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Apple iPad Pro 11″ (M5)
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Apple iPad Pro 11″ (M5) · Photo source

Apple · iPad Pro

iPad Pro 11″ (M5)

Released October 2025

The 11-inch iPad Pro with M5 is Apple's most powerful compact tablet, with a tandem OLED ProMotion display, Face ID and a Thunderbolt port, suited to creative professionals and anyone who wants the best iPad in a portable size.

Screen
11.1″
Display
Tandem OLED, 120 Hz
Chip
M5
Memory
12 GB – 16 GB
Storage
256 GB – 2 TB
Weight
444 g

What reviewers say

Reviewers call the iPad Pro M5 the best tablet available, praising its OLED display, thin and light build and M5 performance, with TechRadar also rating battery life highly. The design is unchanged from the M4 model and the common complaints are the high price and limited colour choices.

From trustedreviews.com and techradar.com

Display

Screen size
11.1″
Resolution
2420 × 1668
Sharpness
265 pixels per inch
Panel
Tandem OLED
Refresh rate
120 Hz
Brightness
1,000 nits
HDR peak brightness
1,600 nits
Display type
Ultra Retina XDR display, tandem OLED; sold as 11-inch, 11.1 inches measured diagonally as a rectangle
Pixel density
264 ppi
Brightness detail
SDR 1,000 nits max; XDR 1,000 nits max full screen, 1,600 nits peak (HDR content only); 1 nit minimum; 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio
Display features
ProMotion with adaptive refresh rates from 10Hz to 120Hz; wide colour (P3); True Tone; fully laminated; anti-reflective coating; fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating; nano-texture glass option on 1TB and 2TB models

Performance

Chip
M5
Memory
12 GB – 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB
CPU
9-core CPU with 3 performance and 6 efficiency cores (256GB and 512GB models); 10-core CPU with 4 performance and 6 efficiency cores (1TB and 2TB models)
GPU
10-core GPU with Neural Accelerators and hardware-accelerated ray tracing; Media Engine with H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW, AV1 decode; 153GB/s memory bandwidth
AI engine
16-core Neural Engine

Cameras

Rear camera
12 MP
Ultra wide camera
None
Front camera
12 MP
Rear camera
12MP Wide, ƒ/1.8, five-element lens, autofocus with Focus Pixels, Adaptive True Tone flash, digital zoom up to 5x, Smart HDR 4
Front camera
Landscape 12MP Center Stage TrueDepth camera, ƒ/2.0; Portrait mode and Portrait Lighting
Video recording
4K at 24, 25, 30 or 60 fps; ProRes up to 4K at 30 fps (1080p at 30 fps on 256GB); slo-mo 1080p at 120 or 240 fps; stereo recording and Audio zoom
Depth sensor
LiDAR Scanner

Battery and connections

Battery life (maker's claim)
Up to 10 hours
Battery capacity
31.29 Wh
Mobile data option
Yes
Stylus
Supported, sold separately
Keyboard made for it
Yes
Battery life detail
Up to 10 hours surfing the web on Wi-Fi or watching video; up to 9 hours surfing the web on mobile data
Charging
Up to 50% in around 30 minutes with a 60W or higher USB-C adapter (sold separately)
USB-C
Thunderbolt / USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s) with charging and DisplayPort; one external display up to 6K at 60Hz or 4K at 120Hz
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) with 2x2 MIMO (Apple N1 chip); Thread
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6
Mobile network
Apple C1X modem; 5G (sub-6 GHz) with 4x4 MIMO; Gigabit LTE; eSIM only
Stylus support
Apple Pencil Pro and Apple Pencil (USB-C); Apple Pencil hover
Keyboards
Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro (black or white)

Design

Weight
444 g
Thickness
5.3 mm
Height × width
249.7 × 177.5 mm
Operating system
iPadOS
Biometrics
Face ID
Speakers
Four-speaker audio
Microphones
Studio-quality four-mic array
Sensors
Three-axis gyro, accelerometer, barometer, ambient light sensors
Materials
100% recycled aluminium enclosure; 30% recycled content overall
Colours
Silver, Space Black
Software at launch
iPadOS 26
In the box
iPad Pro; polishing cloth with nano-texture glass models (no cable or power adapter in the UK)

Storage options

StorageMemory
256 GB12 GB
512 GB12 GB
1 TB16 GB
2 TB16 GB

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Tandem OLED display with 1,000 nits SDR, 1,600 nits HDR peak and 10–120Hz ProMotion
  • M5 with 12GB RAM, or 16GB and a 10-core CPU on 1TB and 2TB models
  • Thunderbolt / USB 4 port, Face ID and Wi-Fi 7

Cons

  • No USB-C cable or power adapter in the UK box
  • 256GB and 512GB models get the 9-core CPU version of M5

Closest rivals

Model
ScreenDisplayChipMemoryStorageWeightReleased
11.1″Tandem OLED, 120 HzM48 GB – 16 GB256 GB – 2 TB444 gMay 2024
11″OLED, 120 HzDimensity 9400+12 GB128 GB – 512 GB469 gSept 2025
13″Tandem OLED, 120 HzM512 GB – 16 GB256 GB – 2 TB579 gOct 2025

Sources

  1. apple.com/uk/ipad-pro/specs
  2. support.apple.com/en-gb/125406
  3. apple.com/uk/newsroom/2025/10/apple-introduces-the-powerful-new-ipad-pro-with-t…
  4. apple.com/uk/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-pro
  5. apple.com/uk/ipad-pro
  6. apple.com/uk/newsroom/2025/10/new-ipad-pro-14-inch-macbook-pro-and-apple-vision…
  7. support.apple.com/en-gb/docs/ipad/301270
  8. support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad46738ed0/ipados
  9. support.apple.com/en-gb/125175
  10. cdsassets.apple.com/live/6GJYWVAV/information/locale/en-gb/ipad-pro-11inch-m5-i…

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