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MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) - Technical Specifications

Year introduced: 2021

Identify your MacBook Pro model

Finish

  • Silver

  • Space Gray

Chip

Apple M1 Pro chip

  • 10-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores

  • 16-core GPU

  • 16-core Neural Engine

  • 200GB/s memory bandwidth

  • Media engine

    • Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW

    • Video decode engine

    • Video encode engine

    • ProRes encode and decode engine

  • Configurable to:

    • M1 Max with 10-core CPU and 24-core GPU

    • M1 Max with 10-core CPU and 32-core GPU

Apple M1 Max chip

  • 10-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores

  • 32-core GPU

  • 16-core Neural Engine

  • 400GB/s memory bandwidth

  • Media engine

    • Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW

    • Video decode engine

    • Two video encode engines

    • Two ProRes encode and decode engines

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Display

Liquid Retina XDR display

  • 16.2-inch (diagonal) Liquid Retina XDR display;1 3456-by-2234 native resolution at 254 pixels per inch

XDR (Extreme Dynamic Range)

  • 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio

  • XDR brightness: 1000 nits sustained full-screen, 1600 nits peak2 (HDR content only)

  • SDR brightness: 500 nits

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

Memory

Apple M1 Pro chip

  • 16GB unified memory

    • Configurable to 32GB (M1 Pro or M1 Max) or 64GB (M1 Max)

Apple M1 Max chip

  • 32GB unified memory

    • Configurable to 64GB

Battery and Power3

  • Up to 21 hours Apple TV app movie playback

  • Up to 14 hours wireless web

  • 100-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery3

  • 140W USB-C Power Adapter

  • USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable

  • Fast-charge capable with included 140W USB-C Power Adapter

Storage4

Apple M1 Pro chip

  • 512GB SSD

    • Configurable to 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, or 8TB

Apple M1 Max chip

  • 1TB SSD

    • Configurable to 2TB, 4TB, or 8TB

Charging and Expansion

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  • SDXC card slot

  • HDMI port

  • 3.5 mm headphone jack

  • MagSafe 3 port

  • Three Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports with support for:

    • Charging

    • DisplayPort

    • Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40Gb/s)

    • USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)

Display Support

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