John SiracusaMar 3

Efficiency cores are now performance cores. Timeline goes sideways.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-debuts-m5-pro-and-m5-max-to-supercharge-the-most-demanding-pro-workflows/

Apple debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max to supercharge the most demanding pro workflows

Apple today announced M5 Pro and M5 Max, the world’s most advanced chips for pro laptops, powering the new MacBook Pro.

Apple Newsroom
Show threadDr. SobekMar 3

@siracusa And so M5 Pro / Max share no core design with M5 at this point ?

Are the M5 sharing the same core design with A18 ?

Show threadJohn SiracusaMar 3
@Sobex I don't know yet.
Show threadAndrew Cunningham
@siracusa @Sobex M5 P-cores are retroactively being branded “super cores” but Apple’s spec pages still draw a distinction between the E-cores in M5 and the non-Super P-cores in M5 Pro/Max.
Mar 3 at 4:16pmWeb
Show threadDr. SobekMar 3

@andrew_writes @siracusa Ohhh !

Well, I feel I'll have to start making complicated architecture diagrams for Apple as well as Intel.