Apple’s new 14-inch MacBook Pro is off to a strong start, thanks to the company’s latest M5 chip. A leaked Geekbench 6 result shows the chip setting new records for both speed and efficiency — and it’s already being called one of Apple’s biggest leaps in performance to date.
The M5 reportedly packs a 10-core CPU with four performance cores and six efficiency cores. In the benchmark, it hit a single-core score of 4,263, the highest ever recorded for any Mac or PC in Geekbench’s database. That’s faster than the M4 Max (3,914) and even AMD’s flagship Ryzen 9950X3D (3,399), giving Apple a clear edge in single-threaded tasks like app launches, gaming, and everyday responsiveness.
Multi-core performance is just as impressive. The M5 posted a score of 17,862, roughly 20% faster than the M4 in last year’s 14-inch MacBook Pro (14,726). It’s not quite at the level of the M4 Max (25,645), but it nearly matches the M1 Ultra (18,405), which is no small feat for a chip running in a slim laptop.
The same chip appears in the latest iPad Pro as well, where it scored a comparable 4,175 in single-core tests — proof that Apple’s silicon improvements aren’t limited to Macs.
The new 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 is already up for pre-order and ships soon. And if Apple’s release pattern holds, we’ll likely see M5 Pro and M5 Max versions next year. For now, though, even the base M5 looks like a powerhouse — one that’s redefining what a “standard” MacBook Pro can do.
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