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Apple M5 Processor Series

Understanding the Apple M5 Series processors

The first rumors of the M5 Series Apple silicon have appeared. Apple is expected to have a sort of annual release rhythm, so it is very likely you will see the first M5 variants in mid to late 2025.

The M5 Series are N3P, the 3rd generation of its 3nm process. The M5 chip is expected to utilize TSMC’s SoIC (System on Integrated Chip) packaging technology, which involves 3D stacking of chips to enhance performance and thermal management. 

I will add information as it becomes available.

Yehuda’s Apple M5 Processor Series YouTube Channel

The brilliance of Apple silicon is the components of each one are the same. There are just more or less of them in each type.

Performance of the various M5 processors, just like their predecessors really will boil down to the base M5 processor performance. At this point specifications below are rumored but likely close.

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ComponentM5 ?M5 Pro ?M5 Max ?M5 Ultra ?
Efficiency CPU Cores6448
Efficiency Clock? GHz? GHz? GHz? GHz
Performance CPU Cores4101428
Performance Clock? GHz? GHz? GHz? GHz
Neural Engine Cores16161632
GPU Cores options12224284
Unified Memory options16GB 24GB 32GB24GB 48GB 64GB36GB 48GB 64GB 128GB96GB 512GB
Memory Bandwidth? GB/s? GB/s? GB/s? GB/s
Video Decode Engines1112
Video Encode Engines1124
ProRes Encode-Decode Engines1124

CPU & GPU Performance Benchmarks

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Thanks!
-Yehuda

Useful Links

Apple related pages
Updated periodically – Apple Silicon is the DAW standard
Updated periodically – Apple Mac Studio M1 Max & M1 Ultra
Updated periodically – Apple MacBook Pro M1 Pro & M1 Max
Updated periodically – Apple MacBook Pro M2 Pro & M2 Max
Updated periodically – Apple MacBook Pro M3 Pro & M3 Max
Updated periodically – Apple Studio Display
Updated periodically – Apple M1 Processor Series
Updated periodically – Apple M2 Processor Series
Updated periodically – Apple M3 Processor Series
Updated periodically – Apple M4 Processor Series
Updated periodically – Apple M5 Processor Series

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