Apple M5 and new iPad Pro 13 reveal themselves ahead of schedule in major leak
Apple introduced the iPhone Air, iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max only a few days ago alongside new smartwatches and the long-awaited AirPods Pro 3 (curr. $249 on Amazon). Recent rumours indicate that the company has more major product launches in the works before 2025 ends, too.
Now, YouTuber Wylsacom has published an early look at the next iPad Pro and the Apple M5 chipset. While a leak of this scale may seem unusual for Apple, almost exactly the same thing occurred last year when Romancev768 and Wylsacom revealed the Apple M4 version of the MacBook Pro 14 ahead of time. Those videos only showcased the laptop though; Apple had launched the Apple M4 chipset earlier that year inside the iPad Pro 11 and iPad Pro 13.
This time, Wylsacom has managed to reveal Apple's next chipset and its Pro-branded tablet ahead of time. Visually, little has changed between the 2024 and 2025 versions of the iPad Pro 13. Based on the video below, Apple has removed some branding from the latter's rear. However, the next iPad Pro should retain full compatibility with existing accessories like Apple's Magic Keyboard by the looks of things.
The iPad Pro 13 will continue to start with 256 GB of storage too, just like its predecessor. With that being said, Apple has upgraded this base configuration from 8 GB to 12 GB of RAM, which an accompanying Geekbench listing supports. Unfortunately, a 9-core chipset remains with three performance cores instead of the four likely found in MacBook versions of the Apple M5.
Still, the Apple M5 achieves around 10% faster single-core and 16% faster multi-core scores in Geekbench 6 than the Apple M4 inside last year's iPad Pro. Aided by 50% more L2 cache, the Apple M5 also helps the next iPad Pro 13 outperform its predecessor by roughly 8% in AnTuTu v10. Surprisingly, Geekbench 6 Metal scores jump by 34% between generations. Please see the video above and the images below for more information. Apple is expected to deliver its next iPad Pro 13 alongside its smaller 11-inch sibling within the next few weeks.
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Geekbench & Wylsacom via Mark Gurman
