Apple introduced the MacBook Pro at the Unleashed Apple event on October 18th. The new MacBook Pro has an all-new design with a notch at the top of the display. Apple has also added more ports, including an SD card port. While these additions are great, the main draw of the new MacBook Pros is performance. Apple introduced the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, which are used in 14-inch and 16-inch models. The company said the new chip offers up to 70% improved CPU performance and up to 4x better GPU performance compared to the M1. A few hours after the launch, the new Apple M1 Max chip hit the Geekbench website.
The Geekbench listing shows that Apple’s top M1 chip scored 1,749 in the single-core test. The chip made a huge jump in the Geekbench multi-core performance test, scoring 11542 points. That’s double the M1 chip found on the outgoing 13-inch MacBook Pro. The MacRumors report also shows that the M1 Max outperforms all Mac chips, with the exception of Mac Pro and iMac models with high-performance Intel Xeon chips from 16 to 24 cores.
The new M1 Max chip supports 64GB of unified memory and provides up to 400GB/s memory bandwidth. There are 57 billion transistors under the hood of the 5nm chip, which is 70 percent more than the M1 Pro and 3.5 times more than the M1.
Specifications for MacBook Pro
As mentioned above, the new MacBook comes in two screen sizes – 14.2 inches and 16.2 inches. The new laptops feature three USB Type-C Thunderbolt 4 ports, an SD card slot, and an HDMI port. They also feature MagSafe 3 charging and an improved 3.5mm headphone jack. There is a notch at the top of the display for the enhanced 1080p camera.
Apple claims that the new 14-inch Pro model offers up to 17 hours of video playback, which is seven additional hours, while the 16-inch model offers an impressive 21 hours of video playback, which is 10 additional hours – the longest battery life on the market. Mac laptop. It also supports fast charging, which allows you to charge 50% of the battery in 30 minutes.
Users can purchase any model with M1 Pro or M1 Max chip. The new 14-inch model starts at $2,600, while the 16-inch model starts at $3,230.
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