About This Device
The 11-inch iPad Pro (M5) in Silver is the tablet Apple builds for professional workloads. The M5 chip — with a GPU that carries neural accelerators in every core — pushes rendering, on-device AI, CAD, and multi-stream video editing well past what any other tablet offers, supported here by 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage: workstation-class capacity for video, imaging, and design libraries carried locally.
The Ultra Retina XDR display is a tandem OLED panel at 2420 x 1668 with ProMotion adaptive refresh up to 120Hz — true blacks, reference-grade HDR, and the responsiveness that makes Apple Pencil Pro feel like ink. At just millimeters thin, the chassis still fits Thunderbolt/USB 4 over USB-C for external displays, fast storage, and docks, plus Face ID via the TrueDepth camera for secure glance-based sign-in.
Connectivity is a generation ahead of most laptops: 5G cellular through Apple's C1X modem, provisioned entirely by eSIM for over-the-air fleet activation, and Wi-Fi 7 via Apple's N1 wireless chip for multi-gigabit local networks. The 12MP rear camera with LiDAR scanner supports document capture, AR measurement, and spatial workflows; the landscape 12MP Center Stage camera handles conferencing.
Managed through Apple Business Manager, it enrolls zero-touch into any major MDM. Pair it with Apple Pencil Pro and the Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro and it replaces a laptop outright for many professional roles — with a cellular link the laptop never had.