M5 Pro & M5 Max MacBook Pro — Everything New, Double Storage but Higher Prices

Well everyone, Apple week is in full

swing and today they released a slew of

new products from the studio display to

the new XDR studio display, the new M5

MacBook Air, but this video is going to

be all about the new M5 Pro and M5 Max

MacBook Pros because not only did they

release those new laptops, but those new

chipsets are brand new as well. So

without further ado, let's talk all

things MacBook Pro and what this means,

especially compared to the previous

models. Let's get into it. But now

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very helpful. But now, let's talk about

those M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. All

right, so let's first talk about what's

actually new between these because if

you look at the MacBook Pros, the 14-in

and the 16-in one, they look identical

to its predecessor from a design

standpoint. But of course, the new thing

here is going to be the internal chips.

And kind of to give you an umbrella fact

between both the M5 Pro and the M5 Max,

this is kind of what you need to take

into consideration here. So, we're gonna

have a new Fusion architecture, which is

a dual die design. Up to 18 core CPU,

which is kind of unheard of. A neural

accelerator in every single GPU core,

which is absolutely insane because you

can get up to 40 GPU cores on that M5

Max MacBook Pro. You have up to four

times better AI performance compared to

the M4 chip, which again, from a

practical standpoint, like I mentioned

in my MacBook Air video, we'll see

exactly what that means. But on paper,

4x on year-to-year basis is still a

great upgrade. It also has up to two

times faster SSD speeds, up to 14.5 GB

per second speed. 1 TB starting storage

on the M5 Pro, which is more than what

we had last year, twice that amount. 2

TB starting storage on the M5 Max, which

again, starting storage at 2 TB. That's

an awesome thing to see. And both of

these go up to 8 TB of internal storage.

And then similar to the iPad Air and the

MacBook Air, we have the N1 chip built

in here which gives us Wi-Fi 7,

Bluetooth 6 and thread support as well.

And you also get Thunderbolt 5 across

the board and up to 24 hours of battery

life or playback time, which is again

top-in- class for a computer or laptop

that this powerful, especially on the

go. So now let's break down the actual

chipsets themselves. The M5 Pro versus

the M5 Max. What are you getting? What

are the differences? What are you paying

a premium for? So, to start off with the

M5 Pro, you're getting up to an 18 core

CPU. You get six super cores, okay? You

get 12 performance cores, which again,

it's kind of like the high energy and

low energy. They're just kind of

changing the marketing terms for us a

little bit. You get up to 30% faster CPU

performance at its peak. Up to 50%

faster GPU performance just compared to

the previous year with the M4 Pro. So,

year-over-year, a 50% increase is

something that I'll take any time of the

day. You also get up to 64 GB of unified

memory on the M4 Pro MacBook Pro. The M4

Max has even more so. And then 307 GB

per second memory bandwidth, which is

topping in class with a chipset like

this one. Now, this M4 Pro chip is going

to be great for developers,

photographers, power users, people who

edited 4K and even 6K video footage. And

of course, the M5 Max will be able to do

the same thing. But now, let's break

down that M5 Max chip because this is

where it gets pretty juicy. Because

again, you're getting the same Fusion

architecture, but it's just scaled up

that much more. Up to 128 GB unified

memory, 614 GB memory bandwidth, so

twice the amount of what I mentioned on

the M5 Pro, up to four external

displays, a huge AI throughput, which is

exactly what Apple's been working on to

make sure that these laptops can handle

everything that you throw at them. But

again, from a practicality standpoint,

we need to see exactly what that all

means. And then you're going to get huge

gains in applications like Da Vinci

Resolve, Red Shift, LLM Workflows, as

well as Topaz Video AI, which is what

Apple's been touting and using as a

testing ground. So, Apple's really

positioning these chips and these

laptops as a huge AI kind of throughput

in terms of what they want to do moving

forward. They see that AI is a future.

