 14-inch MacBook Pro with the latest Apple Silicon, which comes alongside the M5-powered iPad Pro and an upgraded Vision Pro headset. This happened in less than a day after Apple's Greg Joswiak posted a teaser for the new MacBook Pro on social media.

The new M5 chip features a 10-core CPU, consisting of 4 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores. It's complemented by a 10-core GPU with a Neural Accelerator in each core and a 16-core Neural Engine for better on-device processing.

Apple claims that the M5 MacBook Pro delivers up to 3.5x better performance for AI workflows and up to 1.6x faster graphics compared to the 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro. The speed and power efficiency gains on the new M5 chip contribute to an all-day battery life of up to 24 hours.

The M5 MacBook Pro also improves SSD performance, making it almost twice as fast as the previous generation. Apple has increased the memory bandwidth from 120GB/s to 153GB/s and claims that the new CPU on the M5 delivers 20% faster multithreaded performance compared to M4 for workloads such as code sampling and up to 1.6x faster performance in "pro apps."

It's been five years since the Cupertino giant started its silicon transition, drifting away from Intel over the years. However, Apple didn't miss the opportunity to compare the M5 MacBook Pro with Intel-based counterparts, stating that it "delivers up to 86x faster AI performance, up to 30x faster GPU performance with ray tracing, and up to 5.5x faster CPU performance."

The M5 MacBook Pro is now available for pre-order in 30 countries, including the US, with the same starting price of $1,599. Available in Space Black and Silver color options, it will be up for sale on October 22. Its pricier siblings continue to pack M4 Pro and M4 Max chips; their upgraded M5 versions are expected to arrive in the coming months.

Much of the design and other specs for the base variant 14-inch MacBook Pro remain the same. It continues to feature the Liquid Retina display with 1600 nits peak HDR brightness, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and a 12MP Center Stage camera with 1080p video recording.

While the maximum RAM options are limited to 32GB, the M5 MacBook Pro is now configurable up to 4TB of storage, an upgrade from the 2TB storage of previous generations. Speaking of which, Apple now charges $2,000 for the most expensive iPhone 17 model.

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Posted Thursday 16 October 2025 at 3:36 am AEST (my time).

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