Inside Apple silicon: Part four of a five-part series on the M-class processors

For professional users, one metric often defines whether a chip truly meets the demands of their work: memory bandwidth.

Apple’s recently-announced M5 is the foundation of a new 14-inch MacBook Pro and iPad Pro (and an updated Apple Vision Pro) and as part of my series looking at Apple silicon, I thought it could be interesting to take a glimpse into a possible future.

Apple hasn’t announced or even hinted at M5 Pro and M5 Max variants of its new chip, and if they do arrive it likely won’t be for a good year or so. Even so, it’s possible to take some educated guesses as to what these versions might offer professionals.