Apple is set to unveil its next‑generation M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro models on January 28, 2026, just weeks after hints surfaced. Analysts extrapolate from the jump between the base M4 and its higher‑end siblings, forecasting M5 Max to hit “astounding” Geekbench scores. That promise fuels anticipation among power users and developers alike.

Projected single‑core performance tops 4,500, while multi‑core scores could exceed 31,000—figures that rival 64‑core AMD Threadripper CPUs. The M5 Max may become the first Apple GPU to surpass 250,000 on the Geekbench 6 compute test, a milestone Apple reached with half the GPU cores in just two generations.

Graphics estimates place the M5 Max in the same tier as a high‑end NVIDIA card, matching the GeForce RTX 4070. Even the base M5 could outpace the laptop‑grade GeForce RTX 4050, scoring over 2,300 on Steel Nomad. Such gains signal a shift toward integrated GPUs that rival discrete options.

Apple may separate CPU and GPU cores in the M5 Pro using TSMC’s latest SoIC‑mH packaging, enabling more flexible configurations. Analysts speculate that users could purchase an M5 Pro or M5 Max with a higher GPU‑to‑CPU ratio, tailoring performance to workloads such as video editing or machine learning.