When Apple unveiled the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/macbooks/apple-launches-new-14-inch-macbook-pro-with-m5-chip-boasts-2x-ssd-speeds-increased-gpu-performance-for-ai-over-m4-version” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/macbooks/apple-launches-new-14-inch-macbook-pro-with-m5-chip-boasts-2x-ssd-speeds-increased-gpu-performance-for-ai-over-m4-version”>2025 MacBook Pro last week with the new M5 chip, one of the main upgrades it listed was 2x SSD speeds, a claim that rings true data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/ultrabooks-ultraportables/apple-macbook-pro-14-inch-m5-late-2025-review” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/ultrabooks-ultraportables/apple-macbook-pro-14-inch-m5-late-2025-review”>in our review of the device. However, a directed comparison between the outgoing M4-equipped MacBook Bro and the new M5 one was still on the cards, and now, we’ve gotten just that. YouTuber Max Tech data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clwet4ckP2A&t” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clwet4ckP2A&t” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>put both laptops head-to-head to see whether Apple’s claims were true, and it turns out, the company may have actually undersold the new machine’s SSD…
