Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023)
The January 2023 refresh of Apple's 16-inch MacBook Pro, sold with the 12-core M2 Pro or M2 Max chip, a 16.2-inch mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR display with ProMotion, a 100 Wh battery and a 140 W adapter. Built for video, 3-D and development work that needs up to 96 GB of unified memory and the longest battery life of its generation.
Memory
- Type
- Unified memory in the SoC package; LPDDR5-6400, 256-bit (M2 Pro) or 512-bit (M2 Max) per Wikipedia
- Bandwidth
- 200 GB/s (M2 Pro), 400 GB/s (M2 Max)
- M2 Pro
- 16 GB; configurable to 32 GB
- M2 Max
- 32 GB; configurable to 64 GB, or 96 GB with the 38-core GPU
- Slots
- None; size is fixed at purchase
Storage
- SSD (M2 Pro)
- 512 GB; configurable to 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB or 8 TB
- SSD (M2 Max)
- 1 TB; configurable to 2 TB, 4 TB or 8 TB
- Interface
- PCIe 4.0-based SSD, up to 7.4 GB/s read (Wikipedia)
- Card reader
- SDXC card slot
Graphics
- M2 Pro
- 19-core GPU
- M2 Max
- 30-core or 38-core GPU
- External displays (M2 Pro)
- Up to two: two 6K 60 Hz over Thunderbolt, or one 6K 60 Hz over Thunderbolt plus one 4K 144 Hz over HDMI; or one 8K 60 Hz / 4K 240 Hz over HDMI
- External displays (M2 Max)
- Up to four: three 6K 60 Hz over Thunderbolt plus one 4K 144 Hz over HDMI; or up to three: two 6K 60 Hz over Thunderbolt plus one 8K 60 Hz / 4K 240 Hz over HDMI
- Thunderbolt video
- Native DisplayPort output over USB-C
- HDMI video
- One display up to 8K at 60 Hz or 4K at 240 Hz (HDMI 2.1 per Wikipedia)
- Video playback
- HEVC, H.264, ProRes; HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG
Networking
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), where supported
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.3
- Wired
- No Ethernet port; use a Thunderbolt / USB-C adapter
Power
- Adapter
- 140 W USB-C included with every configuration
- Charging
- MagSafe 3 (USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable, 2 m) or any Thunderbolt 4 port
- Fast charge
- Fast-charge capable with the included 140 W USB-C adapter
- Line power
- 100–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz
- Cooling
- Two fans, up to 5,349 / 5,777 RPM (left / right) per Wikipedia
Ports
- Left
- MagSafe 3, 2 × Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C), 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Right
- SDXC card slot, 1 × Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C), HDMI
- Thunderbolt
- 3 × Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4, up to 40 Gb/s, with charging and DisplayPort
- HDMI
- Up to 8K 60 Hz or 4K 240 Hz; multichannel audio output
- Audio
- 3.5 mm jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
Display
- Panel
- 16.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR, 3456 × 2234, 254 ppi; mini-LED backlight with 2,554 local dimming zones (Wikipedia)
- Brightness
- XDR: 1,000 nits sustained full-screen, 1,600 nits peak (HDR content only); SDR: 500 nits
- Contrast / color
- 1,000,000:1; 1 billion colors, P3 wide color, True Tone
- Refresh
- ProMotion adaptive up to 120 Hz; fixed 47.95, 48, 50, 59.94, 60 Hz
- Shape
- Rounded top corners; 16.2 in measured as a rectangle (viewable area is less)
- Camera
- 1080p FaceTime HD camera with advanced image signal processor (computational video)
Battery
- Capacity
- 100 Wh lithium-polymer (actual rating 99.6 Wh)
- Apple rating
- Up to 22 h Apple TV app movie playback, 15 h wireless web (tested on M2 Pro 12-core CPU, 19-core GPU, 16 GB, 1 TB)
Physical
- Dimensions
- 1.68 × 35.57 × 24.81 cm (H × W × D); 0.66 × 14.01 × 9.77 in
- Weight
- 2.15 kg / 4.7 lb (M2 Pro); 2.16 kg / 4.8 lb (M2 Max)
- Colors
- Silver, Space Gray
- Keyboard
- Backlit Magic Keyboard, 78 (US) / 79 (ISO) keys, 12 full-height function keys, inverted-T arrows, Touch ID, ambient light sensor
- Trackpad
- Force Touch trackpad
- Audio
- High-fidelity six-speaker system with force-cancelling woofers, spatial audio / Dolby Atmos; studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming
- Environment
- Operating 10–35 °C, 0–90% RH noncondensing, tested up to 10,000 ft
- Acoustics
- 1.3 B sound power (idle and wireless web), ECMA-109, tested on M2 Max 38-core GPU
- Model number
- A2780 (Wikipedia)
- Part numbers
- MNW83, MNW93, MNWC3, MNWD3, MNWF3, MNWG3, MNWJ3, MNWK3
Operating systems
- Shipped with
- macOS Ventura (13.x)
- Newest compatible
- macOS 27 Golden Gate (Apple identification page)
- Apple Intelligence
- Supported (all Macs with M1 and later)
Processors
- Apple M2 Pro (12-core CPU)
- Apple M2 Max (12-core CPU)