for an immersive viewing experience.
to power through intensive workloads.
— the highest capacity in any notebook.
for large files and smooth multitasking.
for fast rendering and seamless playback.
for dramatic sound and super-clean recordings.
Designed for those who defy limits and change the world, the new MacBook Pro is by far the most powerful notebook Apple has ever made. With an immersive 40-cm Retina display, super-fast processors, next-generation graphics, the largest battery capacity ever in a MacBook Pro, a new Magic Keyboard and massive storage, it’s the ultimate pro notebook for the ultimate user.
Retina Display
A big, beautiful workspace. For doing big, beautiful work.
The new MacBook Pro features a stunning 40-cm Retina display — the largest Retina display ever in a Mac notebook. It produces 500 nits of brightness for spectacular highlights and bright whites, while delivering deep blacks thanks to the precise photo alignment of liquid crystal molecules. The P3 wide colour gamut offers brilliant, true-to-life images and video. So no matter where you are, you’ll see your work in the best possible light.
P3
wide colour gamut
500 nits
of brightness
Processor and Memory
Working at the speed of thought.
The 40-cm MacBook Pro brings a whole new class of performance to the notebook. Thanks to a more advanced thermal design, the Intel Core i9 processor with up to 8 cores and 16 threads of processing power sustains higher performance for longer periods of time — and delivers up to 2.1 times the performance of a quad-core MacBook Pro.3 So whether you’re layering dozens of tracks and effects, rendering 3D models or compiling and testing code, you’ll be doing it in no time flat.
More advanced thermal architecture enables faster processing. The thermal architecture in MacBook Pro has been completely redesigned, featuring larger impellers with improved fan blades for optimal airflow and more heat-dispersing fins for more effective cooling. The resulting gain in cooling capacity allows MacBook Pro to deliver up to 12 watts more maximum sustained power.
Up to 64GB of DDR4 memory means more efficient multitasking. The 40-cm MacBook Pro uses fast 2666MHz DDR4 memory — up to 64GB — for smooth performance whether you’re loading hundreds of audio samples, editing billion-pixel images or running multiple virtual machines.
Up to
64GB
DDR4 memory
Up to
4.3x
faster than 16GB4
Graphics
Bending reality takes bandwidth.
The AMD Radeon Pro 5000M series graphics GPU delivers the greatest graphics horsepower ever in a MacBook Pro. The 40-cm MacBook Pro base model is over two times faster than the previous-generation base model, for seamless playback and faster rendering of ultra-high-definition video.⁵ And with the optional 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM, you’ll get up to 80% faster performance when executing tasks like colour grading in DaVinci Resolve compared with the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20.6
Up to
2.1x
faster than AMD Radeon Pro 560X5
Up to
8GB
GDDR6 VRAM
189GB/s
memory bandwidth
Up to
24
compute units
Keyboard
There's magic in a
perfect workspace.
The 40-cm MacBook Pro takes workflow efficiency to a new level. The Magic Keyboard features a refined scissor mechanism with 1-millimetre travel for a responsive, comfortable and quiet typing experience. The Touch Bar puts powerful shortcuts front and centre, and Touch ID provides fast authentication. A dedicated Escape key allows quick switching between modes and views. And the inverted-T arrow keys enable fluid navigation whether you’re flying through lines of code, navigating spreadsheets or gaming.
Touch Bar. The commands you need most are right where you need them — saving time and keystrokes.
Touch ID. Fast, easy authentication for secure logins.
Force Touch trackpad. Speed your workflow with Force click and Multi-Touch gestures.
Audio
Biggre base. Better mic.
MacBook Pro has a big voice. The six-speaker sound system produces room-filling wide stereo sound like you’ve never heard from a notebook before. Dual force-cancelling woofers dramatically reduce vibration, adding a half-octave lower range to the bass. And the studio-quality three-mic array rivals professional third-party microphones, for creating super-clean podcasts or music recordings on the go.
Six-speaker sound system with dual force-cancelling woofers.
Studio-quality three-mic array with high signal-to-noise ratio.
Storage
Bring your whole studio with you.
The 40-cm MacBook Pro has up to 8TB of SSD storage — the most available in any notebook. So you can take your entire photo or video libraries with you no matter where you’re headed. And with super-fast speeds, massive files load in an instant and pro apps launch in a blink.
Up to
8TB
SSD storage
Up to
3.2GB/s
sequential read speed7
Battery
A battery with a strong work ethic.
