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This week, Apple announced a major update for its high-end MacBook Pro models, with the new machines featuring a complete redesign, the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, larger mini-LED displays with ProMotion, an HDMI port and SD card slot, full-sized function keys, and more.
The redesigned MacBook Pro is available in all-new 14-inch and 16-inch sizes. Despite both being high-end models, the 14- and 16-inch models do have some different design aspects, features, and capabilities, so should you consider purchasing the smaller MacBook Pro, which starts at $1,999, or do you need the larger MacBook Pro, which costs at least $500 more? Our guide helps to answer the question of how to decide which of these two high-end MacBook Pro models is best for you.
Comparing the 14-Inch MacBook Pro and 16-Inch MacBook Pro
The 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models share almost all of their key features, such as display technology, chip configurations, and connectivity options. Apple lists these same features of the two machines:
Similarities
- Mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR display with up to 1,000 nits sustained brightness, 1,600 nits peak brightness, P3 wide color, True Tone, and ProMotion
- Options for the M1 Pro or M1 Max chip with up to 10-core CPU and 32-core GPU
- Up to 64GB of unified memory
- Up to 8TB of storage
- Touch ID
- 1080p FaceTime HD camera
- High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-canceling woofers, wide stereo sound, and spatial audio support
- Studio-quality three-mic array with high signal-to-noise ratio and directional beamforming
- Three Thunderbolt 4 ports
- HDMI port
- SDX
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