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MacBook Pro Jumps to M5 Pro and Max Silicon, Faster Storage, and Higher Prices
Apple’s MacBook Pro now features M5 Pro and Max chips with doubled storage and improved wireless, but prices have increased by up to $200, Apple said.
- On March 4, Apple unveiled refreshed 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, raising prices and opening pre-orders the same day with shipments March 11.
- Apple's M5 Pro and M5 Max are designed to raise performance ceilings for creative professionals and developers, doubling base storage to 1TB on M5 Pro models and increasing unified memory ceiling to 64GB.
- Benchmarks and Apple's specs show the M5 Pro and M5 Max use fastest CPU cores, increased unified memory bandwidth, SSD speeds, M5 Max bandwidth up to 614GB/s, plus Apple‑designed N1 chip with Wi‑Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, Thunderbolt 5, and up to 24 hours battery life.
- Buyers now face higher entry prices as the 14-inch MacBook Pro base M5 configuration rises to $1,699, higher-end Pro and Max configurations jump $200 to $400, and prices above $2,000 reach a maxed configuration at $7,349.
- Testing in February 2026 showed preproduction 16-inch MacBook Pro test systems with M5 Max with 18‑core CPU and 40‑core GPU, 128GB unified memory, and read/write speeds up to 14.5GB/s amid a broader Apple product blitz including the iPhone 17e and iPad Air M4.
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MacBook Pro jumps to M5 Pro and Max silicon, faster storage, and higher prices
Apple has updated the 14 inch and 16 inch MacBook Pro with its new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, delivering faster CPU and GPU performance, improved AI acceleration, quicker SSD speeds, and support for Wi Fi 7 and Thunderbolt 5, though the upgrades come with higher starting prices.
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