M4 Pro vs M5 for same price?

[DIMEZ]

For serious comparison you should compare M4pro and M5 with same configurations - and not 48 GB vs. 32 GB RAM, for example.

As already mentioned in this thread, M5 is almost on par with M4pro and whether M4pro or M5 depends on your usage behavior. M4pro has more bandwidth than M5 but M5 has faster RAM speed than M4pro.
For a lot of multitasking and heavy load, M4 pro is yours - for mixed use I would say M5.

yeah this the dilemma i'm in right now.... its either do I want thunderbolt 5 or the faster ram speed of the m5... do I plan on using thunderbolt 5 that much ?? the m5 seems faster than m4pro right now...

 

[fpenta]

yeah this the dilemma im in right now.... its high do I want thunderbolt 5 or the faster ram speed of the m5... do I plan on using thunderbolt 5 that much ?? the m5 seems faster...the a m4pro right now...

I got my M5 today. I’m so impressed.
I ran a Lightroom export with 752 RAW photos and compared the results with my other two Macs…a MacBook Pro 16” (M1 Max, 32 GB/1 TB) and a Mac Studio (M2 Ultra, 64 GB/1 TB).

14” M5 took 13 minutes 40 seconds (!!)

16” M1 Max took 20 minutes 15 seconds

Mac Studio M2 Ultra took 4 minutes 34 seconds.

 

[Runaway Train]

Unless I am missing something, the memory bandwidth is actually faster on the M4Pro, M4 Pro has TB 5 and has 10 Performance cores as opposed to 4 in the M5. Looks like for lite work, no real issue (Apple making you pay for the charger if you choose the M5 in EU under the guise of « choice » is a turd in the punch bowl and it jacks up the cost).

I need to do a replacement but I can have more horsepower at equivalent cost. Just cannot seem to justify the M5. I’ve tried….

 

[Basic75]

would guess the OP here was debating M4 Pro Binned vs. M5

What do you mean "M4 Pro binned", all M4 Pro chips are binned, into either the "high bin" where everyting is enabled, or the "low bin" where some parts are disabled.

 

[casperes1996]

What do you mean "M4 Pro binned", all M4 Pro chips are binned, into either the "high bin" where everyting is enabled, or the "low bin" where some parts are disabled.

Correct. But generally when people refer to a binned chip they mean the cut down bin even though the high bin is of course also a bin.

 

[Alameda]

I sent with the M4 Pro 14". I'm coming from a MBP 16" M1 Max. Bought the 16" new back in 2021 and just grew tired of the size and weight. A few hours in and so far the weight and size of this one feels really nice.

I think you made the right choice.

 

[DIMEZ]

I got my M5 today. I’m so impressed.
I ran a Lightroom export with 752 RAW photos and compared the results with my other two Macs…a MacBook Pro 16” (M1 Max, 32 GB/1 TB) and a Mac Studio (M2 Ultra, 64 GB/1 TB).

14” M5 took 13 minutes 40 seconds (!!)

16” M1 Max took 20 minutes 15 seconds

Mac Studio M2 Ultra took 4 minutes 34 seconds.

me too. I was thinking... in uprading to a m5 pro when it comes out...but honestly... the machine has been handling everything ive throw at it and super fast. with photoshop, Lightroom and premiere..blazing. I dont regret going for a m4 pro

if anything ill prob just upgrade my m2 air to m5...