The new M5 iPad Pro and M5 MacBook Pro both feature the same chipset, but recent benchmark tests show differences in performance. Despite having the same number of CPU and GPU cores, the performance cores in each device run at different clock speeds. The M5 MacBook Pro’s performance cores run at 4.61GHz, while the M5 iPad Pro’s performance cores run at 4.43GHz.
These differences result in a small single-core score advantage for the MacBook Pro (3% faster) and a larger multi-core performance difference (9% faster). The M5 MacBook Pro scores 17,862 in multi-core, while the M5 iPad Pro scores 16,366.
Apple is also displaying more transparency about RAM, CPU, and GPU core counts but still does not provide clock speed details. This suggests Apple is using chip-binning, where different chips are used for various products based on performance. This may be the first time Apple has varied clock speeds across its flagship chips. However, the database of Geekbench results shows some inconsistencies, so these figures should be taken with caution until more information becomes available.
