Apple iPad Pro 11" M5 Space Black 2025
The M5 chip with its 10-core CPU and Neural Accelerators drives demanding creative tasks on the 11-inch Ultra Retina XDR OLED display at 1600 nits peak brightness, all in a lightweight 444-gram body. iPadOS 26's Liquid Glass interface and flexible windowing pair with Wi-Fi 7 for rapid file transfers, while the 16GB of memory handles multitasking smoothly. Best for digital illustrators and graphic designers who require Apple Pencil Pro precision and high-contrast color accuracy for detailed work.
About This Tablet
The M5 chip with its 10-core CPU and Neural Accelerators drives demanding creative tasks on the 11-inch Ultra Retina XDR OLED display at 1600 nits peak brightness, all in a lightweight 444-gram body. iPadOS 26's Liquid Glass interface and flexible windowing pair with Wi-Fi 7 for rapid file transfers, while the 16GB of memory handles multitasking smoothly. Best for digital illustrators and graphic designers who require Apple Pencil Pro precision and high-contrast color accuracy for detailed work.
- CPU Apple M5
- RAM 16 GB
- Storage 1000 GB
- Screen 11" 2420x1668
- OS iPadOS
- Stylus
- Battery wh 31
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong screen (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong user sentiment (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong storage (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong feature (97th percentile) 97th
Cons
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Apple M5 |
| Cores | 10 |
| GPU | Apple (10-Core) |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 1000 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
| Expandable | No |
Display
| Size | 11" |
| Resolution | 2420 |
| Panel | OLED |
| Refresh Rate | 120 Hz |
| Brightness | 1600 nits |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 6.0 |
| USB-C | 1 |
| Cellular | No |
Features
| Stylus Support | Yes |
| Stylus Model | Apple Pencil Pro |
| Fingerprint Reader | Yes |
| Face Unlock | Yes |
Physical
| Weight | 0.4 kg / 1.0 lbs |
| Battery | 31 Wh |
| OS | iPadOS |
Value & Pricing
Price History
vs Competition
| Spec | Apple iPad Pro 11" M5 | Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR | Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Idea Tab Pro | Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 | Xiaomi Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO | HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Apple M5 | MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Processor (3.35 GHz ) | 5 GHz intel_core_ultra_7 | 3000 MHz | 2.3 GHz |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 12 | 24 |
| Storage (GB) | 1000 | 256 | 128 | 1024 | 512 | 512 |
| Screen | 11" 2420x1668 | 14.6" 2960x1848 | 12.7" 2944x1840 | 13" 2880x1920 | 11.2" 3200x2136 | 11" |
| OS | iPadOS | Android 16 | Android 14 | Windows 11 | Android 14 HyperOS | Android 15 |
| Stylus | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Cellular | false | false | true | false | false | true |
| Battery (Wh) | 31 | - | - | 47 | - | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Screen | Battery | Feature | Storage | User Sentiment | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iPad Pro 11" M5 | 96.2 | 95.1 | 88.2 | 99 | 96.6 | 96.8 | 97.5 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 83.1 |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR Compare | 97.3 | 96.3 | 81.2 | 95.9 | 93.3 | 86.5 | 73.7 | 94.8 | 63.3 | 97.8 |
| Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Idea Tab Pro Compare | 83.3 | 82.2 | 77.5 | 91.9 | 91.2 | 99.8 | 64.9 | 53.3 | 96.5 | 97.8 |
| Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 Compare | 74.4 | 93 | 97.5 | 98.2 | 99 | 84.2 | 98.3 | 0 | 93.8 | 50.1 |
| Xiaomi Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO Compare | 97.3 | 96.3 | 81.2 | 98.6 | 86.2 | 65.7 | 89.5 | 76.7 | 78.8 | 87 |
| HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G Compare | 94.3 | 93.5 | 96.1 | 43 | 30.9 | 93.7 | 89.5 | 94.8 | 72.4 | 47.6 |
Usage Scores
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