Testing Apple's 2026 16-inch MacBook Pro, M5 Max, and its new "performance" cores

Ars Technica
By Andrew CunninghamMar 9, 2026, 4:00 pm171 ptsTrending
Apple's M5 Pro and M5 Max make deceptively large changes to how Apple's high-end laptop and desktop chips are built. We've already covered those changes in some depth, but in essence: The M5 Pro and M5 Max are no longer monolithic chips with all the CPU and GPU cores and everything else packed into a single…

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