Apple Mac mini (M1, 2020) vs. MacBook Pro 16” (2019) - Detailed Specs Comparison

Largest Retina Notebook Display Ever

The new MacBook Pro comes with the largest Retina notebook display ever at 16-inch with 500 nits, P3 wide color gamut and higher resolution at 3072x1920 with a density of 226 ppi.

New Magic Keyboard

More Advanced Thermal Design

Powerful Processors and Faster Memory

Next-Generation Graphics

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• First 8TB Notebook
• Higher Fidelity Audio Experience
• macOS Catalina

• Announced on November 13th, 2019
• Available on November 13th, 2019

• $699
  Apple M1 Chip | 8GB RAM | 256GB SSD
• $899
  Apple M1 Chip | 8GB RAM | 512GB SSD

• $2,399 - Intel Core i7 | 16GB RAM | 512GB SSD | Radeon 5300M 4GB
• $2,799 - Intel Core i7 | 16GB RAM | 1TB SSD | Radeon 5500M 4GB

• 16‑inch (diagonal) LED‑backlit display with IPS technology; 3072‑by‑1920 native resolution at 226 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors
• Supported scaled resolutions:
  • 2048 by 1280
  • 1792 by 1120
  • 1344 by 840
  • 1152 by 720
• 500 nits brightness
• Wide color (P3)
• True Tone technology
• Refresh rates: 47.95Hz, 48.00Hz, 50.00Hz, 59.94Hz, 60.00Hz

• Height: 0.64 inch (1.62 cm)
• Width: 14.09 inches (35.79 cm)
• Depth: 9.68 inches (24.59 cm)

• 65 (U.S.) or 66 (ISO) keys including 4 arrow keys in an inverted‑T arrangement
• Touch Bar
• Touch ID sensor
• Ambient light sensor
• Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure‑sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure‑sensitive drawing, and Multi-Touch gestures

• Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for:
  • DisplayPort
  • Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)
  • USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)
  • Thunderbolt 2, HDMI, DVI, and VGA supported using adapters (sold separately)
• 2 x USB Type-A ports
  Supports data transfers up to 5 Gbps.
• 1 x Gigabit Ethernet port
• 1 x HDMI 2.0
• 1 x 3.5 mm headphone jack

• Charging
• DisplayPort
• Thunderbolt (up to 40Gb/s)
• USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)

• Apple M1
  8 cores, 8 threads, 3.20 GHz, 10W

• 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H
  6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 4.50 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W
• 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9880H
  8 cores, 16 threads, 2.30 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W
• 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9980HK
  8 cores, 16 threads, 2.40 → 5.00 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W

• Apple M1
  Apple M1 iGPU

  8 Graphics Cores, 1280 MHz

• 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H
  Intel® UHD Graphics 630

  24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz
• 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9880H
  Intel® UHD Graphics 630

  24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz
• 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9980HK
  Intel® UHD Graphics 630

  24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz

• AMD Radeon Pro 5300M with 4GB of GDDR6 memory
• AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 4GB of GDDR6 memory
• AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 8GB of GDDR6 memory

• 8GB
  4266 MHz LPDDR4X onboard memory
• Configurable to 16GB

• 256GB512GB
  SSD
• Configurable to 1TB or 2TB

• 802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6 wireless networking
• IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible

• 802.11ac Wi‑Fi wireless networking
• IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible

• Up to 11 hours wireless web
• Up to 11 hours Apple TV app movie playback
• Up to 30 days of standby time

• Built-in speaker
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• HDMI 2.0 port supports multichannel audio output

• High‑fidelity six‑speaker system with force‑cancelling woofers
• Wide stereo sound
• Support for Dolby Atmos playback
• Studio‑quality three-mic array with high signal-to-noise ratio and directional beamforming
• 3.5 mm headphone jack

• Touch ID sensor

• Touch ID sensor
• Apple T2 Security Chip

• Mac mini
• Power cord

• 16‑inch MacBook Pro
• 96W USB‑C Power Adapter
• USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)

• Simultaneously supports up to two displays:
  • One display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz connected via Thunderbolt and one display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz connected via HDMI 2.0
• Thunderbolt 3 digital video output supports
  • Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C
  • Thunderbolt 2, DVI, and VGA output supported using adapters (sold separately)
• HDMI 2.0 display video output
  • Support for one display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz
  • DVI output using HDMI to DVI Adapter (sold separately)

• Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colors and:
  • Up to two displays with 6016‑by‑3384 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors or
  • Up to four displays with 4096‑by‑2304 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors
• Thunderbolt 3 digital video output
  • Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C
  • VGA, HDMI, DVI, and Thunderbolt 2 output supported using adapters (sold separately)