The next generation of Apple silicon is here with M1 Pro and M1 Max

Apple’s M1 Pro and M1 Max deliver new levels of power for Mac.

After months of rumors and speculation, Apple today officially unveiled its latest Apple silicon in the form of the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips.

What are the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips?

Building on the power and efficiency gains of last year’s M1 chip, Apple is bringing its next-generation chip to new Mac models in the form of the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips.

Though the number has remained the same, both chips represent a significant jump in performance that will please pro customers whose needs weren’t quite met by M1.

Both new chips feature a 10-core CPU, including eight high-performance cores, for 70% faster performance than M1. On the GPU side, M1 Pro offers a 16-core GPU, eight more than M1, for 2x faster graphics. M1 Max doubles the GPU core count to 32 for 4x faster graphics performance than M1.

How do the M1 Pro M1 Max chips differ from the M1 chip?

Until we can test them for ourselves, it’s difficult to say how the M1 Pro and M1 Max will fare in real-world testing but, for comparison’s sake, we know that Apple’s M1 chip feels pretty snappy while offering eight total CPU cores. Four of those are high-performance and four are energy-efficient ones.

M1 also tops out at 16GB of RAM which, for many pro use cases, is not enough. With support for up to 64GB of RAM, Apple’s latest devices will be the best MacBooks for many more pro users.