MacBook Pro M5 14-inch Lands in Nepal at Rs. 2.79 Lakh: Worth the Wait?

With the M5 chip out in the wild, Apple has been on a rollout spree, pushing out new iPad Pro, Vision Pro, and MacBook Pro powered by its latest silicon. And finally, the MacBook Pro also gets its long-awaited refresh. The MacBook Pro 14 M5 is officially here in Nepal, bringing the next step in Apple’s performance roadmap.

Last year, the MacBook Air stood out as one of Apple’s best-value laptops, especially after getting the M4 chip. Now, its successor, the more powerful M5, has made its way into the Pro lineup. No M5 Pro or M5 Max this time, yet.

What is the Price of the Apple MacBook Pro 14 in Nepal?

Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch M5 price in Nepal is Rs. 2,79,500 (16/512GB), Rs. 3,19,000 (16GB/1TB), and Rs. 3,59,00(24GB/1TB).

The laptops are available for purchase at Apple-authorized resellers, including the EvoStore and Oliz Store.

The MacBook Pro has always been designed for power users, and it can handle almost anything you throw at it. It offers active cooling, sustained performance, a higher-quality display, and more ports than the Air counterpart, making it ideal for heavy workloads.

But compared to the MacBook Pro M4, is there any real upgrade in the M5 version, or is it more of the same? Let’s dive in and find out.

Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch Overview

The M5-powered MacBook Pro 14-inch visually is identical to last year’s model, so if you liked the previous-gen look and feel, this one will feel right at home.

Up front, the 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display offers a crisp 3024 x 1964 resolution with ProMotion 120Hz adaptive refresh rate. The screen gets impressively bright, delivering up to 1000 nits for normal content and peaking at 1600 nits for HDR.

Usually, the MacBook Pro also comes with a 16-inch screen. Sadly, the M5 variant only comes in the 14-inch form factor.

Under the hood, the new M5 chip powers the whole thing with a 10-core CPU (split into 4 performance and 6 efficiency cores), a 10-core GPU, and a 16-core Neural Engine.

Apple claims the M5 is up to six times faster in AI performance compared to the M1 and three times faster than the M1 Pro. Now, comparing a chip to its four-year-old counterpart may sound a little dramatic, but considering how well the M1 still holds up today, the leap here does start to look pretty meaningful.

As compared to the M4 MacBook Pro, the M5 MacBook is 1.8x faster in Topaz Video, and 1.7x faster in 3D rendering in Blender. The M5 MacBook also delivers 1.6x better FPS in games and 1.2x faster performance in code compilation. Coming to the CPU, the Apple M5 offers up to 20% faster multi-threaded performance vs the M4. And Apple says the M5 features the “world’s fastest CPU core.”

On the memory side, Apple keeps things simple: the MacBook Pro M5 comes in two memory configurations, 16GB and 24GB. The 16GB model can be paired with either 512GB or 1TB of storage, while the 24GB variant is available only with 1TB, making it the priciest option among the three.

This is where we see a major upgrade. The MacBook Pro finally moves from PCIe 3 to PCIe 4 storage. It does feel a bit late, especially since PCIe 5 is already available on other devices, but Apple tends to move at its own pace.

Besides, Apple says the new base 14-inch MacBook Pro offers up to 2× faster SSD performance than the previous model, so read and write speeds will be improved. Memory bandwidth has increased from 120GB/s to 153GB/s.

In terms of I/O, you get a MagSafe charging port, 3x Thunderbolt 4 ports, 1x HDMI, a SDXC card slot, and a headphone jack. Wireless connectivity remains capped at Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.

Finally, the MacBook Pro packs a 72.4Wh cell. According to Apple, you can expect up to 24 hours of video playback or around 16 hours of wireless web browsing.

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So that was the MacBook Pro M5. Compared to its predecessor, the MacBook Pro M4, there doesn’t seem to be much of an upgrade. The MacBook Pro M4 already offered excellent performance while being highly efficient, and the M5 doesn’t feel like a true generational leap.

However, compared to other laptops on the market, the MacBook Pro M5 stands out, both in terms of performance and overall user experience.

What do you think about the MacBook Pro 14 M5? Let us know in the comments below!