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Apple Launches M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros

March 3, 2026Posted by Federico Ulfo
Hardware

Apple launched M5 Pro and M5 Max for the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros, positioning them as the ultimate powerhouse for local LLMs.

Macbook NEO

Key specs
	•	Unified memory: up to 128 GB
	•	Memory bandwidth: 614 GB/s (M5 Pro: 307 GB/s)
	•	GPU: up to 40 cores, each with a Neural Accelerator
	•	CPU: up to 18 cores (6 “super cores” + 12 performance)

Highlights
	•	First Apple silicon with matrix hardware in every GPU core
	•	4× faster LLM prompt processing vs M4
	•	8× faster AI performance vs M1 🚀

Prices
	•	14” M5 Pro: $2,199 (was $1,999)
	•	16” M5 Max configs: $7K+
	•	MacBook Neo (A18 Pro): ~$599 retail ($499 education)

Sources: tweet