The M1 Pro offers up to 200GB/s of memory bandwidth, with support for up to 32GB of unified memory. The M1 Max offers up to 400GB/s of memory bandwidth — 2x that of M1 Pro and nearly 6x that of M1 — and support for up to 64GB of unified memory. These also feature enhanced media engines with dedicated ProRes accelerators specifically for pro video processing.
M1 Pro highlights and specifications
- 33.7 billion transistors, more than 2x the amount in M1.
- New 10-core CPU, including eight high-performance cores and two high-efficiency cores, up to 70% faster than M1
- Up-to 16-core GPU that is up to 2x faster than M1
- Compared to a powerful discrete GPU for PC notebooks, M1 Pro delivers more performance while using up to 70% less power
- M1 Pro can be configured with up to 32GB of fast unified memory, with up to 200GB/s of memory bandwidth
- Dedicated acceleration for the ProRes professional video codec, allowing playback of multiple streams of high-quality 4K and 8K ProRes video while using very little power.
M1 Max highlights and specifications
- Features the same powerful 10-core CPU as M1 Pro
- 32-core GPU for up to 4x faster graphics performance than M1.
- 57 billion transistors — 70% more than M1 Pro and 3.5x more than M1
- GPU delivers performance comparable to a high-end GPU in a compact pro PC laptop while consuming up to 40% less power, and performance similar to that of the highest-end GPU in the largest PC laptops while using up to 100 watts less power
- Up to 13x faster complex timeline rendering in Final Cut Pro compared to the previous-generation 13-inch MacBook Pro.
- Doubles the memory interface compared with M1 Pro for up to 400GB/s, or nearly 6x the memory bandwidth of M1.
- M1 Max can be configured with up to 64GB of fast unified memory.
- 2x faster video encoding than M1 Pro, featuring two ProRes accelerators.
- With M1 Max, the new MacBook Pro can transcode ProRes video in Compressor up to a remarkable 10x faster compared with the previous-generation 16-inch MacBook Pro.
Both M1 Pro and M1 Max are loaded with advanced custom technologies :
- A 16-core Neural Engine for on-device machine learning acceleration and improved camera performance.
- A new display engine drives multiple external displays.
Additional integrated Thunderbolt 4 controllers provide even more I/O bandwidth. - Apple’s custom image signal processor, along with the Neural Engine, uses computational video to enhance image quality for sharper video and more natural-looking skin tones on the built-in camera.
- Best-in-class security, including Apple’s latest Secure Enclave, hardware-verified secure boot, and runtime anti-exploitation technologies.
The M1 Pro and M1 Max power the new MacBook Pro models released today and is expected in the upcoming Mac Mini.