Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max chip just dropped 15%, knocking a full $600 off the price of the machine designed for 8K editing and local AI.
14-inch MacBook Pro configured with Apple M5 Max chip drops from $4,099 to $3,499You’ll save $600, or 15%, on a machine that pairs an 18-core CPU and 32-core GPU with 36GB of memory and a 2TB SSD.
Get Apple’s M5 Max chip with 36GB of memory for $3,499, a $600 discount
You can save a whopping $600 on the 14-inch Apple MacBook Pro, now on sale for $3,499, with this machine built on the M5 Max chip.
The 14-inch M5 Max is $100 below Apple’s $3,599 set at launch, a deal that means you’ll pay less than the launch price while still getting 36GB of memory and 2TB of storage without touching a single upgrade option.
These savings add up quickly on a professional laptop. The retained $600 can cover one high-resolution external monitor, and the M5 Max can run up to four at once for a full editing or coding desk.
Choosing the Max over the M5 Pro pays off for the harder work, as one of our tech experts compared the specs of both chips and found that the M5 Max’s larger GPU can handle 8K video editing, 3D animation, and intense gaming better.
All 32 GPU cores also include a neural accelerator that Apple says provides up to 4x faster LLM prompt processing than the M4 Max, so running AI models locally keeps up with the rest of the workflow.
Behind the GPU is an 18-core CPU with six super-cores, which Apple calls the world’s fastest CPU cores, delivering up to 30% faster performance for professional workloads than the previous 16-inch MacBook Pro M4 Max.
Everything around the MacBook Pro’s chip is built for this workload, from the three Thunderbolt 5 ports, 8K-capable HDMI and SDXC card slot to the 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display that reaches 1,600 nits of peak brightness for HDR editing.
For editors, 3D artists, and developers ready to invest in a professional machine, this 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max will save you $600 and under Apple’s own starting price, with 36GB of memory and 2TB of storage.
