Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)
Apple's redesigned 16-inch MacBook Pro of late 2021, sold with the 10-core M1 Pro or M1 Max chip, a 16.2-inch mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR display with ProMotion, a 100 Wh battery and a 140 W charger. The big-screen pro notebook for video, 3D and development work, and the only 2021 model with High Power Mode (M1 Max).
Memory
- Type
- Unified memory in the SoC package; LPDDR5-6400, 256-bit (M1 Pro) or 512-bit (M1 Max) per Wikipedia
- Bandwidth
- 200 GB/s (M1 Pro), 400 GB/s (M1 Max)
- M1 Pro
- 16 GB; configurable to 32 GB
- M1 Max
- 32 GB; configurable to 64 GB
- Slots
- None; size is fixed at purchase
Storage
- M1 Pro
- 512 GB SSD; configurable to 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB or 8 TB
- M1 Max
- 1 TB SSD; 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, supports high-capacity SD 4.0 cards
Graphics
- M1 Pro
- 16-core GPU
- M1 Max
- 24-core or 32-core GPU
- External displays (M1 Pro)
- Up to two, each up to 6K at 60 Hz, at over a billion colors
- External displays (M1 Max)
- Up to four: three up to 6K plus one up to 4K at 60 Hz
- Thunderbolt video
- Native DisplayPort output over USB-C; VGA, HDMI, DVI and Thunderbolt 2 via adapters
- HDMI video
- One display up to 4K at 60 Hz (HDMI 2.0 per Wikipedia); DVI via HDMI-to-DVI adapter
- Video playback
- HEVC, H.264, ProRes; HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG
Networking
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax); IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.0 (Wikipedia lists 5.3 under macOS Sonoma and later)
- Wired
- No Ethernet port; use a Thunderbolt / USB-C adapter
Power
- Adapter
- 140 W USB-C (GaN, USB-C Power Delivery 3.1 per Wikipedia) with USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable (2 m)
- Charging
- MagSafe 3 or any Thunderbolt 4 port
- Fast charge
- About 50% in 30 minutes with the included 140 W adapter; per Wikipedia only MagSafe charges at full speed, the USB-C ports are limited to 100 W
- High Power Mode
- M1 Max only: lets the fans run faster to sustain performance in heavy workloads
- Line power
- 100–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz
- Cooling
- Two fans, up to 5,348 / 5,776 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
- One display up to 4K 60 Hz; HDMI 2.0 with audio output per Wikipedia
- 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; the display extends up around the camera notch; 7.7 million pixels
- 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 21 h Apple TV app movie playback, 14 h wireless web (tested on M1 Pro 10-core CPU, 16 GB, 1 TB)
Physical
- Dimensions
- 1.68 × 35.57 × 24.81 cm (H × W × D); 0.66 × 14.01 × 9.77 in
- Weight
- 2.1 kg / 4.7 lb (M1 Pro); 2.2 kg / 4.8 lb (M1 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
- Six-speaker system (two tweeters, four force-cancelling woofers) with spatial audio / Dolby Atmos; studio-quality three-mic array
- 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 M1 Max 32-core GPU
- Model number
- A2485 (Wikipedia)
- Part numbers
- MK183, MK193, MK1A3, MK1E3, MK1F3, MK1H3
Management
- Security
- Secure Enclave, hardware-verified secure boot, runtime anti-exploitation; internal storage encrypted with hardware-tied keys
- Recovery
- Chip firmware can be revived or restored with Apple Configurator 2
Operating systems
- Shipped with
- macOS Monterey 12.0
- Newest compatible
- macOS 27 Golden Gate (Apple identification page)
- Apple Intelligence
- Supported (all Macs with M1 and later)
Processors
- Apple M1 Pro (10-core CPU)
- Apple M1 Max (10-core CPU)