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| Today Apple introduced the new MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and M2 Max. |
New MacBook Pro features up to 6x faster performance than fastest Intel-based MacBook Pro and support for up to 96GB of unified memory for demanding pro workflows
Apple unveils MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max, with more game-changing performance and the longest battery life ever in a Mac originally appeared on apple.com/newsroom
Cupertino, California, January 17, 2023 - Apple
today announced the new 14- and16-inch MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max, Apple’s
next-generation pro silicon that brings even more power-efficient performance
and battery life to pro users. With M2 Pro and M2 Max — the world’s most
powerful and efficient chip for a pro laptop — MacBook Pro tackles demanding
tasks, like effects rendering, which is up to 6x faster than the fastest
Intel-based MacBook Pro, and color grading, which is up to 2x faster.1 Building
on the unprecedented power efficiency of Apple silicon, battery life on MacBook
Pro is now up to 22 hours — the longest battery life ever in a Mac.2 For
enhanced connectivity, the new MacBook Pro supports Wi-Fi 6E,3 which
is up to twice as fast as the previous generation, as well as advanced HDMI,
which supports 8K displays for the first time. With up to 96GB of unified
memory in the M2 Max model, creators can work on scenes so large that PC
laptops can’t even run them.4 Rounding out the unrivaled
features of MacBook Pro are its renowned Liquid Retina XDR display, extensive
array of connectivity, 1080p FaceTime HD camera, six-speaker sound system, and
studio-quality mics. When combined with macOS Ventura, the MacBook Pro user
experience is unrivaled. Customers can order the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook
Pro today, with availability beginning Tuesday, January 24.
“MacBook Pro with Apple silicon has been a game changer,
empowering pros to push the limits of their workflows while on the go and do
things they never thought possible on a laptop,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s
senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Today the MacBook Pro gets even
better. With faster performance, enhanced connectivity, and the longest battery
life ever in a Mac, along with the best display in a laptop, there’s simply
nothing else like it.”
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| Available in 16- and 14-inch models, MacBook Pro delivers more performance, advanced connectivity, and the longest battery life ever in a Mac. |
Unrivaled Power-Efficient Performance with M2 Pro and M2 Max
With M2 Pro and M2 Max, MacBook Pro is capable of
transforming pro workflows across a wide range of disciplines, from art to
science to app development. Users looking to upgrade from Intel-based Mac
models will experience even more dramatic improvements in performance, battery
life, connectivity, and overall productivity. MacBook Pro also maintains
performance whether users are plugged in or on battery.
MacBook Pro with M2 Pro features a 10- or 12-core CPU with
up to eight high-performance and four high-efficiency cores for up to 20
percent greater performance over M1 Pro. With 200GB/s of unified memory
bandwidth — double the amount in M2 — and up to 32GB of unified memory, users
can tackle large projects and run multiple pro apps with blazing speed. A
next-generation GPU with up to 19 cores delivers up to 30 percent more graphics
performance, and the Neural Engine is 40 percent faster, speeding up machine
learning tasks like video analysis and image processing. The powerful media
engine in M2 Pro also tears through the most popular video codecs, dramatically
accelerating video playback and encoding while using very little power.
With M2 Pro on MacBook Pro:
- Rendering
titles and animations in Motion is up to 80 percent faster1 than
the fastest Intel-based MacBook Pro and up to 20 percent faster5 than
the previous generation.
- Compiling
in Xcode is up to 2.5x faster1 than the fastest
Intel-based MacBook Pro and nearly 25 percent faster5 than
the previous generation.
- Image
processing in Adobe Photoshop is up to 80 percent faster1 than
the fastest Intel-based MacBook Pro and up to 40 percent faster5 than
the previous generation.
With M2 Max on MacBook Pro:
Effects rendering in Cinema 4D is up to 6x faster1 than the
fastest Intel-based MacBook Pro and up to 30 percent faster6 than the previous
generation.
Color grading in DaVinci Resolve is up to 2x faster1 than the
fastest Intel-based MacBook Pro and up to 30 percent faster6 than the previous
generation.
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| With M2 Max, effects rendering in Cinema 4D is up to 6x faster than the fastest Intel-based MacBook Pro and up to 30 percent faster than the previous generation. |
Enhanced Connectivity
MacBook Pro now features Wi-Fi 6E3 for faster wireless connectivity, as well as more advanced HDMI, to support 8K displays up to 60Hz and 4K displays up to 240Hz. These new capabilities build on the versatile connectivity options already in MacBook Pro, including three Thunderbolt 4 ports for high-speed connection to peripherals, an SDXC card slot, and MagSafe 3 charging.
