M1 MacBook Pro 16” vs. M1 MacBook Air - Specs Comparison

All-New MacBook Pro Design

New M1 Pro and M1 Max Chip

New Liquid Retina XDR with ProMotion Display

Better Battery Life of up to 21 hours

• Better Performance. With the new Apple M1 Chip, it is now 3x times faster in exporting a project in iMovie, 5x times faster applying 3D effects in Final Cut Pro, editing multiple streams 4K ProRes video in Final Cut Pro with no frame drop, 2x times faster in exporting photos in Lightroom, and more.
• Better battery life of up to 18 hours. The new M1 MacBook Air has the most extended battery life ever, with up to 18 hours of watching movies and 15 hours of web browsing.
• Better FaceTime HD camera. With the latest Apple Image Single Processor (ISP) in the M1 chip, image quality is better in noise reduction, has a better dynamic range, and has an improved auto white balance.
• Better display. It now supports a P3 wide color with 400 nits of display brightness.
• Improvements
  • It supports the latest USB 4 and Wi-Fi 6.
  • It has better security with the new Secure Enclave in the M1 chip.

Removed features

• Removed Touchbar
• One less Thunderbolt ports

No Bootcamp

• Natively supports only one external display. The new M1 chip supports only one extended 6K@60Hz display, while the older Intel version supports up to two 4K@60Hz.

• Announced on October 18, 2021.
• Available on October 26, 2021.

• $2,499
  M1 Pro 10-Core CPU 16-Core GPU 16GB 512GB
• $2,699
  M1 Pro 10-Core CPU 16-Core GPU 16GB 1TB
• $3,499
  M1 Max 10-Core CPU 32-Core GPU 32GB 1TB
• $3,899
  M1 Max 10-Core CPU 32-Core GPU 64GB 1TB
• $4,299
  M1 Max 10-Core CPU 32-Core GPU 64GB 2TB
• $4,899
  M1 Max 10-Core CPU 32-Core GPU 64GB 4TB
• $6,099
  M1 Max 10-Core CPU 32-Core GPU 64GB 8TB

• $999
  Apple M1 Chip (7 cores GPU) | 8GB RAM | 256GB SSD
• $1,249
  Apple M1 Chip (8 cores GPU) | 8GB RAM | 512GB SSD

• Liquid Retina XDR display
  • 16.2-inch (diagonal) Liquid Retina XDR display;10 3456-by-2234 native resolution at 254 pixels per inch
• XDR (Extreme Dynamic Range)
  • Up to 1000 nits sustained (full-screen) brightness, 1600 nits peak brightness
  • 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio
  • Color
    1 billion colors Wide color (P3) True Tone technology
• Refresh rates
  • ProMotion technology for adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz
  • Fixed 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
• 400 nits brightness
• Supports wide color (P3)
• True Tone technology

• Height: 0.66 inch (1.68 cm)
• Width: 14.01 inches (35.57 cm)
• Depth: 9.77 inches (24.81 cm)

• Width: 11.97 inches (30.41 cm)
• Depth: 8.36 inches (21.24 cm)
• Height: 0.16–0.63 inch (0.41–1.61 cm)

• 4.7 pounds (2.1 kg)
  M1 Pro models.
• 4.8 pounds (2.2 kg)
  M1 Max models.

• 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

• 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted-T arrangement
• 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

• 2 x Thunderbolt™️ 4
  Supports USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s), DisplayPort, and charging.
• 1 x MagSafe 3
• 1 x Headphone jack

• 1 x Thunderbolt™️ 4
  Supports USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s), DisplayPort, and charging.
• 1 x SDXC card slot
• 1 x HDMI port

• Charging
• DisplayPort
• Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)
• USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)

• Apple M1 Pro (10C, 16G)
  10 cores, 10 threads, 3.20 GHz,
• Apple M1 Max (10C, 32G)
  10 cores, 10 threads, 3.20 GHz,

• Apple M1 (7 GPU Cores)
  8 cores, 8 threads, 3.20 GHz, 10W
• Apple M1
  8 cores, 8 threads, 3.20 GHz, 10W

• Apple M1 Pro (10C, 16G)
  Apple M1 Pro iGPU

  16 GPU Cores, 16 Neural Engine Cores,
• Apple M1 Max (10C, 32G)
  Apple M1 Max iGPU

  32 GPU Cores, 16 Neural Engine Cores,

• Apple M1 (7 GPU Cores)
  Apple M1 iGPU

  7 Graphics Cores, 1280 MHz
• Apple M1
  Apple M1 iGPU

  8 Graphics Cores, 1280 MHz

• 8GB
  unified 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

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

• Up to 14 hours wireless web
• Up to 21 hours of Apple TV app movie playback

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

• High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-canceling 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
• Studio-quality three-mic array with high signal-to-noise ratio and directional beamforming
• 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones

• Stereo speakers
• Wide stereo sound
• Support for Dolby Atmos playback
• Three-mic array with directional beamforming
• 3.5 mm headphone jack

• Touch ID sensor
• Ambient light sensor

• Touch ID sensor
• Apple T2 Security Chip

• Touch ID sensor
• Apple T2 Security Chip

• 16‑inch MacBook Pro
• 140W USB‑C Power Adapter
• USB-C to MagSafe 3 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 1 billion colors and:
  • Up to two external displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors (M1 Pro) or
  • Up to three external displays with up to 6K resolution and one external display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors (M1 Max)
• Thunderbolt 4 digital video output
  • Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C
  • VGA, HDMI, DVI, and Thunderbolt 2 output supported using adapters (sold separately)
• HDMI digital 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:
  • 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 supported using adapters (sold separately)