Apple officially launched the new M5 MacBook Pro not long ago, but the lack of obvious changes in appearance may have left the impression that "Apple just upgraded the M5 chip and that's it."However, the latest tests show that the speed of its solid-state drive has also been greatly improved. Compared with the M4 MacBook Pro, the read and write speed has increased by up to 211%.
According to Max Tech's comparison test, the M5 and M4 MacBook Pro are consistent in terms of internal layout, single fan and single heat pipe cooling solutions, and both use two NAND flash memory chips to maximize SSD performance.
However, in the actual Blackmagic speed test, the M5 MacBook Pro showed huge advantages:
Sequential reading:
M5 MacBook Pro: 6323MB/s (211.3% faster)
M4 MacBook Pro: 2031MB/s
Write sequentially:M5 MacBook Pro: 6068MB/s (84.31% faster)
M4 MacBook Pro: 3293MB/s
Data shows that the M5 MacBook Pro has crossed the 6000MB/s threshold in the sequential read and write speed test. Especially in terms of sequential read speed, the improvement is as high as 211.3% compared to the M4 version.
Although Apple has not announced detailed specifications, based on the speed test results, it is inferred that Apple has probably upgraded the SSD master control on the new machine, which is a key factor in achieving such a large performance leap.
The faster SSD means that the M5 MacBook Pro will be faster when opening applications and processing files, providing a smoother daily use experience.
In addition, Max Tech found that although the M5 chip can reach temperatures of up to 99 degrees Celsius when running intensive workloads, it runs cooler than the M4 MacBook Pro in daily use.