MacBook Pro 16” (2019) vs. MacBook Air 13” 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

New True Tone Display

• Slightly smaller battery, down from 50.3 Wh to 49.9 Wh

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

• Available on June 27, 2019

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

• $1,099
  Intel Core i5 8210Y | 8GB RAM | 128GB SSD
• $1,299
  Intel Core i5 8210Y | 8GB RAM | 256GB SSD

• 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

• 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2560-by-1600 native resolution at 227 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors
• Supported scaled resolutions:
  • 1680 by 1050
  • 1440 by 900
  • 1024 by 640
• 16:10 aspect ratio
• True Tone technology

• 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

• 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) individual LED-backlit keys, including 12 function keys and 4 arrow keys
• 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

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

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

• 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

• 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8210Y
  2 cores, 4 threads, 1.60 → 3.60 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 7W

• 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

• 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8210Y
  Intel® UHD Graphics 617

  24 Execution Units, 300 → 1050 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

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

• Up to 12 hours wireless web
• Up to 13 hours Apple TV app video playback
• Up to 30 days of standby time

• 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

• Stereo speakers
• Three microphones
• 3.5 mm headphone jack

• Touch ID sensor

• Touch ID sensor
• Ambient light sensor

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

• MacBook Air
• 30W USB‑C Power Adapter
• USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)

• 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)

• Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colors and:
  • One external display with 5120-by-2880 resolution at up to 60Hz
  • Up to two external displays with 4096-by-2304 resolution at up to 60Hz
   
• Thunderbolt 3 digital video output
  • Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C
  • VGA, HDMI, and Thunderbolt 2 output using adapters (sold separately)