New processors with up to a 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 64GB of unified memory, ProRes acceleration, and industry-leading power efficiency power the all-new MacBook Pro.
CA CUPERTINO, CA M1 Pro and M1 Max, Apple’s next breakthrough processors for the Mac, were introduced today. M1 Pro provides outstanding performance with industry-leading power efficiency, while M1 Max pushes these capabilities to new heights by scaling up M1’s revolutionary design. The CPU in the M1 Pro and M1 Max is up to 70% quicker than the M1, making processes like building applications in Xcode faster than ever before. M1 Pro’s GPU is up to 2x faster than M1’s, and M1 Max’s GPU is up to 4x faster than M1, allowing professionals to breeze through even the most demanding graphics processes.
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For the first time in pro systems, the M1 Pro and M1 Max use a system-on-a-chip (SoC) architecture. Fast unified memory, industry-leading performance per watt, and remarkable power efficiency, as well as improved memory bandwidth and capacity, are all features of the processors. The M1 Pro supports up to 32GB of unified memory and has a memory bandwidth of up to 200GB/s. M1 Max has a memory bandwidth of up to 400GB/s, which is 2x that of M1 Pro and roughly 6x that of M1, as well as compatibility for up to 64GB of unified memory. While the newest PC laptops have a maximum graphics capacity of 16GB, having this much memory allows for graphics-intensive operations that were previously unthinkable on a notebook. Because of the M1 Pro and M1 Max’s efficient design, they offer the same level of performance whether the MacBook Pro is plugged in or not. M1 Pro and M1 Max have improved media engines with dedicated ProRes accelerators for professional video processing. The M1 Pro and M1 Max are Apple’s most powerful processors ever.
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“With tremendous performance, unique innovations, and industry-leading power efficiency, M1 has revolutionized our most popular systems.” “Until today with the M1 Pro and M1 Max, no one has ever applied a system-on-a-chip design to a pro system,” said Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Technologies. “With huge improvements in CPU and GPU speed, up to six times the memory bandwidth, a new media engine with ProRes accelerators, and other sophisticated technologies, the M1 Pro and M1 Max push Apple silicon even farther, and are unlike anything else in a professional laptop.”
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M1 Pro: Unprecedented Performance and Capability
M1 Pro has 33.7 billion transistors, more than twice as many as M1, thanks to the industry-leading 5-nanometer manufacturing technology. A new 10-core CPU with eight high-performance cores and two high-efficiency cores outperforms the M1 by up to 70%, resulting in incredible pro CPU performance. When compared to the newest 8-core PC laptop processor, the M1 Pro provides up to 1.7x higher CPU performance at the same power level and uses up to 70% less power to achieve the PC chip’s peak performance. 1 M1 Pro is capable of handling even the most demanding jobs, such as high-resolution picture editing.
M1 Pro features a 16-core GPU, which is up to 2x faster than M1 and up to 7x quicker than the integrated graphics on the most recent 8-core PC laptop processor. 1 When compared to a strong discrete GPU for PC laptops, the M1 Pro provides up to 70% greater performance while consuming 70% less power. 2 M1 Pro may also be customized with up to 32GB of fast unified memory and up to 200GB/s of memory bandwidth, allowing 3D artists and game developers to accomplish more on the road than ever before.
The World’s Most Powerful Chip for a Pro Notebook is the M1 Max
M1 Max has the same strong 10-core CPU as M1 Pro, but it also has a huge 32-core GPU that delivers up to 4x faster graphics performance than M1. M1 Max is Apple’s biggest chip, with 57 billion transistors, 70 percent more than M1 Pro and 3.5 times more than M1. Furthermore, the GPU provides performance comparable to a high-end GPU in a small pro PC laptop while using up to 40% less power, as well as performance comparable to the highest-end GPU in the biggest PC laptops while consuming up to 100 watts less power. 2 This means less heat is created, fans operate silently and less often, and the new MacBook Pro’s battery life is fantastic. When compared to the previous-generation 13-inch MacBook Pro, the M1 Max changes graphics-intensive processes, including up to 13x quicker complicated timeline rendering in Final Cut Pro.
Now with ProRes support, it’s a fast and efficient media engine
The Apple-designed media engine in the M1 Pro and M1 Max speeds up video processing while extending battery life. M1 Pro also has specialized ProRes video codec acceleration, enabling for the simultaneous playing of several streams of high-quality 4K and 8K ProRes video while consuming very little power. M1 Max goes even farther, with two ProRes accelerators and up to 2x quicker video encoding than M1 Pro. When compared to the previous-generation 16-inch MacBook Pro, the new MacBook Pro with M1 Max can convert ProRes video in Compressor up to 10x quicker.
Advanced Technologies for a Full-Service Professional System
M1 Pro and M1 Max both come with a slew of sophisticated proprietary innovations that help professionals take their workflows to the next level:
A 16-core Neural Engine for better camera performance and on-device machine learning acceleration.
Multiple external displays are driven by a novel display engine.
Additional Thunderbolt 4 controllers are integrated to give even more I/O bandwidth.
Apple’s proprietary image signal processor, in conjunction with the Neural Engine, employs computational video to improve image quality on the built-in camera, resulting in crisper video and more natural-looking skin tones.
Apple’s newest Secure Enclave, hardware-verified secure boot, and runtime anti-exploitation technologies provide best-in-class security.
A Significant Step Towards Apple Silicon
The Mac has now been on Apple silicon for a year, and the M1 Pro and M1 Max are still another significant step ahead. These are Apple’s most powerful and capable processors to date, and they join the M1 to form a chip family that leads the industry in performance, unique technology, and power efficiency.
Unleash the M1 Pro and M1 Max’s Potential with macOS and Apps
macOS Monterey is designed to unlock the full potential of the M1 Pro and M1 Max, offering outstanding performance, pro features, and battery life. The Mac comes up immediately from sleep, and the entire system is snappy and highly responsive, thanks to Monterey’s design for Apple silicon. Apps can take full use of the new processors thanks to developer tools like Metal, while Core ML optimizations use the powerful Neural Engine to make machine learning models run even faster.
MacOS with M1, M1 Pro, or M1 Max also provides industry-leading security features like as hardware-verified safe boot, runtime anti-exploitation technologies, and rapid, in-line file encryption. There are nearly 10,000 Universal applications and plug-ins available, and all of Apple’s Mac software are designed for — and operate natively on — Apple hardware. Existing Mac programs that haven’t been upgraded to Universal will work with Apple’s Rosetta 2 technology, and users will be able to run iPhone and iPad apps directly on the Mac, opening up a whole new world of possibilities.
Apple’s Environmental Commitment
Apple is now carbon neutral in its worldwide operations, and by 2030, the company intends to have a net-zero climate impact throughout the whole organization, including manufacturing supply chains and all product life cycles. This also means that every chip Apple makes will be carbon-neutral from design to manufacture.
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