2020 MacBook Pro 16” vs. M2 MacBook Air 15” - Specs Comparison

New Optional AMD Radeon Pro 5600M

• Announced in June 2020.
• Available in June 2020.

• Announced on June 05, 2023.
• At the WWDC 2023 event.
• Available on June 13, 2023.

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

• Base prices:
  • $1,299
    M2, 8C CPU, 10C GPU, 8GB, 256GB
  • $1,499
    M2, 8C CPU, 10C GPU, 8GB, 512GB
  Memory options:
  • +$200
    16GB unified memory
  • +$400
    24GB unified memory
  Storage options:
  • +$200
    512GB SSD
  • +$400
    1TB SSD
  • +$800
    2TB 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

• Size: 15.3-inch
• Technology: Liquid Retina display
• Resolution: 2880 x 1864
• Pixel Density: 224 PPI
• Brightness: 500 nits
• Color [li]1 billion colors Wide color (P3) True Tone technology[/li]

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

• Height: 0.45 inch (1.15 cm)
• Width: 13.40 inches (34.04 cm)
• Depth: 9.35 inches (23.76 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) keys including 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted-T arrangement
• Touch ID
• 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)

• 1 x MagSafe 3
  Magnetic charging port
• 1 x Headphone jack
  Headphone/Microphone combo port
• 2 x Thunderbolt ports support:
  • Charging
  • DisplayPort
  • Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gbps)
  • USB 4 (up to 40Gbps)
  • USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gbps)

• 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 M2 (8C, 10G)
  8 cores, 8 threads, 2.42 → 3.48 GHz,

• 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

• Apple M2 (8C, 10G)
  Apple M2 iGPU

  10 GPU Cores, 16 Neural Engine Cores,

• AMD Radeon Pro 5300M with 4GB of GDDR6 memory (20 CUs)
• AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 4GB of GDDR6 memory (24 CUs)
• AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 8GB of GDDR6 memory (24 CUs)

• AMD Radeon Pro 5600M with 8GB of HBM2 memory (40 CUs)

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

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

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

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

• Up to 15 hours of wireless web
• Up to 18 hours of Apple TV app movie playback

• 70W USB‑C Power Adapter
  Fast-charge capable.
• 35W Dual USB‑C Compact Power Adapter
  Has two USB-C charging ports.

• 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

• Six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers
• Wide stereo sound
• Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers
• Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max
• Three-mic array with directional beamforming
• 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones

• Touch ID sensor

• Touch ID sensor
• Ambient light sensor

• Touch ID sensor
• Apple T2 Security Chip

• Touch ID sensor
• Apple T2 Security Chip

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

• 15‑inch MacBook Air
• 35W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power Adapter
• USB-C to MagSafe 3 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 1 billion colors and:
  • One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz
• Thunderbolt 3 digital video output
  • Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C
  • VGA, HDMI, DVI, and Thunderbolt 2 output are supported using adapters (sold separately)