Apple Refreshes 14" MacBook Pro, iPad Pro & Vision Pro With M5 Chip For A Big AI Uplift

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Apple dropped a triple-header announcement centered around its core pro devices powered by the all-new M5 chip. The Fall refresh of the 14-inch MacBook Pro, the iPad Pro, and the Vision Pro headset signals Apple's push to dominate not just the CPU performance totem pole (at least until the M5 Pro and Max show up for the party), but also on-device artificial intelligence (AI) and spatial computing.

Central to Apple's M5 processor is likely the next-generation GPU with a neural accelerator in each core. Apple claims the chip delivers up to 3.5x faster AI performance than the M4, accelerating everything from running large language models (LLMs) on-device to advanced video enhancement in professional applications.

The refreshed M5-powered 14-inch MacBook Pro, for example, now offers up to 24 hours of battery life and up to 2x faster SSD performance. The ...