Apple Unveils MacBook Pro With M5 Pro And M5 Max To Supercharge On-Device AI

Apple CEO Tim Cook promised this would be a "big week" for the Cupertino company, which has already seen the launch of a new iPad Air with M4 silicon and an A19-powered iPhone 17e. Now a day later, Apple has introduced a refreshed MacBook Pro powered by its new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips built on an also-new Apple-designed Fusion Architecture.

"This innovative design combines two dies into a single system on a chip (SoC), which includes a powerful CPU, scalable GPU, Media Engine, unified memory controller, Neural Engine, and Thunderbolt 5 capabilities," Apple explains.

Apple's approach to the M5 Pro and M5 Max differ from the previous generation M4 Pro and M4 Max variants that basically fused two and four chips, respectively. In contrast, Apple's in-house designed Fusion Architecture connects two third-generation 3-nanometer dies into a single SoC using advanced packaging.

The new M5 Pro and ...