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Apple's M5 MacBook Pros: Battery life surprises!
10 Mar
Summary
- M5 Pro 16-inch MacBook Pro leads in battery life.
- M5 Max 14-inch MacBook Pro battery life disappoints.
- Larger laptops generally offer superior battery performance.
Apple's newest MacBook Pro models featuring M5 Pro and M5 Max chips have undergone battery life testing, revealing distinct performance differences. The 16-inch MacBook Pro equipped with the M5 Pro chip demonstrated exceptional longevity, scoring 21 hours, 10 minutes, and 16 seconds in web browsing benchmarks. This performance makes it the top-performing Apple laptop across the M3, M4, and M5 generations, surpassing even the 16-inch M4 Pro model.
The testing also highlighted surprising results with the M5 Max chip. When integrated into a 14-inch MacBook Pro, it achieved 17 hours, 58 minutes, and 18 seconds of battery life. While this exceeds Apple's estimated web browsing time, it notably trails behind other 14-inch MacBook Pros with similar battery capacities, though it did outperform the M3 Pro. These findings suggest that while Apple continues to improve chip efficiency, larger laptop chassis generally accommodate bigger batteries, and the newest chip doesn't always guarantee the best endurance.
