MacBook Pro 16-inch (M1 Max, 2021)
DiscontinuedApple M1 Max
Price unavailable for United KingdomChip
Apple M1 Max
Display
16.2″
Memory
32–64 GB
Storage
1024–8192
Overview
- Type
- Notebook
- Announced
- 18 Oct 2021
- Released
- 26 Oct 2021
- Colours
- Silver, Space Gray
Chip & performance
- Chip
- Apple M1 Max
- CPU cores
- 10
- GPU cores
- 24–32
- Neural Engine
- 16 cores
Memory & storage
- Unified memory
- 32–64 GB
- Memory bandwidth
- 400 GB/s
- Storage
- 1TB – 8TB
Display
- Type
- Liquid Retina XDR
- Size
- 16.2″
- Resolution
- 3456-by-2234
- Pixel density
- 254 ppi
- Peak brightness
- 1600 nits
- ProMotion
- Yes
- Nano-texture option
- No
Battery & power
- Video playback
- Up to 21 hrs
- Capacity
- 99.6 Wh
- Power adapter
- 140W USB-C
Ports & connectivity
- Thunderbolt
- Thunderbolt 4
- Thunderbolt ports
- 3
- HDMI
- Yes
- USB-A ports
- 0
- SDXC card slot
- Yes
- Ethernet
- —
- MagSafe
- Yes
- Headphone jack
- Yes
- Max external displays
- 4
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
- Camera
- 1080p FaceTime HD
Physical
- Dimensions
- —
- Weight
- 2200 g
- Touch ID
- Yes
- Touch Bar
- No
Software
- macOS
- Shipped with macOS Monterey · Supported on the current OS
Field-level sources
Individual specifications can carry their own evidence and verification — not one blanket source. Some values are Apple-published, others come from regulatory filings or teardowns, and some are explicitly not disclosed.
chip.nameApple M1 MaxApple-confirmed
chip.cpuCores10Apple-confirmed
chip.gpuCoresBase24Apple-confirmed
chip.gpuCoresMax32Apple-confirmed
chip.neuralEngineCores16Apple-confirmed
memory.baseGb32 GBApple-confirmed
memory.maxGb64 GBApple-confirmed
memory.bandwidthGBs400 GB/sApple-confirmed
macStorage.baseGb1024 GBApple-confirmed
macStorage.maxGb8192 GBApple-confirmed
display.technologyLiquid Retina XDRApple-confirmed
display.sizeInches16.2 inApple-confirmed
display.resolution3456-by-2234Apple-confirmed
display.pixelsPerInch254 ppiApple-confirmed
display.maxBrightnessNits1600 nitsApple-confirmed
display.proMotiontrueApple-confirmed
display.nanoTextureOptionfalseApple-confirmed
battery.videoHours21 hrsApple-confirmed
battery.capacityWh99.6 WhApple-confirmed
powerAdapter140W USB-CApple-confirmed
ports.thunderboltThunderbolt 4Apple-confirmed
ports.thunderboltCount3Apple-confirmed
ports.usbA0Apple-confirmed
ports.hdmitrueApple-confirmed
ports.sdxctrueApple-confirmed
ports.magsafetrueApple-confirmed
ports.headphonetrueApple-confirmed
externalDisplaysMax4Apple-confirmed
camera1080p FaceTime HDApple-confirmed
wifiWi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)Apple-confirmed
bluetooth5.0Apple-confirmed
touchIdtrueApple-confirmed
touchBarfalseApple-confirmed
weightGrams2200 gApple-confirmed
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