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Apple says “The CPUs across the M4 family feature the world’s fastest CPU core, delivering the industry’s best single-threaded performance, and dramatically faster multithreaded performance.” And “The ...

Apple launched a trio of new M5 products this week, including the M5 MacBook Pro. But what’s actually changed with the M5 model compared to last year’s M4 MacBook Pro? Not a lot. Here are four ...

Graphics benchmarks for Apple's yet-to-be announced MacBook Air models with M4 processors have popped up on Geekbench, giving us an idea of how much faster the GPU component of Apple's ...

It wasn't the big redesign we were hoping for this time last year, when Apple rolled out its M4 models of the MacBook Pro. In fact, there wasn't a redesign at all. This generation of the 14-inch ...

Apple has updated the 14-inch version of the MacBook Pro with an M5 chip. Those hoping that Apple would also introduce M5 Pro and M5 Max models of the MacBook Pro will be disappointed: the M4 Pro and ...

Performance is the killer feature for creative professionals. The faster you can render an animation file, export Adobe Lightroom photos, or do something crazy like create your own large language ...

Apple often releases a smaller second wave of new products in October after the dust settles from its September iPhone announcement, and this year that wave revolves around its brand-new M5 chip. The ...

Apple’s latest processor is making its debut in the 2025 MacBook Pro 14 laptop, the latest iPad Pro, and an updated Apple Vision Pro headset. Compared with the previous-gen Apple M4 chip, the new ...

While the iPhone and the associated A-series Apple Silicon release schedules are both fixed and well-known, the MacBook release schedule is somewhat more erratic. Following Apple’s launch of the ...

In October 2025, Apple introduced an M5 MacBook Pro, but didn’t update the year-old M4 Pro or M4 Max machines. Instead, it looks like we will be waiting until spring 2026 for the M5 Pro and M5 Max ...