M2 Pro MacBook Pro Released, Here’s How It Compares To M1 Pro Model

Apple has launched the new M2 Pro MacBook Pro as a successor to the M1 Pro 2021 MacBook Pro. The new computer offers upgraded specifications that include the new and more powerful M2 Pro and M2 Max chips.

If you are wondering what are the key differences between the new generation over the previous generation, then you are in the right place, as that is precisely what we are going to discuss in this post.

But first, let’s take a look at the newly announced M2 Pro MacBook Pro. The headlining feature of this generation of MacBook Pro is its M2 Pro chip, which offers 12-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores. This is 2-cores higher than the 10-core CPU of the M1 Pro and the new generation also has 2 additional efficiency cores.

The M1 Pro chip was equipped with a 16-core GPU, whereas the new M2 Pro chip has a 19-core GPU for better graphical performance. The neural engine and memory bandwidth have remained the same in this generation at 16-core and 200GB/s.

Another change that has occurred with the M2 Pro MacBook Pro is that it offers 15 hours of wireless web browsing compared to 14 hours of web browsing offered by the previous generation.

The previous generation of MacBook Pro featured Wi-Fi 6 while the new MacBook Pro with M2 Pro processors features Wi-Fi 6E. The new MacBook Pros also offer Bluetooth 5.3 compared to Bluetooth 5.0 of the previous generation.

Design and weight wise both the previous and new generations of MacBook Pro are the same.

M2 Max vs M1 Max

If you are interested in getting the higher-end processsor, then you will be looking at the M2 Max chip, which comes with 12-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores compared to 12-core CPU of the M1 Max chip.

M2 Max chip has a 38-core GPU compared to the 32-core GPU of the M1 Max chip. The 16-core Neural Engine and 400GB/s memory bandwidth is same across both models.