You just need to look at the Geekbench data to verify what this means. At 133 trillion operations per second (TOPS), the M5 chip delivers 12x the neural performance of the original M1 processor, which blew everyone away when it appeared. Apple’s systems are top of their class, and where faster processors do exist, they tend to be vampiric, consuming of vast quantities of energy and money to feed their computational output.
You don’t really need an AI to draw inferences from any of the above. Any business purchaser thinking about how to capitalize on the evolving future of AI should recognize that today is the time to invest in the hardware that will run tomorrow’s AI services — particularly as the operating system in play is already positioned as a do-it-all application layer from which to run all manner of models.
Apple, the AI platform
What this means, at least from my perch, is that all of these arguments seem to coalesce into an Apple purchasing decision. A decision which, for professional users, at least, may see another big boost next week, when many anticipate new pro Macs may ship along with a new suite of pro apps. If — or, let’s face it, when — they do, these Macs will deliver such extreme computational performance that most PCs will have nothing left to do but grab a guitar and gently weep.
