Apple Introduces M5 Chip, Calling It ‘the Next Big Leap in AI’

Apple launches the M5 chip to power on-device AI across MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro, promising 4× GPU compute, faster graphics, and higher efficiency.

Apple just redrew the line for what on-device AI can do.

The company has unveiled its new M5 chip, a silicon overhaul that Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Technologies, called “the next big leap in AI performance.” It’s designed to supercharge neural processing and energy efficiency across Apple’s latest devices.

In a press release, Apple stated that the M5 offers over four times the GPU compute power of its predecessor and more than six times that of the original M1, with Neural Accelerators integrated into every core. The chip is built on third-generation 3-nanometer technology, marking a major step ...