Apple’s new M5 chip is officially here, with the M5 iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro arriving in stores today. To mark the occasion, a couple of sites have published charts that show the progress of the M-series line over time.
M5 performance gains vs M4, M3, and more
When Apple releases a new chip, two types of comparisons are pretty common:
Very often it’s compared to the prior generation
but Apple also tends to highlight much older chip comparisons
Unsurprisingly then, this year with the M5 chip, much has been written about how it compares to last year’s M4.
And in its marketing, Apple additionally spotlights M5 gains compared to the M1 chip that debuted in 2020.
This all makes sense: year-over-year gains are a common point of interest, and for people considering an upgrade, Apple wants to highlight years-old products.
One comparison that’s not as common is understanding how the new chip’s gains fit into the broader history of Apple silicon evolutions.
That’s what Stephen Hackett at 512 Pixels and Jason Snell at Six Colors have just sought to show.
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