The new M5-powered iPad Pro is blazing fast—but speed alone doesn't make it the best choice for everyone. Here's how it stacks up against the much more affordable iPad Air.

Announced a week ago, the three new products with the latest M5 chips -- the MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro -- are now available worldwide.

Apple officially ships the new iPad Pro (M5) on Oct. 22. We've been testing the tablet ahead of its release, and it's a beauty.

The combo of iPadOS 26 and the new iPad Pro hardware are making Apple's tablet a more viable option than ever.

Apple sent us the 1TB version of the 13-inch iPad Pro to test, which means we got the fully enabled version of the M5: four high-performance CPU cores, six high-efficiency GPU cores, 10 GPU cores, a 16-core Neural Engine, and 16GB of RAM.

Both sizes of the new Apple iPad Pro (M5) are on sale on Amazon as of Oct. 22, its release day. Shoppers can save up to $20.

I can’t think of another tablet I would prefer to use over the iPad Pro, at least not one of those wonky devices sporting a shelf with a full speaker setup or a tiny projector for some reason. That doesn’t matter if I’m using last year’s iPad Pro with M4 chip or Apple’s new refresh with M5 chip powering this light,

Right now, the focus is on the new iPad Pro that lands instore in the coming days. Righ now, though, there’s the best-ever deal on the latest iPad Air.

Apple’s next-gen tablet with the M4 chip, 12GB RAM, advanced LED display, and new Magic Keyboard. Launching 2026!