A new post on Apple’s Machine Learning Research blog shows how much the M5 Apple silicon improved over the M4 when it comes to running a local LLM. Here are the details.
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Last week we learned that Apple plans to release new M5 Mac mini and Mac Studio models next year, but now thanks to a new report we have a much better idea of when to expect each launch.
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Most people upgrade their MacBook Pro no more frequently than once every five years, and some leave it considerably longer than that. But Apple always makes it sound like even last year’s model is now hopelessly outdated, something it did again with the launch of the M5 MacBook Pro.
There’s no doubt that the company is achieving incredibly impressive year-on-year increases in Apple Silicon performance, but real-life tests show that upgrading from one generation to the next doesn’t make sense for the vast majority of MacBook owners …
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Apple’s new M5 chip has several higher-end variants coming next year, and according to a new report, an M5 Ultra will be among them.
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Apple’s first M5 Mac, the 14-inch MacBook Pro, debuted last month. But several more M5 Macs are in the works, and a new report outlines which models to expect next in the coming year.
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Apple’s new M5 chip is officially here, with the M5 iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro arriving in stores today. To mark the occasion, a couple of sites have published charts that show the progress of the M-series line over time.
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iPad Pro expert and all-around good guy Stephen Robles has an awesome interview with a couple of Apple folks that’s all about the new M5 model.
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Earlier this week, Apple unveiled three new products with the M5 chip, built on the third generation 3nm process. While it’s only in one Mac at the moment – the 14-inch MacBook Pro – early benchmark results look incredibly promising.
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Even five years on, I’m still blown away by the impressiveness of Apple Silicon Macs. I’m still rocking a pair of M1-powered MacBooks myself, albeit one of them the M1 Max, and I’ve never felt that either one was underpowered.
Apple yesterday told us that the latest generation M5 chip is significantly better than even the M4. But the most impressive thing about the chip isn’t found inside the MacBook Pro …
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Today, Apple launched the latest entry in their M-series line of Apple silicon chips, the M5 chip. Here’s how it compares to the M4 chip.
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Today Apple unveiled its M5 chip alongside a trio of new M5-equipped products: the iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro. Here are the details.
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Today, Apple’s as-yet-unannounced M5 iPad Pro was seemingly leaked by the same YouTuber who last year leaked the M4 MacBook Pro. Thanks to the surprise reveal, we now have benchmarks for Apple’s forthcoming M5 chip, and they point to big gains coming in a key area.
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It’s almost time for Apple’s M5 chip to debut, and that means the first M5 Macs are coming soon too. Here’s what the latest rumors indicate about when to expect new M5 Mac models like the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.
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Apple’s next-gen M5 chip is coming soon, debuting in this fall’s new iPad Pro model. But despite this being the second year in a row the iPad gets an M-class chip first, this time will be different for two key reasons.
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Apple silicon debuted in 2020 with the first M-class chip, the M1, which launched in MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini. But last year, Apple made a big product shift when it launched the M4, and per a new report, that trend looks set to continue with the upcoming M5 chip.
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Earlier this year after the M4 MacBook Air’s arrival, Apple successfully transitioned all of its most popular M-series products to the latest generation chip. But a new M5 chip is right around the corner, expected to launch this fall in two new products first. Here’s what’s coming.
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Apple’s M4 rollout isn’t yet complete, with the M4 MacBook Air expected to launch soon. But the M5 chip is expected to debut this fall, and when it does, Apple will reportedly remedy an unpopular M4 decision.
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This is Rumor Replay, a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: Apple’s M5 chip is coming with AI enhancements, Tim Cook teases the iPhone roadmap, and Vision Pro’s expanding game support. Here are this week’s Apple rumors.
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We’re expecting to see an M5 chip powering this year’s MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro. That chip has now entered mass production, according to a new supply-chain report.
Not much is known about it for sure, though it is expected to have enhanced AI performance, and it’s also been suggested that it may have a somewhat different design to previous M-series chips …
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One of the key elements of Apple’s A-series and M-series chips is the System-on-a-Chip (SoC) design which tightly integrates all the components within a single package. This includes both CPU and GPU.
But a new report suggests that the M5 Pro chip may take a different approach of having more separated CPU and GPU in order to improve performance and boost production yields …
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There’s currently very little reason to buy a Mac Pro over a Mac Studio configured with the M2 Ultra chip. That’s because Apple reportedly canceled plans for an M2 Extreme chip for the top-of-the-line Mac.
A new report suggests that history may be about to repeat itself, and that a planned Extreme chip for a future Mac Pro model may also now be in doubt. In the worst case, that could be no true new Mac Pro for years to come …
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Apple has reportedly commissioned one of its Vietnamese suppliers, Sunny Optical, to provide a new MacBook compact camera module (CCM) from next year. This is likely to be first used in an M5 MacBook Pro in late 2025.
It’s a somewhat surprising move, given that Apple had to cancel iPhone lens orders from the same company due to production problems …
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