MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max

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Post by scrlk » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC

MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max
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Re: MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max

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Post by miohtama » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC

But is it powerful enough to run Liquid glass?

Re: MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max

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Post by boriskourt » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC

Nice starting storage bump

  MacBook Pro with M5 Pro now comes standard with 1TB of storage, while MacBook Pro with M5 Max now comes standard with 2TB. And the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 now comes standard with 1TB of storage.

Re: MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max

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Post by aurareturn » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC

Whoah, both the Pro and Max CPUs feature 18 cores. This hasn't happened since M1 Pro/Max. This is a surprise.

Also, the mix of cores have changed drastically.

- 6 "Super cores"

- 12 "Performance cores"

I'm guessing these are just renamed performance and efficiency cores from previous generations.

This is a massive change from the M4 Max:

- 12 performance cores

- 4 efficiency cores

This seems like a downgrade (in core config but may not be in actual MT) assuming super = performance and performance = efficiency cores.

Re: MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max

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Post by Tangokat » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC

"Scaling up performance from M5 and offering the same breakthrough GPU architecture with a Neural Accelerator in each core, M5 Pro and M5 Max deliver up to 4x faster LLM prompt processing than M4 Pro and M4 Max, and up to 8x AI image generation than M1 Pro and M1 Max."

Are they doubling down on local LLMs then?

I still think Apple has a huge opportunity in privacy first LLMs but so far I'm not seeing much execution. Wondering if that will change with the overhaul of Siri this spring.

Re: MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max

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Post by whizzter » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC

128gb of memory, it's a nice change for Apple not to lag in that department for once, wonder what such a machine will cost though.

Re: MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max

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Post by nsbk » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC

The hardware looks amazing! Too bad they will ship with Tahoe installed. I’m not upgrading until I see in which direction the next Mac OS release goes

Re: MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max

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Post by egwor » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC

I thought that new models were typically released in October. Have I misremembered or is this an unusual timing vs previous years? If so, I wonder why the earlier release?

Re: MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max

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Post by Sharlin » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC

whizzter wrote: post #6

128gb of memory, it's a nice change for Apple not to lag in that department for once, wonder what such a machine will cost though.

At today's prices, the memory will probably cost more than the rest of the hardware combined :P

Re: MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max

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Post by afavour » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC

egwor wrote: post #8

I thought that new models were typically released in October. Have I misremembered or is this an unusual timing vs previous years? If so, I wonder why the earlier release?

Increasing component prices perhaps? Get some sales in before you have to jack up the sale price.