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New iPad Pro With M5 Chip Leaked in Unboxing Video

Darth Tulhu said:
Anyone else notice that the processor says M4 on the old one and ARM on the new one? Hmmm.
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That’s because Geekbench is not updated yet. They are releasing updates displaying the „marketing name“ of the CPU only after it has been officially released.
Before that, the CPU is just identified as ARM CPU (what is also correct, as all A- and M-series Apple CPUs are ARM cores).
 
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So I basically saw nothing to indicate that was an M5 processor in that iPad. What a daft video. I know he supposedly unboxed future products before, but really? No markings on the device even..
 
With such an underwhelming upgrade with the hardware does anyone else think that apple may make some sort of iPadOS feature that is locked down to only the M5 and newer? Kind of like when Apple Pencil Hover was introduced?
 
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stlredbird said:
With such an underwhelming upgrade with the hardware does anyone else think that apple may make some sort of iPadOS feature that is locked down to only the M5 and newer? Kind of like when Apple Pencil Hover was introduced?
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Adaptive Power
 
Hey, great, now the two people in the world for whom the M4 iPad isn’t powerful enough can finally upgrade.

Apple: “Hmm, how can we make the M5 iPad stand out from the M4, so that M4 owners feel forced to upgrade to the newest version even if they don’t actually need it? Oh, I know, let’s just remove the ‘iPad Pro’ text from the back! That way, everyone will instantly know if someone has the old M4 model. Genius idea!”

How many people are already coming up with excuses for themselves about why they “need” this new M5 version?
 
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Cobold said:
That’s because Geekbench is not updated yet. They are releasing updates displaying the „marketing name“ of the CPU only after it has been officially released.
Before that, the CPU is just identified as ARM CPU (what is also correct, as all A- and M-series Apple CPUs are ARM cores).
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Literally says the same thing on the 17 series as well even after they’ve been released. Geekbench is a bit slow to update
 
Hey I thought the new iPad Pro would have a landscape and a portrait front facing camera. That was something exciting since as a left-handed person the camera is always covered with my hand which makes unlocking the iPad frustrating.
 
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JPack said:
Unboxings like these confirm what some of us knew a long time ago.

The public and dev beta versions of iOS, macOS, iPadOS are all finalized and loaded onto devices a month or two before it’s publicly announced as final.

What this means is whatever feedback you provide for the beta is almost irrelevant except for very special cases where Apple didn’t already catch the bug internally. The public betas are at least a month or two behind actual versions.
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That’s not news.
Exactly why do you think they released 26.1 Beta 1 only three days after the new iPhones released?
Doesn’t necessarily mean the bug reports are useless though.
 
Can someone explain this: when iPhone Pro (Max) users swear by the idea that the iPhone Pro needs a big battery and lots of power, and that thickness isn’t a problem but rather an acceptable compromise to get maximum performance. Then why do iPad Pro users fully accept the iPad Pro being so thin? Wouldn’t the same logic apply there too? Just make the whole device thicker for more impressive specs? It’s strange that the iPad Air is thicker than the iPad Pro.
 
stlredbird said:
Out of curiosity, I am still rocking the A12Z Pro and am looking at upgrading this year, whether it be the new M5 or an on sale M4. How much of a difference could you tell when you upgraded to the M4? Any particular apps that showed off the upgrade?
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I upgraded when it first came out. It was more of me wanting some of the functionality that was feature locked to the M-series and as well as the new screen technology rather than the A12Z feeling slow. I didn’t see much of a speed difference between the two on any of the apps I regularly use. I sold the A12Z to my adult daughter, and she loves using it as a lightweight laptop replacement. I have OS 26 on my M4 Pro and it is working fine without any slowdowns.

A mentioned previously, I did feel the audio was a step down on the M4. I often listen to podcasts through the iPad as I do other things in the room. The audio on the A12Z was a much fuller sound, it could fill the room better. The M4 was tinny and I had to get to use a louder volume level.

If I were looking for a new iPad Pro today, I would look at something with more than 8GB of Ram. I felt that the 6GB of RAM was the real reason the A12Z got locked out of some of the new functionality. This close to the M5, I would likely wait and grab one of the M5 12GB models unless it was a very good deal on a M4 16GB models.
 