The 40-cm MacBook Pro has the highest-capacity battery Apple has ever put in a notebook. The 100-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery not only powers the larger display and delivers higher maximum sustained power, it also provides longer battery life — up to 11 hours of wireless web browsing and Apple TV app movie playback.⁸ So you’ll have more time to work between charges — whether you’re on or off the grid.
100-wh
battery
Up to
11 hr
of battery life
Apple T2 Security Chip
The next generation of security.
Every MacBook Pro is equipped with the Apple T2 Security Chip — second-generation custom Mac silicon designed to make everything you do even more secure. It includes a Secure Enclave coprocessor that provides the foundation for secure boot and encrypted storage capabilities. It also consolidates many discrete controllers, including the system management controller, audio controller and SSD controller, into one.
Thunderbolt 3
The most powerful
and versatile port ever.
Thunderbolt 3 combines ultra‑high bandwidth with the ultra‑versatility of the USB‑C industry standard to create one revved‑up universal port. It integrates data transfer, charging and video output in a single connector, delivering up to 40GB/s of throughput for twice the bandwidth of Thunderbolt 2. MacBook Pro 40-cm is equipped with four ports, so you can do all that from either side. Existing devices are easily connected with a cable or adapter. And Thunderbolt 3 is reversible, so no matter how you plug in, it’s always right side up.
Up to
40GB/s
data transfer
Support up to two
6K
displays
- Display size is measured diagonally.
- 1GB = 1 billion bytes and 1TB = 1 trillion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.
- Testing conducted by Apple in October 2019 using pre-production 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 40-cm MacBook Pro systems with 64GB of RAM and shipping 3.1GHz quad-core Intel Core i7–based 38-cm MacBook Pro systems with 16GB of RAM. Tested using Logic Pro X 10.4.7 with project consisting of 253 tracks, each with an Amp Designer plug-in instance applied. Individual tracks were enabled during playback until CPU became overloaded. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.
- Testing conducted by Apple in October 2019 using pre-production 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 40-cm MacBook Pro systems with 64GB of RAM, pre-production 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 40-cm MacBook Pro systems with 32GB of RAM, and pre-production 2.3GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 40-cm MacBook Pro systems with 16GB of RAM. Pre-release Adobe Photoshop 2020 21.0.0 tested using a 12.5GB file and Rotate, Unsharp Mask, Auto Color and Scale functions. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.
- Testing conducted by Apple in October 2019 using (Standard) pre-production 2.3GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 40-cm MacBook Pro systems with Radeon Pro 5500M graphics with 4GB of VRAM, 16GB of RAM and 1TB SSD, and shipping 2.3GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 38-cm MacBook Pro systems with Radeon Pro 560X graphics with 4GB of VRAM, 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD; as well as (Configurable Option) pre-production 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 40-cm MacBook Pro systems with Radeon Pro 5500M graphics with 8GB of VRAM, 64GB of RAM and 4TB SSD, and shipping 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 38-cm MacBook Pro systems with Radeon Pro Vega 20 graphics with 4GB of VRAM, 32GB of RAM and 4TB SSD. Tested with Unity 2018.3.6f1 using Book of the Dead demo, at 1440x900 resolution. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.
- Testing conducted by Apple in October 2019 using pre-production 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 40-cm MacBook Pro systems with Radeon Pro 5500M graphics with 8GB of VRAM, 64GB of RAM and 4TB SSD, and shipping 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 38-cm MacBook Pro systems with Radeon Pro Vega 20 graphics with 4GB of VRAM, 32GB of RAM and 4TB SSD. Tested with DaVinci Resolve Studio 16 using 10 common effects and a 10-second UHD project at 3840x2160 resolution and 24 frames per second. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.
- Testing conducted by Apple in October 2019 using pre-production 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 40-cm MacBook Pro systems with 64GB of RAM and 4TB SSD. Tested with FIO 3.16, 1024KB request size, 150GB test file and IO depth=8. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.
- Testing conducted by Apple in October 2019 using pre-production 2.3GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 40-cm MacBook Pro systems with 16GB of RAM and 1TB SSD. The wireless web test measures battery life by wirelessly browsing 25 popular websites with display brightness set to 12 clicks from the bottom or 75%. The Apple TV app movie playback test measures battery life by playing back 1080p HD content with display brightness set to 12 clicks from the bottom or 75%. The standby test measures battery life by allowing a system, connected to a wireless network and signed in to an iCloud account, to enter standby mode with Safari and Mail applications launched and all system settings left at default. Battery life varies by use and configuration. See apple.com/in/batteries for more information.
Some configurations may not be available for all countries or all regions.
