Apple Vision Pro (M5) vs Meta Quest Pro
Better figure, where one is clearly better
| AppleVision Pro (M5) | MetaQuest Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | October 2025 | October 2022 |
| Display | ||
| Resolution per eye | – | 1800 × 1920 |
| Panel | Micro-OLED | LCD |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz (better) | 90 Hz |
| Field of view | – | 106° horizontal |
| Display details | Micro-OLED 3D display system, 23 million pixels, 7.5-micron pixel pitch, 92% DCI-P3; 90, 96, 100 and 120 Hz. Apple does not publish a per-eye resolution for this model. | Two LCD panels, 1800 × 1920 per eye, with a local-dimming backlight (about 500 zones) and Display P3 colour; 72 and 90 Hz |
| Lenses | – | Pancake lenses; 106° horizontal and 96° vertical field of view (Meta's claim, via Road to VR) |
| Lens spacing (IPD) | 51–75 mm | Continuous IPD adjustment, 55–75 mm, and eye-relief adjustment |
| Tracking and input | ||
| Eye tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Hand tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Controllers in the box | No | Yes |
| Colour passthrough | Yes | Yes |
| Sensors | Six world-facing tracking cameras, four eye-tracking cameras, TrueDepth camera, LiDAR scanner, four IMUs, flicker and ambient light sensors; input by eyes, hands and voice | Inside-out; five external and five internal cameras for headset, hand, eye and face tracking |
| Controllers | None included; works with keyboards, trackpads, mice, game controllers, Logitech Muse and PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers | Touch Pro controllers with their own inside-out tracking cameras, rechargeable, pressure-sensitive thumb rest and stylus tip |
| Passthrough | Two high-resolution main cameras; 12 ms photon-to-photon latency via the R1 chip; stereoscopic 3D camera for spatial photos and video (18 mm, ƒ/2.0, 6.5 stereo megapixels) | Full-colour passthrough; the outward cameras capture four times as many pixels as Quest 2's (Meta) |
| Performance | ||
| Works | Standalone | Standalone or with a PC |
| Chip | M5 | Snapdragon XR2+ |
| Storage | 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB | 256 GB |
| Chip details | M5 with 10-core CPU (4 super cores, 6 efficiency cores), 10-core GPU with Neural Accelerators and hardware ray tracing, 16-core Neural Engine, 153 GB/s; R1 with 256 GB/s memory bandwidth | Snapdragon XR2+ |
| Memory | 16 GB unified memory | 12 GB RAM; 256 GB storage |
| Connections | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.3 | USB-C; PC VR over Meta Quest Link |
| Design | ||
| Battery | Separate, on a cable | Built in |
| Battery life (maker's claim) | Up to 2.5 hours | Up to 2 hours |
| Weight (headset) | 750 g | 722 g (better) |
| Weight (separate battery) | 353 g | – |
| Battery details | Separate battery (353 g) on a cable; up to 2.5 hours of general use, 3 hours of video; can be used while charging | 1–2 hours; curved battery at the back of the headset |
| Audio | Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking; six-mic array; H2-to-H2 low-latency connection to AirPods Pro 2 (USB-C), AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods 4 | Speakers in the headstrap; dual 3.5 mm headphone outputs |
| Strap | Dual Knitted Band; weight 750–800 g with Light Seal and band, depending on configuration | – |
| In the box | Apple Vision Pro with Light Seal, Light Seal Cushion and Dual Knitted Band, cover, extra Light Seal Cushion, battery, polishing cloth, 30 W USB-C power adapter, USB-C charge cable (1.5 m) | – |