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okkibs said:
All M4 chips have at the bare minimum 2 6GiB chips for a total of 12GiB RAM. That's simply the smallest size Apple can purchase from chip manufacturers and Apple indeed limited it to 8GiB in software. To take a wild guess why Apple did it, at the time the base model Macbook Pros came with 8GiB of RAM (M3) since the new M4 Macs weren't out yet. So Apple probably didn't want the awkwardness of offering a base model iPad Pro with more memory than a base model Macbook Pro.

That explains why Apple blocked the 12GiB on the M4 iPad Pro and is now unblocking it with the M5 iPad Pro. Now that all Macs come with 16GiB and iPhones with 12GiB there is no reason to limit the iPad Pro anymore.

Personally I find the new M5 iPad Pro to be very uninteresting. If I didn't have one already then I'd rather buy a 1TB M4 model on sale right now and get 16GiB RAM instead of buying a 256GB M5 model at MSRP in October when they come out. I use the iPad both for media creation and consumption so 1TB is about the minimum I need to avoid low memory warnings. They both run the same software anyways and the M4 is plenty fast for years to come.

For those people who can get away with 256GB the M5 iPad Pro is certainly a good deal but I find that's way too little space in 2025 to do anything meaningful with. Because the Tandem OLED display allows you to watch and edit very large video files beautifully but you need space to store that.
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That all makes sense but still seems very anti-consumer. They should at least unlock the additional 4GB of RAM now or at some point in the future.
 
MacRumors said:


An apparent unboxing video for an unannounced iPad Pro with the M5 chip was uploaded to YouTube today by Russian channel Wylsacom.


The same YouTube account leaked the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M4 chip before it was announced by Apple last year, so this is likely a legitimate leak.

Based on the box shown in the video, this appears to be a 13-inch iPad Pro with an M5 chip, 256GB of storage, and a Space Black finish. The new iPad Pro does not have any noticeable external design changes compared to the current models with the M4 chip, with features like a single rear camera, four speakers, and a Smart Connector still visible. At a glance, it looks like the 13-inch iPad Pro's impressive 5.1mm thinness is preserved.

There does appear to be one change: "iPad Pro" is no longer inscribed on the back of the device.

Based on the Geekbench 6 benchmark result shown in the video, the M5 chip offers up to 12% faster multi-core CPU performance compared to the M4 chip in the iPad Pro. Like the M4 chip, the listing shows the M5 chip has a 9-core CPU with three performance cores and six efficiency cores. As for graphics performance, the M5 chip appears to have up to a 36% faster GPU compared to the M4 chip, based on the Metal score shown.

The benchmark result also shows the iPad Pro with 256GB of storage will have 12GB of RAM, just like the iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. iPad Pro models with the M4 chip have only 8GB of RAM when equipped with 256GB of storage.

Unsurprisingly, the leaked iPad Pro is running iPadOS 26, and the Settings app reveals that the device's battery was manufactured in August 2025.

In addition to the M5 chip, the next iPad Pro is rumored to gain a second front camera, allowing you to easily use the device for video calls in both portrait and landscape orientations. The video does not seem to show a second front camera, but we shall see.

It is likely that Apple will announce the iPad Pro with the M5 chip in October.

Article Link: New iPad Pro With M5 Chip Leaked in Unboxing Video
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That’s it. A chip???? Please don’t let this be all.
 
Sami13496 said:
Can someone explain this: when iPhone Pro (Max) users swear by the idea that the iPhone Pro needs a big battery and lots of power, and that thickness isn’t a problem but rather an acceptable compromise to get maximum performance. Then why do iPad Pro users fully accept the iPad Pro being so thin? Wouldn’t the same logic apply there too? Just make the whole device thicker for more impressive specs? It’s strange that the iPad Air is thicker than the iPad Pro.
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Except that the iPad Pro is still better than the iPad Air in pretty much every single way.
Which cannot be said about the iPhone Air and the iPhone Pro.
 
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