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Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)

The first MacBook Pro with Apple silicon: the familiar 13.3-inch Touch Bar chassis with the 8-core M1 chip, an active cooling fan, two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports and up to 20 hours of video playback. Sold with 8 GB or 16 GB of unified memory and 256 GB to 2 TB of storage; drives one external display.

Memory

Type
Unified memory packaged with the M1 chip; LPDDR4X-4266, 128-bit bus, 68.3 GB/s per Wikipedia
Standard
8 GB
Configurable
16 GB
Slots
None; size is fixed at purchase

Storage

Standard
256 GB SSD (512 GB on the higher standard configuration per Wikipedia)
Configurable
512 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB SSD
Type
Soldered Apple SSD
Card reader
None

Graphics

GPU
Integrated Apple M1 GPU, 8-core
External displays
One, up to 6K at 60 Hz, alongside the built-in display at full native resolution
Video output
Thunderbolt 3 digital video output; native DisplayPort over USB-C; VGA, HDMI, DVI and Thunderbolt 2 through adapters (sold separately)
Video playback
HEVC, H.264 and ProRes; HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG
Neural Engine
16-core

Networking

Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet
None built in

Power

Adapter
61 W USB-C Power Adapter, with USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)
Charging
Through either Thunderbolt / USB 4 port
Line voltage
100–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz
Cooling
Active cooling system (Apple); one fan (Wikipedia)

Ports

Left
2 × Thunderbolt / USB 4 (USB-C)
Right
3.5 mm headphone jack
Thunderbolt / USB 4
Charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40 Gb/s), USB 4 (up to 40 Gb/s), USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gb/s)

Display

Panel
13.3-inch Retina, LED-backlit with IPS technology, 2560 × 1600 at 227 ppi, millions of colors
Brightness
500 nits
Color
Wide color (P3), True Tone
Scaled resolutions
1680 × 1050, 1440 × 900, 1024 × 640
Refresh
60 Hz (Wikipedia)
Camera
720p FaceTime HD camera; the M1 image signal processor improves video quality (Apple Newsroom)

Battery

Capacity
58.2 Wh lithium-polymer, built in (11.4 V, 5152 mAh, 1000-cycle rating per Wikipedia)
Apple rating
Up to 17 h wireless web, up to 20 h Apple TV app movie playback

Physical

Dimensions
1.56 × 30.41 × 21.24 cm (H × W × D); 0.61 × 11.97 × 8.36 in
Weight
1.4 kg (3.0 lb)
Colors
Silver, Space Gray
Keyboard
Backlit Magic Keyboard, 65 (US) / 66 (ISO) keys incl. inverted-T arrows; Touch Bar; Touch ID; ambient light sensor
Trackpad
Force Touch trackpad
Audio
Stereo speakers with high dynamic range, wide stereo, Dolby Atmos playback; studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming
Acoustics
Declared sound power 1.3 B at idle and during wireless web (ECMA-109)
Environment
Operating 10–35 °C, 0–90% RH non-condensing, tested up to 10,000 ft
Part numbers
MYD82, MYD92, MYDA2, MYDC2 (Wikipedia; Apple's identification page lists MYD83xx/A, MYD92xx/A, MYDA2xx/A, MYDC2xx/A)

Management

Security
Touch ID; Secure Enclave in M1

Operating systems

Shipped with
macOS Big Sur 11.0 (Wikipedia)
Newest compatible
macOS 27 Golden Gate (Apple identification page)
Windows
No Boot Camp: Apple's Boot Camp requires a Mac with an Intel processor

Processors

  • Apple M1 (8-core CPU)