With twice as many GPU cores and double the memory bandwidth of the Apple M2 Pro, the M2 Max chip offers extraordinary levels of power you wouldn’t expect from a portable computer. It makes the new MacBook Pros more proficient in conquering super-demanding workloads like simultaneously applying custom filters to multiple high-resolution images and editing 4K video footage, to name a couple. The 30% increase in graphics oomph that the new chips deliver is particularly noteworthy. The cutting-edge hardware bits pack billions more transistors than the outgoing M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, resulting in significant performance bumps across the board while retaining amazing energy efficiency. Here’s why it is more “Pro” than ever: The Apple M2 Pro and M2 Max Chips ExplainedĪpple’s M2 Pro and M2 Max chips take the second generation of the 5-nanometer lithography used in making the M2 chip to another level. The newcomer is second to none in terms of hardware capabilities, battery performance, and versatility. I spent the past few weeks testing the new 16-inch MacBook Pro, feeling a mixture of familiarity and curiosity. Their bright and sharp Liquid Retina XDR displays, six-speaker setups, and FaceTime HD cameras, to name a few essential bits, are identical, leaving the new chips as their most important agents of change.

Like the 2022 13-inch MacBook Pro and iPad Pro - a duo of excellent products that brought invisible, but consequential upgrades - the latest 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro have the same iconic design and physical measures as the previous generation. Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, three USB-C ports with Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1

16.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display with ProMotion, True Tone

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