Apple's M5 chip is expected to launch later this year, bringing performance and efficiency improvements over the M4. This article explores everything we know about the M5, including its potential release date, compatible devices, rumored performance upgrades, and details about the M5 Pro, M5 Max, and M5 Ultra chips.
Table of Contents With a new MacBook Air just around the corner, Apple is still in the process of rolling out its range of M4 chips. But that hasn’t stopped speculation mounting about the upcoming M5 chip — which is due to arrive later this year — along with all of the benefits it might bring.
Related The first product expected to get the M5 is the MacBook Pro, which will probably launch in fall 2025. Apple tends to update its pro-focused MacBook in October or November, so expect the same again this year. Then there’s the Mac mini. This was tweaked in both 2023 and 2024, suggesting that a 2025 version might be in the cards. But at the same time, Apple skipped the M3 chip in the Mac mini, instead giving it the M2 and then the M4. That means it’s not certain whether Apple will opt to launch an M5 version or not — we’ll have to wait for more information over the coming weeks and months.
For one thing, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has predicted that the M5 will be made using manufacturing firm TSMC’s third-generation N3P process. That should translate to performance and efficiency improvements over the M4. Still, it’s a 3nm process rather than the more advanced 2nm alternative that some sources had been predicting, with the reason being that the 2nm option is apparently still too expensive for Apple’s taste.
According to Ming-Chi Kuo, the M5 Pro and M5 Max should be released in 2025, with the M5 Ultra following in 2026. Based on previous patterns, we’ll probably see the M5 Pro in the MacBook Pro and Mac mini, the M5 Max in the MacBook Pro and Mac Studio, and the M5 Ultra in the Mac Studio and Mac Pro.
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