MacBook Pro 14″ (M5 Base)
Apple announced a trio of M5 devices via a press release in Mid October 2025 including the MacBook Pro 14″ (plus the iPad Pro along with updated Vision Pro).
The new M5 has some impressive speed gains in the GPU department both for 3D and AI applications.
Compare the new M5 powered iPad Pro and MacBook Pro 14″ models against last year’s Mac mini M4 Base here ->.
Here’s a good review plus hardware teardown from MaxTech:
And here’s another MacBook Pro 14” M5 video review with a “don’t try this at home” intro. In this video the M5 beat the M4 Max at two things:
| Manufacturer Part Number | Mac17,2 |
|---|---|
| Year | 2025 |
| Model Name | MacBook Pro 14″ (M5 Base) |
| MSRP ($) | $1,599 |
| Current Market Price | N/A |
| Nano-Texture screen Available | Yes |
| CPU/SOC Family | M5 |
| CPU/SOC Variant | base |
| Total CPU Cores | 10 |
| Total GPU Cores | 10 |
| Memory Bandwidth (GB/s) | 156 |
| Max Screen Brightness (Nits) | 1600 |
| Weight (Lbs) | 3.4 |
| Geekbench Single Core | 4,253 |
| Geekbench Multi Core | 17,601 |
| Geekbench Metal GPU | 75,873 |
| Performance* | 32,248 |
| Bang for Buck | 20.17 (B) |
| External URL 1 | www.apple.com/macbook-pro/ |