M5 iPad Pro Review: An AI and Gaming Upgrade
The new M5 iPad Pro offers marginal performance improvements with a spec bump and new wireless radios, making it challenging to review.
I've been testing the M5 iPad Pro since last Thursday, comparing it to its predecessor, the M4 iPad Pro.
- The M5 delivered 1.2× improvements in token generation (12.2 tokens/s vs 10.2 tokens/s).
- It showed barely any improvement in time to first token with shorter prompts.
- A 20% gain was observed, similar to llama.cpp results, benefiting from the M5's faster memory bandwidth and GPU cores.
The M5 reduced prefill time by 16 seconds with a 20,000-token prompt, hinting at its memory bandwidth advantage.
Author's summary: M5 iPad Pro brings AI and gaming upgrades.