Instead, the M5 MacBook Pro is likely to sell for the same price as the M4 version, meaning if you have been thinking about buying a MacBook Pro you might want to wait, as if you are about to drop at least £1,599 on a laptop, waiting a few days might mean you can pick up the updated version instead - if Gurman is correct.

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Apple's M5 chip has 10 CPU cores, 10 GPU cores, and a 16-core Neural Engine. Apple says the chip delivers up to 20% faster multithreaded performance than the M4 and up to 1.6x faster graphics in apps and games. The company also claims AI performance is now 3.5x faster than the M4 and up to six times faster than the M1.