MacBook Pro: Prices, Benchmarks and Buy Now or Wait

5 products · Updated October 19, 2026 · Tick two to four to compare

Caution MacBook Pro 230days since update

Getting late in the cycle: an update may not be far off. Last updated March 3, 2026, MacBook Pro 14- and 16-inch (M5 Pro and M5 Max); the last 4 updates came every 285 days on average. Next: MacBook Pro models with OLED displays and a 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip, expected to be announced around 27-28 October and released Friday, 6 November 2026. (MacRumors, citing Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, 2026-10-18)

Product	Price	Geekbench 6 CPUSingle-core · points	Geekbench 6 CPUMulti-core · points	Geekbench 6 GPUMetal · points	Blender Benchmarksamples/min	Geekbench AICore ML Neural Engine, Quantized · points	Buy
MacBook Pro 14 M5	$1,599 launch price	4,326	18,054	77,007	1,979	59,256	Best Buy Amazon
MacBook Pro 14 M5 Pro	$2,199 launch price	–	–	–	3,643	–	Best Buy Amazon
MacBook Pro 16 M5 Pro	$2,699 launch price	4,295	28,436	137,187	4,233	–	Best Buy Amazon
MacBook Pro 14 M5 Max	$3,599 launch price	4,322	29,415	222,275	6,462	–	Best Buy Amazon
MacBook Pro 16 M5 Max	$3,899 launch price	4,336	30,057	224,987	6,462	58,616	Best Buy Amazon

Each column is one publication's results, so the figures compare on the same test system: Geekbench 6 CPU Single-core: Notebookcheck; Geekbench 6 CPU Multi-core: Notebookcheck; Geekbench 6 GPU Metal: Notebookcheck; Blender Benchmark : Blender Open Data; Geekbench AI Core ML Neural Engine, Quantized: Macworld. † from another publication's test system. Prices are Best Buy's, checked within the last day, else the launch price. Every figure's page and date is on the product's page.

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