Apple surprised the world when it placed its M4 chip in this year’s iPad Pro before its other products this year, and it may do the same thing with the M5 chip in 2025.
Per Macworld and The Elec, noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has stated in a report that the new iPad will “enter mass production” in the second half of 2025. That could mean that the M5 iPad Pro may become available to customers in the fall or about 18 months after the release of the M4 model.
Apple is said to have ordered M5 chips from chip manufacturer TSMC and that the chips will be produced using a 3-nanometer process. Previous reports stated that the M5 will be a 2nm chip, but Apple has reportedly switched to 3nm over cost concerns. TSMC has a new 3D chip-stacking process that should improve the chip’s thermal management and increase efficiency.
Where previous M-series chips debuted in a desktop or notebook Map, Apple stunned the tech industry by debuting the M4 chip in the iPad Pro earlier this year. With the first M5 Macs expected to launch in late 2025, the M5 iPad Pro may arrive in September alongside the iPhone 17.
Kuo did not offer any further details as to the M5 chip’s specifications or that of the next-gen iPad Pro. The M4 iPad Pro featured significant design changes, complete with a thinner enclosure and a tandem OLED display.
The typical performance boosts from one chip generation to another is usually in the 15 to 25 percent range, and the M4 iPad Pro is already the fastest tablet available.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.