Apple M5-powered iPad Pro to arrive late next year, claims reputed analyst
Right now, all eyes are on the impending launch of the M4-powered lineup of Macs. Apple recently announced that starting Monday, the company plans on rolling out a series of Mac-related announcements, likely including a few for the aforementioned M4 Macs.
Apple's high-end M4 Pro and M4 Max variants are also ready for their close-up, poised to power the MacBook Pro lineup. The redesigned Mac mini will settle for the M4 and the M4 Pro SoCs, while the 24-inch iMac refresh will be limited to the standard M4 chip.
That said, speculation surrounding Apple's next-generation M5 SoC has already started appearing on the interwebs. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the M5 will likely debut in a future iPad Pro set to see the light of day sometime towards the end of next year. It is interesting to see Apple debut its M-series silicon in iPads instead of Macs, which presumably underscores the company's growing commitment towards efficiency over raw performance.
That is not to say that the M4 isn't powerful enough - the SoC is an absolute screamer of a chip that defies the limited thermal headroom of the 5.1 mm-thin iPad Pro. It is over 20% faster in both single-core and multi-core performance than its predecessor, despite being held back by a passively cooled system. In the recently leaked benchmarks for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, the M4 runs circles around the Intel Core Ultra 9 288V, strutting around with a 60% lead in multi-core performance.
Unsurprisingly, there is hardly any information regarding what can be expected from the M5, as it is still over a year away. Moreover, in contrast to its other products, Apple's silicon advancements are better-kept secrets. With that in mind, we likely won't know much regarding what the M5 will bring to the table until it is ready to make headlines.
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