The new iPad Pro and 14-inch MacBook Pro are here, powered by the game-changing M5 chip. If you’ve been waiting for a reason to ditch your older device, the M5’s colossal jump in speed and AI performance is it.
The iPad Pro is Now an AI Rocket Ship
The new iPad Pro, powered by the M5, is staking its claim as the ultimate mobile AI powerhouse. Forget incremental bumps – we’re talking performance gains that rewrite the rulebook:
Mind-Blowing AI Speed
Thanks to a 16-core Neural Engine and a Neural Accelerator in every GPU core, the M5 delivers up to 5.6x faster AI performance than the M1 iPad Pro. This means blazing-fast on-device image generation in apps like Draw Things and seamless video masking in DaVinci Resolve.
A CPU That Doesn’t Wait
The up to 10-core CPU is hailed as the world’s fastest, making short work of complex vector graphics in Adobe Illustrator or intense multitasking with apps like SketchUp and Morpholio Trace.
Ray Tracing Arrives
The new GPU is a graphics beast, featuring a third-generation ray-tracing engine. This gives you up to 6.7x faster 3D rendering than the M1 model for visually intensive pro apps.
Wired-Up for the Future
Say goodbye to slow downloads. The new N1 wireless chip brings Wi-Fi 7 support, while the C1X modem on cellular models gives you up to 50% faster cellular data. Staying connected has never been this speedy.
The Display Upgrade You Deserve
The new Ultra Retina XDR display uses groundbreaking tandem OLED technology for perfect blacks and a scorching 1600 nits peak HDR brightness. Plus, pro can opt for a nano-texture display glass to banish glare for good.
Under the Hood Goodies
The new iPad Pro is thinner than ever (the 13-inch model is a striking 5.1 mm!), but still packs 150GB/s of unified memory bandwidth and up to 12GB of starting unified memory. Need a quick juice-up? You can now get a 50% charge in about 30 minutes with fast charge support.
And let’s not forget iPadOS 26. It’s bringing a completely revamped, powerful new windowing system and a gorgeous “Liquid Glass” design, finally making it easier to juggle complex workflows. The long-awaited Preview app is coming to iPad, too!
The 14-inch MacBook Pro Gets Even More Pro
If you thought the MacBook Pro was fast before, buckle up. The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 is here to redefine “pro workflows,” offering phenomenal speed without sacrificing battery life, which now stretches up to a legendary 24 hours.
A Performance Juggernaut
It delivers up to 1.6x faster graphics performance than the M4 model and a staggering 6.8x faster 3D rendering in Blender compared to the M1.
The AI Mac
With up to 6x faster AI performance than the M1, the M5 makes this laptop the ultimate machine for everyday AI tasks, from running local Large Language Models (LLMs) to faster text-to-image generation in apps like Draw Things.
SSD Overdrive
Data analysts and video editors rejoice! You get up to 2x faster SSD performance than the previous generation, with a storage option up to 4TB.
The Perfect Upgrade
If you’re coming from an older M1 or an Intel-based Mac, the gains are simply seismic: up to 86x faster AI performance vs. Intel, and up to 14 additional hours of battery life. You also get an enhanced Liquid Retina XDR display with the nano-texture option.
macOS Tahoe: The Intelligence Layer
The new MacBook Pro is supercharged by macOS Tahoe, which integrates Apple Intelligence right into the core experience. Features like Live Translation in FaceTime and Messages, smarter Spotlight searches, and the new Phone app for Mac make your daily computing incredibly intuitive and powerful.
With both the iPad Pro and the 14-inch MacBook Pro getting this massive M5 overhaul, Apple has truly raised the bar for performance, efficiency and on-device AI. The question isn’t whether you should upgrade, but which M5-powered marvel will you choose?
