If you’re looking to upgrade your laptop, you’ve got a lot of options available. Apple recently unveiled the next generation of their flagship laptop, the MacBook Pro, and it looks like it will be a very powerful device. It also comes in a wide variety of configurations, so you should be able to find a model that suits your needs.
Processors
Apple’s MacBook Pro 2023 computers will feature new processors to boost the computer’s performance and battery life. The new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips are expected to bring pro performance to the laptop. They will also come with up to 96GB of unified memory.
The new SoCs are reportedly using a new 3nm architecture. That means more computing cores, up to four dies, and a much more powerful image signal processor to help improve noise reduction. Despite the increased core count, power efficiency should remain similar across generations.
Apple’s Neural Engine, which was first introduced in the M1 Pro/M1 Max, will now reportedly be faster than before. Its capacity has been increased to 15.8 trillion operations per second. This will allow the Neural Engine to perform 40 percent faster at machine learning tasks.
Apple’s new chip has eight high-performance and four high-efficiency CPU cores, as well as ten GPU cores. Compared to the previous generation, the M2 Pro has 20% more processing speed and 30% faster graphics.
Display size
If you are looking for a new MacBook Pro, you have two options. You can opt for the ‘new’ 16-inch model that starts at $2,499, or you can get the 14-inch version for $1,999. Regardless of which you decide on, you’ll get the same number of pixels, resolution, and display size.
The MacBook Pro also has a good selection of ports. Besides USB-C, the notebooks feature three Thunderbolt 4 ports, which can support 40Gb/s. Also, the MacBook Pro models sport mini LED Liquid Retina XDR technology, which lets professionals adjust display parameters such as the contrast and color range.
Compared to the previous generation, the new MacBook Pro is thinner and has thinner bezels. It also sports a bigger screen and has a more powerful chip. These specs make it perfect for photo editing, graphic design, and cinematic colour grading.
Another impressive feature of the new model is the fact that the machine features the new M2 Pro chip. This chip has a 12-core CPU and a 19-core GPU. As a result, the M2 Pro is 2.5 times faster than the fastest Intel-powered MacBook Pro.
M1 Ultra
Apple has unveiled the M1 Ultra, the next generation of its flagship laptop. It is a high-performance machine that delivers eight times the performance of its predecessor. It features an innovative packaging architecture and a 32-core Neural Engine. This chip uses a die-to-die interconnect that connects more than 10,000 signal points to deliver a 2.5TB/s bandwidth.
This is not the first time that Apple has made use of die-to-die interconnects. The company previously used a similar approach in its iMac and iPad Pro chips, but it was only recently applied to a desktop chip.
Using this design, the M1 Ultra is able to achieve peak performance with much less power than the current Core i9-12900K desktop chip. It also comes with a unified memory architecture that eliminates data copying.
The M1 Ultra is capable of running 18 simultaneous 8K ProRes 422 video streams. This is a big step up from previous generations of Apple’s custom chips.
Graphics card
The new MacBook Pro is now shipping with a pair of Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics chips. This upgrade is worth considering if you’re looking to speed up your laptop.
The new M2 Pro and M2 Max graphics cards are a significant upgrade to the standard Intel HD Graphics 530 chip in the current generation of MacBook Pro. Apple claims that it can rival the performance of the best discrete GPUs in the market, including Nvidia’s GTX 1080 and AMD’s RX Vega 64.
For example, the M2 Max offers four high-performance cores that are as efficient as the M2 Pro’s six cores. It’s also equipped with a 96GB of memory.
The 2023 MacBook Pro includes the same unibody aluminum chassis, trackpad, and keyboard as the current model. It’s available in silver or space gray, with the same Liquid Retina XDR display.
However, the M2 Max adds a significant boost to the price of the MacBook Pro. For a 14-inch model, this adds $300 to the overall cost.
