M5 chip is coming to iPad before Mac, but this time will be different

Apple’s next-gen M5 chip is coming soon, debuting in this fall’s new iPad Pro model. But despite this being the second year in a row the iPad gets an M-class chip first, this time will be different for two key reasons.

M5 chip debuting on iPad Pro will be different than last year’s M4

In May 2024, Apple did something it never had before: it debuted its next-gen M-class chip in an iPad.

iPad Pro was no stranger to M-class chips, but until the M4, every other chip had…