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| MacBook Pro features three Thunderbolt 4 ports to connect high-speed peripherals, MagSafe 3 charging, and a headphone jack that supports high-impedance headphones. |
macOS Ventura
With macOS Ventura, MacBook Pro delivers even more
performance and productivity. Powerful updates like Continuity Camera bring
videoconferencing features to any Mac, including Desk View, Center Stage,
Studio Light, and more. Handoff in FaceTime allows users to start a FaceTime
call on their iPhone or iPad and fluidly pass it over to their Mac, or vice
versa. And tools like Stage Manager automatically organize apps and windows, so
users can concentrate on the task at hand and still see everything in a single
glance.
Messages and Mail are better than ever, while Safari — the
world’s fastest browser on Mac — ushers in a passwordless future with passkeys.
With iCloud Shared Photo Library, users can now create and share a separate
photo library among up to six family members, and the new Freeform app provides
a flexible canvas that helps users be more productive and expressive, whether
they are planning or brainstorming on their own, or together with others. With
the power and popularity of Apple silicon, and new developer tools in Metal 3,
gaming on Mac has never been better.
MacBook Pro and the Environment
MacBook Pro is designed to minimize its impact on the
environment, including 100 percent of the following recycled materials:
aluminum in the enclosure, rare earth elements in all magnets, tin in the
solder of the main logic board, and gold in the plating of multiple printed
circuit boards. It also features 35 percent or more recycled plastic in
multiple components, and meets Apple’s high standards for energy efficiency.
MacBook Pro is free of numerous harmful substances, and 97 percent of the
packaging is fiber based, bringing Apple closer to its goal of completely
removing plastic from its packaging by 2025.
Today, Apple is carbon neutral for global corporate
operations, and by 2030, plans to be 100 percent carbon neutral across the
entire manufacturing supply chain and all product life cycles. This means that
every Apple device sold, from component manufacturing, assembly, transport,
customer use, charging, all the way to recycling and material recovery, will
have net-zero climate impact.
Pricing and Availability
- The
new MacBook Pro models with M2 Pro and M2 Max are available to order
today, January 17, on apple.com/store and in the Apple Store app in 27
countries and regions, including the US. They will begin arriving to
customers and will be in Apple Store locations and Apple Authorized
Resellers starting Tuesday, January 24.
- MacBook
Pro with M2 Pro and M2 Max will be available in Australia, China, Hong
Kong, Japan, Macau, New Zealand, and Singapore beginning
Friday, February 3.
- The
new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro starts at $1,999 (US),
and $1,849 (US) for education; and the 16-inch MacBook
Pro with M2 Pro starts at $2,499 (US), and $2,299 (US)
for education. Additional technical specifications, configure-to-order
options, and accessories are available at apple.com/mac.
- Every
customer who buys a Mac from Apple can enjoy a free Online Personal
Session with an Apple Specialist, get their product set up in select
stores including help with data transfer, and receive guidance on how to
make their new Mac work the way they want.
- With
Apple Trade In, customers can trade in their current computer and get
credit toward a new Mac. Customers can visit apple.com/shop/trade-in to
see what their device is worth.
- AppleCare+
for Mac provides expert technical support and additional hardware coverage
from Apple, including unlimited incidents of accidental damage coverage,
each subject to a fee.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized
personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today,
Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and
Apple TV. Apple’s five software platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and
tvOS — provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people
with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, and
iCloud. Apple’s more than 100,000 employees are dedicated to making the best
products on earth, and to leaving the world better than we found it.
1. Results are compared to previous-generation 2.4GHz 8-core
Intel Core i9-based 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Radeon Pro 5600M graphics
with 8GB HBM2, 64GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD.
2. Testing was conducted by Apple in November and December
2022 using preproduction 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M2 Pro, 12-core
CPU, 19-core GPU, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB SSD. The Apple TV app movie playback
test measures battery life by playing back HD 1080p content with display
brightness set to eight clicks from bottom. Battery life varies by use and
configuration. See apple.com/batteries for
more information.
3. Wi‑Fi 6E is not available in China mainland. It requires
macOS 13.2 or later in Japan.
4. Testing was conducted by Apple in November and December
2022 using preproduction 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M2 Max, 12-core
CPU, 38-core GPU, 96GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD, as well as a production Intel Core
i9-based PC system with NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 graphics with 24GB GDDR6 and the
latest version of Windows 11 Pro available at the time of testing, and a
production Intel Core i9-based PC system with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
graphics with 16GB GDDR6 and the latest version of Windows 11 Home available at
the time of testing. OTOY Octane X 2022.1 on preproduction 16-inch MacBook Pro
systems and OTOY OctaneRender 2022.1 on Windows systems were tested using a
scene that requires over 40GB of graphics memory when rendered. Performance
tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate
performance of MacBook Pro.
5. Results are compared to previous-generation 16-inch
MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1 Pro, 10-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 32GB of RAM,
and 8TB SSD.
6. Results are compared to previous-generation 16-inch
MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1 Max, 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 64GB of RAM,
and 8TB SSD.