So, then, guys, a lot of you are

wondering, how much more powerful is the

baseline M5 Pro compared to the baseline

M5 MacBook Pro? Well, today, what I want

to do is I want to compare both of these

models. I've got the likes of an M5

MacBook Pro here, and I've also got the

M5 Pro MacBook Pro with the baseline

configurations. This is the one with the

lowest amount of CPU GPU cores, and also

the one with 24 GB of RAM, 1 TB hard

drive. And then the same here, this is

the same standard M5 chip, the one with

the 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, also 1 TB

storage, but 16 GB of RAM. So, today,

what I'm going to do is I'm going to

compare both of these machines to see

what they are like in performance-wise,

cuz design-wise and everything, they're

pretty much identical. So, let's take a

look, then. And the first thing I

decided to do for you guys is I decided

to compare the storage speeds. Let's see

what the difference is that we have

right here. Well, we can see that

straight away, using Blackmagic read

speed, that obviously the likes of the

M5 Pro is faster. And this was expected.

At the end of the day, it's using PCIe 5

here for the M5 Pro for the storage

speed, so it's far, far faster, and you

can see the difference here. We are

talking around about a 91% increase in

just read speed, and about an 81%

increase in write speed on the M5 Pro.

Now, what I am going to shout out here

is the M5 standard also got a massive

boost this time round when we got it

released back in October last year. It

used to be around again about half this.

It used to around to be about the 3,000

kind of mark there, 3,000 MB. So, even

at 6,000 MB, so that is super fast.

Remember, the M4 Pro is around about

that speed, and that's no slouch,

either, with its read or write speed.

But, just to let you guys know, just the

difference here that obviously the M5

Pro is definitely way faster, but

whether you're going to utilize all that

speed, that is the big question here. I

don't think many people are going to

utilize that fast disk speed, especially

with the chip that's inside of this

machine. But then, after this, the next

question is, what about CPU performance

in both these machines? I think this is

one of the big key differences.

[clears throat] So, obviously, you got

the M5 Pro and the M5, and I ran things

like Geekbench. I've also ran things

like Cinebench to see what we got in

single and multi-core score. Have a look

at the results right here. So, you can

see that obviously in single-core score,

they are basically identical cuz at the

end of the day, they're using the same,

you know, single cores here. They You

just get more of them in the M5 Pro. So,

yeah, essentially, it is literally neck

and neck here. Nothing really whatsoever

any differences. But in Geekbench

multi-core, obviously, you can see the

difference here. That obviously, we're

getting about a 56% increase here in

speed in multi-core performance on the

M5 Pro to the M5. But do remember again,

what we're getting here on the M5

standard, this was very similar to what

we got with the M4 Pro, you know, this

time last year. So, yeah, it's still

super fast. And you know, it's amazing

to think that even though when we had

the original M1, this used to get like a

score of about 8,000 or 8,500. It's

about the same speed now that we get

with say a MacBook Neo. So, it's crazy

to think how much has increased over

those 5 years. But yeah, what I would be

saying is that obviously, there is

definitely an increase there. It's the

same with Cinebench as well. Exactly the

same score for single-core, you know,

727.

But for the multi-core score, that

obviously, yeah, you are seeing an

increase there here up to 61%.

Obviously, Cinebench and Geekbench run

their benchmarking tools differently,

but yeah, this is what we're getting in

the speeds. But then, the next question

is, what about say GPU performance?

Well, again, I've done the likes of

Geekbench. I've also done Steel Nomad

Light, and I've also ran Cyberpunk 2077

on both of these machines at high

settings with their metal effects for

built for the machines. And let's have a

look to see what we got that in scores

and frames per second.

So, we can see that with Geekbench

metal, that obviously the M5 Pro, yeah,

it's always going to be out in front

here. I'm going to say it. So, no

surprises, but how much? It's about 84%

more quicker than what we had before.

And the same with still Nomad light in

the matter of frames per second. This

actually uses quite a lot of that ray

tracing kind of cores and bits and

pieces. But, yeah, we got 66.6 frames

per second compared to 38.5.

That is a big boost what we are getting

here. Mainly because we have so many

more GPU cores inside the likes of the

M5 Pro. But, there again, with the

Cyberpunk 2077, obviously there is a

massive boost here as well. It's over

double the amount of frames we are

getting here. 110 frames per second

compared to 54. Again, I think it's all

of those extra sort of GPU cores. What

we are getting here it is making a big

advantage for this machine. But, then

next of all, you guys are probably

wanting, "What about some AI bits and

pieces? What's happening there?" Well, I

ran things like Diffusion B, as you can

see here to generate a picture of

English countryside on a sunrise. And I

also ran, you know, the latest Llama 3.2

free beer to see how many tokens per

second we got. And here are the results.

