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MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5 Pro or M5 Max) - Tech Specs

Year introduced: 2026

Finish

  • Space Black

  • Silver

Chip

Apple M5 Pro chip

  • 15-core CPU with 5 super cores and 10 performance cores, 18-core CPU with 6 super cores and 12 performance cores

  • 16-core GPU, 20-core GPU

  • Neural Accelerators

  • Hardware-accelerated ray tracing

  • 16-core Neural Engine

  • 307GB/s memory bandwidth

Media Engine

  • Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW

  • Video decode engine

  • Video encode engine

  • ProRes encode and decode engine

  • AV1 decode

  • Configurable to:

  • M5 Pro with 18-core CPU and 20-core GPU

  • or M5 Max with 18-core CPU and 32-core GPU (460GB/s memory bandwidth)

  • or M5 Max with 18-core CPU and 40-core GPU (614GB/s memory bandwidth)

Apple M5 Max chip

  • 18-core CPU with 6 super cores and 12 performance cores

  • 32-core GPU

  • Neural Accelerators

  • Hardware-accelerated ray tracing

  • 16-core Neural Engine

  • 460GB/s memory bandwidth

Media Engine

  • Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW

  • Video decode engine

  • Two video encode engines

  • Two ProRes encode and decode engines

  • AV1 decode

  • Configurable to:

  • M5 Max with 18-core CPU and 40-core GPU (614GB/s memory bandwidth)

Memory

Apple M5 Pro chip

  • 24GB unified memory

  • Configurable to:

  • 36GB (M5 Max with 32-core GPU)

  • or 48GB (M5 Pro or M5 Max with 40-core GPU)

  • or 64GB (M5 Pro with 20-core GPU or M5 Max with 40-core GPU)

  • or 128GB (M5 Max with 40-core GPU)

Apple M5 Max chip

  • 36GB unified memory

  • Configurable to:

  • 48GB, 64GB or 128GB (M5 Max with 40-core GPU)

Storage1

Apple M5 Pro chip

  • 1TB or 2TB SSD

  • Configurable to:

  • 2TB or 4TB

Apple M5 Max chip

  • 2TB SSD

  • Configurable to:

  • 4TB or 8TB

Display

Liquid Retina XDR display

  • 14.2-inch (diagonal) Liquid Retina XDR display2; 3024-by-1964 native resolution at 254 pixels per inch

XDR (Extreme Dynamic Range)

  • 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio

  • XDR brightness: 1,000 nits sustained full-screen, 1,600 nits peak3 (HDR content only)

  • SDR brightness: up to 1,000 nits (outdoor)

Colour

  • 1 billion colours

  • Wide colour (P3)

  • True Tone technology

Refresh rates

  • ProMotion technology for adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz

  • Fixed refresh rates: 47.95Hz, 48.00Hz, 50.00Hz, 59.94Hz, 60.00Hz

Configurable with:

  • Nano-texture display

Battery and Power

M5 Pro4

  • Up to 22 hours video streaming

  • Up to 14 hours wireless web

  • 72.4-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery

  • 70W USB-C Power Adapter (included with M5 Pro with 15-core CPU)

  • 96W USB-C Power Adapter (included with M5 Pro with 18-core CPU, configurable with M5 Pro with 15-core CPU)

  • USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m)

  • Fast-charge–capable with 96W or higher USB PD power source

M5 Max4

  • Up to 20 hours video streaming

  • Up to 13 hours wireless web

  • 72.4-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery

  • 96W USB-C Power Adapter

  • USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m)

  • Fast-charge–capable with 96W or higher USB PD power source

Charging and Expansion

  • SDXC card slot

  • HDMI port

  • 3.5-mm headphone jack

  • MagSafe 3 port

  • Three Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) ports with support for:

  • Charging

  • DisplayPort

  • Thunderbolt 5 (up to 120 Gbps)

  • USB 4 (up to 120 Gbps)

External Display Support

M5 Pro

  • Supports up to three external displays over any combination of Thunderbolt and HDMI ports:

  • Three displays up to a native resolution of 6K at 60Hz or 4K at 144Hz or

  • One display up to a native resolution of 8K at 60Hz or 5K at 120Hz or 4K at 240Hz plus a second display up to a native resolution of 5K at 120Hz or 4K at 200Hz

  • Supports up to three external displays over a single Thunderbolt port

  • Simultaneously supports the built-in display at full native resolution