MacBook Pro adds M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, prices rise

Apple has unveiled new MacBook Pro models powered by M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. The lineup starts $200 higher than the previous generation and adds higher baseline memory and storage, faster SSD read and write speeds up to 14.5GB/s, improved battery life and connectivity upgrades including Wi‑Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.

The M5 chips use a Fusion architecture that unifies the CPU, GPU and neural engine on a single system-on-chip, with up to an 18-core CPU comprised of 12 performance cores and six efficiency cores. The M5 Pro now supports up to 64GB of unified memory (up from 48GB) and begins with 1TB of SSD storage; the M5 Max remains capped at 128GB of unified memory and offers bandwidth up to 614GB/s.

The new hardware delivers notable AI and GPU gains, with an overall 50% increase in graphics performance and faster AI workflows: 4x faster LLM prompt processing, 3.8x faster AI image generation, 3x faster video effects rendering in DaVinci Resolve and 3.5x faster AI-powered video enhancement in Topaz compared with the M4 Max.

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