M3 to M4 vs M4 to M5

[chars1ub0w]

Marketing is simple. Customer must be able to tell at a glance. And bigger numbers are better.
M4 Max 12 P-cores, 4 E-cores
M5 Max 6 P-cores, 12 M-cores - won’t cut it. Neither will 6 P-cores, 12 E-cores.
Marketing correctly figured this will be a messaging problem.
So,
M5 Max 6 S-cores, 12 P-cores
sounds way better. It has as many P-cores as the previous generation AND it has the new super-duper cores.

 

[JouniS]

M3 to M4 was significant - M3, especially pro was a little bit of a disappointment from M2. It was better but not better in the way that M2 was vs. M1 generation.

From my perspective, mostly referring to the Max chips:

M1 to M2 gave us more RAM. M2 to M3 was a massive upgrade, with more RAM and more CPU cores. M3 to M4 was an incremental spec bump with no new capabilities I would care about. It's too early to say anything about the M5.

 

[streetfunk]

So,
M5 Max 6 S-cores, 12 P-cores
sounds way better. It has as many P-cores as the previous generation AND it has the new super-duper cores.

unfortunately "that" is not working out for music making, M4-Max vs. M5-Max.

We´ll see if M5 desktops, Max and Minis will differ to the MBPs. I doubt it

 

[chars1ub0w]

Seems M5 Pro/Max equals M3 Ultra on Geekbench. 18 new cores vs. 32 older ones. I’m not sure Geekbench fully takes advantage of 32 cores though.

 

[tenthousandthings]

Seems M5 Pro/Max equals M3 Ultra on Geekbench. 18 new cores vs. 32 older ones. I’m not sure Geekbench fully takes advantage of 32 cores though. View attachment 2611150

Mac17,7 is the M5 Max MacBook Pro 14"

 

[MayaUser]

Isnt this a good thing ?!

 

[throAU]

From my perspective, mostly referring to the Max chips:

M1 to M2 gave us more RAM. M2 to M3 was a massive upgrade, with more RAM and more CPU cores. M3 to M4 was an incremental spec bump with no new capabilities I would care about. It's too early to say anything about the M5.

Depends on the spec i guess.

Max?

Sure, great.
Non-pro, non-max? Sure, great.


But the M3 pro was…. a let down. Limited memory bandwidth, significantly down from m1 and m2 generation Pros.

M3 is the only generation so far where for the “Pro” variant there was a regression in some performance metrics.

Every other generation has been across the board, significant improvement.