Apple launches MacBook Pro With M5 Pro and M5 Max chips: Up to 4x faster AI, starts at Rs 2,49,900 in India – The Times of India

Apple’s new MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips delivers up to 4x faster AI performance over the previous generation, with Neural Accelerators baked into every GPU core. Storage starts at 1TB for M5 Pro and 2TB for M5 Max, with SSD speeds doubling to 14.5GB/s. India pricing begins at Rs 2,49,900, with pre-orders opening March 4 and availability from March 11.

Apple has officially taken the wraps off the new MacBook Pro lineup powered by the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, and the upgrades this time are heavily tilted towards on-device AI. Pre-orders open tomorrow, March 4, with units shipping from March 11.The headline number: up to 4x faster AI performance compared to last year’s M4 Pro and M4 Max models. That jumps to 8x when compared against the M1 generation. In practical terms, Apple says LLMs will run significantly faster locally—so tools like LM Studio should feel noticeably snappier on the new hardware.Both chips are built on what Apple calls Fusion Architecture, combining two dies into a single system on a chip. The CPU now packs up to 18 cores, including six “super cores” that Apple claims deliver the world’s fastest single-core CPU performance. The GPU gets Neural Accelerators baked into each core, which is where much of the AI grunt comes from.

What’s actually new beyond the chips

Storage gets a meaningful bump. The M5 Pro model now starts at 1TB (up from 512GB previously), while the M5 Max starts at 2TB. SSD speeds have doubled too, topping out at 14.5GB/s—handy for anyone juggling 8K timelines or large AI datasets.There’s also the N1 chip, Apple’s own wireless networking silicon, bringing Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 to the MacBook Pro for the first time. Battery life holds steady at up to 24 hours on the 16-inch model.

How much does the new MacBook Pros cost in Inda

The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro starts at Rs 2,49,900 (Rs 2,32,900 for education). The 16-inch M5 Pro variant begins at Rs 2,99,900. If you want the M5 Max, the 14-inch starts at Rs 3,99,900 and the 16-inch at Rs 4,29,900.The entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro with the standard M5 chip also gets a storage upgrade to 1TB and starts at Rs 1,89,900.Both finishes—space black and silver—are available across all configurations for . Pre-orders go live on Apple Store app starting March 4.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​