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Title: 14-Inch MacBook Pro With M5 Chip Reviews: How Much Faster is SSD? Post by: HCK on October 22, 2025, 04:05:05 pm 14-Inch MacBook Pro With M5 Chip Reviews: How Much Faster is SSD?
The first reviews of the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 chip (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/15/apple-announces-macbook-pro-with-m5-chip/) have been shared by selected publications and YouTube channels, ahead of the device launching this Wednesday. Apple began accepting pre-orders last week. (https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2025/10/M5-MacBook-Pro.jpg) Geekbench 6 benchmark results for the new 14-inch MacBook Pro already surfaced (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/17/m5-chip-macbook-pro-geekbench-benchmark/) prior to today, revealing that the M5 chip is up to around 20% faster in the laptop, compared to the equivalent previous-generation model with the M4 chip. GPU improvements are more substantial, with the M5 chip offering up to 35% faster graphics compared to the M4 chip, according to Geekbench 6 results. Beyond the M5 chip, there is only one notable change. The new 14-inch MacBook Pro supports PCIe 5.0 storage technology, and Apple says this results in up to 2× faster SSD read and write speeds compared to the previous-generation model. The Verge's Antonio G. Di Benedetto (https://www.theverge.com/tech/803349/apple-macbook-pro-14-m5-2025-review) ran the AmorphousDiskMark benchmark tool on the new 14-inch MacBook Pro, and the results he shared in the chart below confirm that SSD read and write speeds are actually a little more than twice as fast compared to the equivalent previous-generation model. However, the speeds are roughly on par with the higher-end 16-inch MacBook Pro with an M4 Pro chip. <div class="center-wrap">(https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2025/10/The-Verge-M5-MacBook-Pro-SSD-Speeds.jpg)Image Credit: The Verge</div> PetaPixel's Jeremy Gray (https://petapixel.com/2025/10/21/apple-macbook-pro-with-m5-review-the-best-laptop-for-photographers/) achieved similar results for SSD speeds. There is little else to say about the new 14-inch MacBook Pro.<div class="linkback">Related Roundup: MacBook Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macbook-pro/)</div><div class="linkback">Buyer's Guide: MacBook Pro (Buy Now) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#MacBook_Pro_16)</div><div class="linkback">Related Forum: MacBook Pro (https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/macbook-pro.90)</div> This article, "14-Inch MacBook Pro With M5 Chip Reviews: How Much Faster is SSD? (https://www.macrumors.com/review/14-inch-macbook-pro/)" first appeared on MacRumors.com (https://www.macrumors.com) Discuss this article (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/14-inch-macbook-pro-with-m5-chip-reviews-how-much-faster-is-ssd.2469541/) in our forums Source: 14-Inch MacBook Pro With M5 Chip Reviews: How Much Faster is SSD? (https://www.macrumors.com/review/14-inch-macbook-pro/) |