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Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) Specs
Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)
Product Brand: Apple
Editor's Rating:
9
9
Pros
- Impressive performance with Apple's M1 chip, providing fast and efficient processing power.
- Retina display with True Tone technology delivers sharp and vibrant visuals.
- Backlit Magic Keyboard is comfortable to type on and includes a Touch Bar for quick access to functions.
- Improved sound quality with stereo speakers and wide stereo sound.
- Long battery life, lasting up to 17 hours on a single charge.
- MacOS software provides a streamlined and user-friendly experience.
- Solid build quality with an aluminum body.
- Runs cool and quiet due to the efficient M1 chip design.
Cons
- Limited port selection, with only two Thunderbolt 3 ports and a headphone jack.
- Limited support for some legacy software and peripherals that are not yet optimized for the M1 chip.
- Limited upgradeability with only two USB-C ports.
- No built-in SD card reader or USB-A ports.
- No water resistance rating.
Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) laptop Specs and Features
The MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020) is one of the best laptops Apple has ever made. It’s powerful, efficient, and has a beautiful design. The only downside is that it’s expensive.
The MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020) is a beautiful laptop.
It’s made of aluminium and has a Retina display. The keyboard is backlit, and the trackpad is huge. The laptop is also very thin and lightweight.
The performance of the MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020) is outstanding. It has an 8-core processor and an 8-core GPU. The battery life is also incredible.
What are the specifications of the MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) laptop?
Here’s a summary of the technical specifications for the MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) laptop:
- Processor: 8-core M1 chip with 64-bit architecture and Turbo Boost up to 3.2GHz
- Memory: 8GB or 16GB onboard memory
- Storage: 256GB, 512GB, 1TB or 2TB SSD
- Display: 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2560-by-1600 native resolution at 227 pixels per inch
- Graphics: Apple custom-made M1 GPU with 8 cores
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0
- Camera: 720p FaceTime HD camera
- I/O: Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports, 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Colours: Silver, Space Gray
Full Technical Specifications
General
| Device Type | 09-09-2020 |
| Released | 09 September, 2020 |
| Status | Available |
| Successor |
Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for: Charging DisplayPort Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s) USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s) USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s) Headphone |
| Slogan | Apple M1 chip |
| External Buttons and Connectors |
Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for: Charging DisplayPort Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s) USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s) USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s) Headphone |
Processor (CPU)
| Processor Type | Apple M1 chip |
| Processor Speed | 2.1 GHz |
| Processor Cores | Octa Core |
| Base frequency | 2.1 Ghz |
| Turbo frequency | 3.2 GHz |
| Threads | 8 |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm |
| 64-bit Computing | |
| Processor Details |
Apple M1 chip 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores 8-core GPU 16-core Neural Engine |
| Benchmarks |
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) 1672 Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) 7901 Cinebench R23 (Single-Core) 1449 Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core) 7489 |
Memory (RAM)
| RAM |
8GB 16GB |
| RAM Type | LPDDR4 SDRAM |
| RAM Speed | 4266 MHz |
| RAM Max | upto 16 GB |
| User Upgradable | No |
| Channels | 2x4 GB |
Storage
| Storage Type | Solid State Drive (SSD) |
| Storage Capacity |
256GB 512GB 1024GB (1TB) 2048GB (2TB) |
| Technology | PCIe |
| HDD Speed | No |
| Channels | 1x256 GB |
| User Upgradable | No |
Display Info
| Display Type <strong>Display Technology => </strong> A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) | Retina display (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology |
| Size | 13.3-inch (diagonal) |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| Pixel Density <strong>Pixel Density (PPI)</strong> is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality. | 227 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz |
| Aspect Ratio | 4:3 |
| Contrast | 1759:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 88.3% |
| Response time | 36 ms |
| Max. brightness | 500 nits |
| Extras |
Retina display 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2560-by-1600 native resolution at 227 pixels per inch with support for millions of colours Supported scaled resolutions: 1680 by 1050 1440 by 900 1024 by 640 500 nits brightness Wide color (P3) True Tone technology |
Case
| Height | 0.61 inch (1.56 cm) |
| Width | 11.97 inch (30.41 cm) |
| Depth | 8.36 inch (21.24 cm) |
| Weight | 3.0 pounds (1.4 kg) |
| Colors |
Silver Space Gray |
| Area | 646 cm2 (100.1 inch2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~79.4% |
| Side bezels | 8.8 mm |
| Transformer | No |
| Touch Screen | No |
| Cooling system | Active |
Graphics Card
| GPU <strong>GPU</strong> (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. | Apple M1 GPU (8-core) |
| GPU Type | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm |
| TGP | 15 W |
| GPU base clock | 450 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1278 MHz |
| FLOPS | 2.6 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X |
| Memory bus | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 4.27 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 1024 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 |
| GPU performance | 2.6 TFLOPS |
Operating System
| Operating System <strong>OS => </strong> Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. | macOS |
Battery or Power Info
| Battery Type <strong>Battery Type => </strong> Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. | Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer) |
| Capacity <strong>Battery Capacity</strong> is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions. | 58.2 Wh |
| Placement | Non-removable |
| Weight of AC adapter | 275 gramm |
| Cable length | 2 meters |
| Charge power | 61 W |
| Charging port position | Left |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr |
Multimedia Features
| Audio Features |
Stereo speakers with high dynamic range Wide stereo sound Support for Dolby Atmos playback Studio-quality three-mic array with high signal-to-noise ratio and directional beamforming 3.5 mm headphone jack |
| Audio File Formats |
Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos |
| Video File Formats |
Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, and ProRes HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG |
| Display Support |
Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colors and: One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz Thunderbolt 3 digital video output Native DisplayPort output over USB-C VGA, HDMI, DVI, and Thunderbolt 2 output are supported using adapters (sold separately) |
| Speakers | 2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes |
| Loudness | 77.5 dB |
| Microphone | 3 |
Connectivity Info
| Bluetooth Features <strong>Bluetooth</strong> is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. | v6 |
| Wi-Fi <strong>Wi-Fi</strong> is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. | v5 |
| Fingerprint | Yes |
| Optical drive | No |
Input and Output
| Keyboard and Trackpad |
Backlit Magic Keyboard with: 65 (U.S.) or 66 (ISO) keys including 4 arrow keys in an inverted‑T arrangement Touch Bar Touch ID sensor Ambient light sensor Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure‑sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure‑sensitive drawing, and Multi‑Touch gestures. Key travel - 1 mm Size - 13.2 x 8.1 cm Surface - Glass Windows Precision - No |
| USB-A | No |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 3 |
| HDMI <strong>HDMI</strong> (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from a HDMI-compliant source device to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device. | No |
| 3.5mm Audio jack | Yes |
| Display Port | No |
| VGA | No |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No |
| SD card reader | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No |
| Keyboard type | Island |
| Numpad | No |
| Backlight | Yes |
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