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Apple has officially launched an upgraded MacBook Pro and Mac mini, powered by the new M2, M2 Pro, and M2 Max processors. The Apple M2 Pro is built on top of the M2 and offers up to a 12-core CPU 19 core GPU and up to 32GB of unified memory. Similarly, the M2 Max offers 12 core CPU and up to a 38-core GPU with support for up to 96GB of unified memory.
Besides these advancements, both processors also include a new 16-core Neural Engine and Apple’s proprietary media engine. Users can get these processors on both 14-inch and 16-inch variants of the 2023-edition MacBook Pro models.
Both Apple Silicon chips are fabbed using a 5 nanometer (nm) process. While the M2 Pro has over 40 billion transistors, the M2 Max has over 67 billion transistors with a memory bandwidth of 200GB/s and 400GB/s, respectively. In terms of performance, the M2 Pro is 40 per cent faster than the M1 Pro in terms of image processing in photoshop and is 25 per cent faster in compiling code on Xcode.
Apple calls the M2 Max the world’s most powerful and efficient Pro laptop chip. These processors are also optimised for the latest macOS Ventura which has over 15,000 native apps that are codecs for the Apple Silicon platform.
The new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro chip starts at Rs 1,99,900 while the 16-inch variant with M2 Pro costs Rs 2,49,900. The 14-inch and 16-inch variants of MacBook Pro with M2 Max chip start from Rs 3,09,900 and Rs 3,49,900 respectively. Students can get an additional discount on these models and the new MacBook Pros will go on sale from January 24, 2023 in India.
The new Mac mini with M2 chip costs Rs 59,900 while the M2 Pro variant starts from Rs 1,29,900 and will be available starting January 24th in India via Apple official resellers.