Again, Apple is kind of in this weird

middle ground where we're still waiting

to see exactly what they're doing from a

consumer level, but from a developer

level and a prouser level and proumer

level, it's kind of already there in

terms of what the capabilities are with

thirdparty applications and what the Mac

can do with those third party

applications with this type of power

from the CPU, the GPU, and all the RAM

that's corresponding to the M5 Pro and

the M5 Max. So, compared to the M4,

you're getting up to four times faster

LLM prompts. And then if you compare it

all the way to the M1, that's eight

times faster compared to that M1. So

from a connectivity standpoint or an IO

standpoint, you are getting two

Thunderbolt 5 ports. You're still

getting the same SD card slot. The HDMI

port is there. Mag Safe is there, which

gives you up to 140 watts of fast

charging on the 16-inch version and 96

watt fast charging on the 14-in version.

Like I said, the N1 chip does give you

Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, better

reliability, and lower latency. But now

everything outside of that from a design

standpoint, the display tech and

everything that comes with it has

remained pretty much identical. You

still have the same notch, the same

center states camera, the same miniLEDD

display, the same 120 Hz display, same

type of battery life giving you up to 24

hours. You have that 1600 nits of peak

brightness for HDR, the 1000 nits for

SDR, and you still have all the same

audio perks. So you still have the

studio quality mics, the six speaker

system, and spatial audio support, which

at this price point is a given. So now

again talking about that price point,

what does this look like? And again,

Apple is increasing the prices across

the board. Now their entry point to the

M5 Pro MacBook Pro is $2,199

where previously it was right under

$2,000. So it's a $200 increase for the

M5 Pro MacBook Pro. But again, you're

starting to kind of see what Apple's

doing here where they are increasing the

minimum spend here, but they're also

giving you more storage internally,

which is going to be 1 TBTE. But you

know, storage is a little bit

inflationary because things get bigger

and bigger in size. So 1 TBTE, that

amount of storage isn't the same amount

of storage that it was maybe 5 10 years

ago, but it still is double the standard

storage that we got before. So again, to

each their own in terms of what you

think is worth it and whether that price

increase is justified. But that 16-inch

M5 Pro MacBook Pro starts at $2,700. And

then when you get to the M5 Max, you are

spending $3,600 for the entry-le 14-inch

one and then $3,900 for the 16in M5 Max.

Now, these all have nanoexture display

options. You can go up to 8 terabytes,

up to 128 gigs of unified memory, up to

40 GPU cores, and I think you can spend

close to $7,500 on a fully loaded M5 Max

MacBook Pro 16-inch version. These will

all be available for pre-order tomorrow

on March 4th and available in stores on

March 11th. And of course, the pre-order

start arriving on March 11th as well.

So, at the end of the day, should you

upgrade? And this is going to be the one

that for most people, unless you're in

dire need of a new laptop, I'm going to

say hold off because rumor has it that

towards the end of the year in October,

November, Apple will be releasing the M6

MacBook Pro. And that one's going to be

a new redesign both not only internally,

but also externally from what it looks

like and from a physical standpoint.

Now, we're probably only going to get

the regular M6 MacBook Pro, not the M6

Pro or M6 Max. So, again, depends on

what your situation is. If you really

need an M5 Pro or an M5 Max chip,

definitely jump on it now. This is going

to be a great laptop for your needs and

your use cases. But if you are holding

off a little bit, if you have another

six months of runway on your current

laptop, my opinion is to wait and see

what Apple does with their new MacBook

Pro redesign cuz supposedly has a

touchcreen coming, which is absolutely

absurd. Myself and Jeff do talk about

what an M6 MacBook Pro could look like

moving forward in our 95 Mac Overtime

podcast episode. Recommend checking that

out and I'll leave a link down below.

But that is everything coming to that M5

Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro. There's a

lot to like here. Double the storage for

the base, but increase in prices. The

design kind of remains the same, but

these things are going to be extremely

powerful for the right person, and it's

going to be a worthy upgrade. So, let me

know in the comment down below what you

think. Is it something you're in the

market for? Are you going to try to hold

off for the new M6 MacBook Pro that's

coming out towards the end of the year?

Or are you just going to pick one up

immediately because this is exactly what

you've been waiting for and yearning

for? But that'll do it everybody. If you

made it to the end, leave a little

dolphin in the comments down below so I

know you made it to the end. Check out

our coverage on the M5 MacBook Air as

well as those studio displays. And let's

see exactly what tomorrow brings with

this new MacBook Project Neo, which

supposedly is going to be that new lowc

cost MacBook. Leave some guesses down

below of what that price is going to be.

Peace, everybody.