Compare Apple MacBook Pro 16 vs MacBook Pro 16 2023 vs Apple MacBook Air 2020
Variants
M2 Max
M2 Pro
Connectivity
Ports
4 USB-C with support for Charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt, USB 3.1 Gen 2, Headphone jack
3x Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4 + 1x 3.5mm headphone jack + 1x HDMI 2.1 + 1x SD card reader
2x USB-C (thunderbolt), Headphone jack
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac); Bluetooth 5.0
WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3
WiFi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 5.0
Construction
Battery | Capacity
100 Wh lithium-polymer
100 Wh
49.9 watt-hour
Camera | Front
720p
1080p FaceTime HD camera
720p
Colors
Silver / Space Gray
Gold; Space Gray; Silver
Form Factor
Clamshell laptop computer
Microphone
Studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming
Speakers
High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers
Dimensions
Size | Depth
24.59 cm
9.77 inches (24.81 cm)
21.24 cm
Size | Height
1.62 cm
0.66 inch (1.68 cm)
1.61 cm
Size | Width
35.79 cm
14.01 inches (35.57 cm)
30.41 cm
Weight
2.0 kg
1.29 kg
Display
Brightness
1000 nits max, 1600 nits peak
Contrast Ratio
1,000,000:1
Display Backlight
Full-Array LED (Mini LED)
Display Color Depth
10 bit (1.07B colors)
Display Diagonal
16 in
16.2 inch
13.3 in
Display Type
IPS, Liquid Retina XDR
Gamut
100% DCI-P3, True Tone technology
Pixel Density
226 ppi
254 ppi
227 ppi
Refresh Rate
120 Hz
Resolution
3072 x 1920
3456 x 2234
2560 x 1600
Function
AI
16-core Neural Engine
Audio
6-speak system with force-cancelling woofers
Fast Charging
Yes
Graphics
AMD Radeon Pro 5300 w/ 4GB of GDDR6; 5500M w/ 4GB GDDR6; 5500M w/ 8GB GDDR6
16-core, 24-core, or 32-core GPU
Keyboard Backlight
Yes
Operating System
macOS Monterey
Operating Temperature
50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)
Processor
2.6GHz 6-core Intel Core i7; optional 8-core i9
12-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
1.1GHz 2-core Intel Core i3; 1.2GHz 4-core i7 (optional)
Security
Touch ID sensor
Sensor
Ambient Light Sensor
Touchpad
Force Touch trackpad
Video Codecs
Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW
Performance
Battery Life
Up to 22 hours Apple TV app movie playback / Up to 15 hours wireless web
Memory | Capacity
16GB, up to 64GB
8GB; up to 16 GB
Memory | Type
DDR4 2666MHz
Unified memory, 200GB/s memory bandwidth
3733Mhz LPDDR4X
Power Supply
96W USB-C adapter
140 W, with USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable
30W USB-C adapter
Storage
512GB SSD; optional up to 8TB
256 GB SSD; up to 2 TB
Production
Debut
2019 November
2023-01-17
2020 March
Reviews
Neofiliac score
93%
Pros
- Beautiful 16-inch display
- Long battery life
- More powerful than its predecessor
- Improved keyboard
- Gorgeous styling
- Superb battery life
- Great performance plugged-in or not
- New WiFi 6E + BT 5.3 support
- No numeric keypad
- Best-in-industry touchpad
- Very good performance for the price
- Long battery runtimes
- Very good keyboard and touchpad
- Decent speakers
Cons
- Keyboard is not as accurate as the 15-inch model
- Only marginal improvement over the 2021 model
- Ridiculously expensive memory and storage
- Cannot upgrade memory or storage
- Keyboard is a bit shallow
- Only one USB-C port
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