We can see that in Diffusion B, that

obviously, you know, quicker here. So,

slower, the smaller the chart is better

in this sense. So, we can see the M5

took 12. You know, 6 seconds to create

this picture. It's not bad at all. But,

the M5 Pro took 7.3 seconds to generate

the exact same picture. That's a 42%

increase. Whereas where we got with

Llama, then obviously, you can see that

obviously we are making more tokens per

second. The M5 Pro, it's about a 45%

increase there. So, you can see it's

around about the same amount of

percentage increase for AI capabilities

on both of these machines. But then the

next question is what about creator

workflows and creator workspace? What

about things like Blender with Party Tug

and also the likes of say let's say

exporting 10 raw pictures into JPEG and

also running things like Final Cut Pro

going into ProRes 422 and also into

HEVC. Well, I've run these tests and

let's have a look at the results right

here. Well, we can see straight away

Party Tug it took 57 seconds to render

this image whereas M5 Pro took 37

seconds. So yeah, 20 second difference

there is far faster. Same with

Pixelmator obviously the 10 raw pictures

to JPEG it took 88 seconds on the M5 and

the M5 Pro took 60 seconds. That's more

CPU bound and then obviously the kind of

export that we did in Final Cut Pro 422

8-minute video export M5 did it in 39

seconds M5 Pro did it in 26 seconds. So

yeah, that is definitely faster there.

But then look at the HEVC export there.

This one's not so different because they

use basically the same media engine

cores. This is more using the memory

bandwidth to the advantage I'd say more

cuz obviously the media cores are

exactly the same in both these machines

but you can see that obviously the M5

actually managed to export this in 194

seconds and then the M5 Pro took 208

seconds. So what was quite interestingly

was that the M5 Pro was a little bit

slower. Now just in case you want to

know I ran this test three times and

this was the median score. But whether

this is a glitch or something I'm not

too sure but what I'm basically saying

this is the closest result. Really

there's not going to be much difference

here in the HEVC export. That's what I'm

just going to say there. But then after

doing all these tests you guys probably

want to know well how does thermals you

know do in these machines cuz obviously

the likes of the M5 MacBook Pro only has

one fan inside whereas the M5 Pro well

we actually have two fans inside. So,

let's see what we got with cooling. So,

what I did was I ran with Cinebench,

again doing a 10 minute, and as you can

see right here, I checked out the

internal sensors, and I also checked out

the likes of say doing a thermal camera.

And let's look at the results. So, what

we can see right here that obviously we

push this all up that the M5 was about

105°, but so was the M5 Pro on the

internal sensors. This is what it was

saying, but when I was using the thermal

camera to actually measure the middle of

the keyboard area, you could see the M5

was actually ever so slightly hotter, 1°

C

more or 2° F

more if that. And yeah, it was nothing

really in it whatsoever. Obviously, the

M5 Pro is more powerful, generating more

heat, but you do have those two fans.

Whereas, the M5 doesn't create as much

heat cuz it's not as powerful, but

there's only one fan. Really,

personally, I would say it's neck and

neck here. But, the next question you

want to know is, well, how well did

battery life do after all of these

tests? When I first started these tests,

both these machines had 100% battery.

Also, the battery counts on these were

very similar to each other. So, yeah,

not much difference there. But, let's

have a look at them the percentage after

running these tests what we had.

Well, we can see that the M5 had 43%

battery, whereas the M5 Pro, well, that

had 35%

battery left. So, definitely the M5 has

a better battery life cuz obviously it's

only got one fan. Also, it's less cores

as well. So, yeah, it's definitely

better in that sense. But, what I would

say to take away from all of these

testings today is that obviously, yeah,

paying that $500 more does make a

difference, but it's not saying that the

M5 is not capable. The M5 is more than

capable of doing a lot of these things.

Look at that Diffusion B example that I

was talking about earlier. You know, we

were talking just a matter of seconds

difference. It's the same with a HEVC

export and also, you know, the ProRes

kind of export there. There was not much

in it whatsoever. It really, really

depends, you know, what you're going to

be using these machines for. If you are

going to be all day constantly using pro

apps non-stop, then obviously the M5 Pro

is going to be good. But if you're

using, say, pro apps a couple of times a

day or, you know, once or twice a week,

then obviously, you know, even the M5 is

going to be absolutely fine. Or even

MacBook Air, you never know, that might

even be fine for you, too. But the main

difference is that you have seen what we

are getting here in the M5 Pro and the

M5. But really, guys, that is it. It's

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