Apple, on October 15, introduced its next-generation M5 chip, marking its biggest leap yet in AI and graphics performance. The M5 chip will power the new 14-inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Apple Vision Pro.
Built using third-generation 3-nanometer technology, the M5 brings major upgrades to the CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine. Apple called it the “next big leap in AI performance for Apple silicon.”
The chip features a new 10-core GPU architecture with a Neural Accelerator in every core, enabling GPU-based AI workloads to run over 4x faster than M4 and up to 6x faster than M1. It also includes third-generation ray tracing and enhanced shader cores, boosting graphics performance by up to 45%.
On the CPU side, M5 combines four performance cores and six efficiency cores, delivering 15% faster multithreaded performance while maintaining Apple’s trademark energy efficiency.
“With the introduction of Neural Accelerators in the GPU, M5 delivers a huge boost to AI workloads,” said Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware technologies. “Combined with a big increase in graphics performance, the world’s fastest CPU core, a faster Neural Engine, and higher unified memory bandwidth, M5 brings far more performance and capabilities to MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Apple Vision Pro.”
The 16-core Neural Engine provides faster, more efficient on-device AI performance. It powers features like transforming 2D photos into spatial scenes on Vision Pro or generating a Persona in real time. Apple’s generative AI suite, Apple Intelligence, also runs faster, improving tools such as Image Playground and Writing Tools across devices.
M5’s unified memory bandwidth of 153GB/s—a 30% increase over M4—lets users run larger AI models entirely on device. This enables creative professionals to handle heavy tasks, like editing in Final Cut Pro or Photoshop, while multitasking seamlessly.
Apple also highlighted the chip’s energy-efficient design, a key part of its Apple 2030 plan to achieve carbon neutrality across all operations.
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