Apple has finally announced its new super-powered processor, expected to be the core of the refreshed 14-inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro , and Vision Pro.
The M5 chip boasts four times the processing power of the company's last entry, as well as a more powerful CPU, improved 16-core Neural Engine, and increased memory bandwidth. But most significantly to the tech giant — which has leaned into Apple Intelligence I in its recent product and feature launches — it's a major leap forward for Apple's AI and silicon investments.
"With the introduction of Neural Accelerators in the GPU, M5 delivers a huge boost to AI workloads," said Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Technologies in a blog post . "Combined with a big increase in graphics performance, the world’s fastest CPU