- Apple has announced its latest M5 chipset with the next-gen GPU that brings a Neural Accelerator into each GPU core.
- The Apple M5 features a 10-core GPU, up to 10 CPU cores, a 16-core Neural Engine, and up to 32GB unified memory.
- The M5 unified memory can go up to 153 GB/s to quickly process AI workloads.
Apple has introduced its latest M5 chip and it’s powering the new 14-inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro. The new M5 silicon is built on TSMC’s 3rd-gen 3nm process node. The Apple M5 chip comes with up to 10 CPU cores, 10 GPU cores, and a 16-core Neural Engine. The unified memory (up to 32GB) bandwidth is 153 GB/s on the M5 — a 30% increase over the M4.
Apple Adds a Neural Accelerator in Each GPU Core
The most important bit is that Apple has included a dedicated Neural Accelerator (like Nvidia Tensor cores) in each GPU core, like we saw on this year’s A19 chipsets. This results in over 4x faster GPU compute performance for AI workloads, compared to the previous Apple M4 chipset. On the graphics front, the 10-core M5 GPU delivers 30% faster performance vs the Apple M4.
The new M5 GPU brings third-generation ray tracing and second-generation dynamic caching for smoother gameplay and realistic gameplay. In ray-traced games, the graphics performance sees up to 45% improvement. Apple has also announced seamless integration with Core ML, Metal 4, Metal Performance Shaders, and Tensor APIs for Neural Accelerator programming.
Moving to the Apple M5 CPU, the 10-core CPU features 4 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores. Apple says the M5 has the “world’s fastest performance core,” and delivers 15% faster multithreaded CPU performance over the M4. The 16-core Neural Engine has seen performance improvements and it’s more power efficient than before.
Apple is debuting the M5 on the new MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro . You can pre-order them starting today.
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- Apple and Google have officially confirmed their team-up for the next-gen Siri AI.
- The Cupertino Giant will be using Google’s Gemini for a more personalized Siri model as well as Apple Intelligence features.
- We can expect the next-gen Siri to come out with iOS 26.4, sometime in March or April.
Apple has officially confirmed joining forces with Google to use its Gemini AI model to power the next-generation Siri. It will offer a more personalized experience and will be coming out with the iOS 26.4 update. Apple also plans to leverage Gemini’s capabilities for other Apple Intelligence features as well, later down the line.
The Next-Gen Siri will be powered by Google’s Gemini AI
Apple officially confirmed that it will be partnering with Google in a statement to CNBC . Here’s what it stated, “After careful evaluation, we determined that Google’s technology provides the most capable foundation for Apple Foundation Models, and we’re excited about the innovative new experiences it will unlock for our users.”
Later, Google also shared a post on X confirming the tie-up, “Apple and Google have entered into a multi-year collaboration under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Google’s Gemini models and cloud technology. These models will help power future Apple Intelligence features, including a more personalized Siri coming this year.”
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Both statements clearly mention that the Cupertino Giant will be using Gemini to power its assistant Siri. This was already rumored, as Apple’s attempts to acquire Perplexity went nowhere. With Gemini, Siri will get a major AI update . It will be able to handle more nuanced conversations and provide better results. Something long-time Apple users have been asking for years.
The next-gen Siri will arrive with the iOS 26.4 update, which will launch sometime in March or April. And it is only going to be available for Apple Intelligence-supported devices .
Something else worth noting is how Google’s statement mentions that Gemini will power Apple Intelligence features. This leads us to believe that Apple could use Gemini’s multi-modal capabilities for its Writings tools , Image Playground , and Message summaries, too.
Elon Musk Not Happy With Apple and Google Tie Up
xAI CEO Elon Musk also responded to Google’s announcement post on X, sharing his thoughts on the matter by saying, “This seems like an unreasonable concentration of power for Google, given that they also have Android and Chrome.” Though we don’t expect either Apple or Google to respond to Elon, we will update the situation as it progresses.
It is worth noting that xAI is the company behind Grok, which is in hot water currently due to its inappropriate image generation fiasco , and has been getting backlash from multiple news outlets, X users, and even government authorities.
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