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Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) M1 Max
Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) M1 Max
Product Brand: Apple
Editor's Rating:
9.5
9.5
Pros
- Incredible performance with Apple's M1 Max chip, providing fast and efficient processing power.
- Larger 14-inch Retina XDR display with ProMotion technology and mini-LED backlighting delivers sharp and vibrant visuals with high contrast and brightness.
- Improved sound quality with six speaker system and spatial audio support.
- Long battery life, lasting up to 21 hours on a single charge.
- MacOS software provides a streamlined and user-friendly experience.
- Backlit Magic Keyboard with Touch ID sensor for secure login and purchases.
- Solid build quality with an aluminum body.
- Additional ports including HDMI, SDXC card reader, and MagSafe 3 charging.
Cons
- High price point compared to other laptops in its class.
- Limited support for some legacy software and peripherals that are not yet optimized for the M1 Max chip.
- Limited upgradeability with only two Thunderbolt 4 ports and two USB 4 ports.
- Heavier and bulkier than previous models.
- No water resistance rating.
Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M1 Max, 2021) laptop Specs and Features
The new MacBook Pro (14-inch M1 Max, 2021) is a powerful, well-designed laptop. It has a large, bright display, a fast processor, and a good selection of ports. The keyboard is comfortable to type on, and the trackpad is large and responsive.
The battery life is excellent, and the overall performance is very good. The only downsides are the lack of a built-in SD card reader and the high price tag. The MacBook Pro (14-inch, M1 Max, 2021) is a great laptop for power users and professionals.
What are the specifications of the MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) M1 Max laptop?
Here’s a summary of the technical specifications for the MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) M1 Max laptop:
- Processor: 2.0 GHz 10-core or 24-core Apple M1 Max processor, turbo boost up to 3.2 GHz
- Memory: 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB 6400 MHz onboard memory
- Storage: 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 8TB SSD
- Display: 14.2-inch (diagonal) Liquid Retina XDR display, 3024-by-1964 native resolution at 254 pixels per-inch, XDR (Extreme Dynamic Range)
- Graphics: Apple custom-made M1 Pro GPU with 32 core
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0
- Camera: 720p FaceTime HD camera
- I/O: SDXC card slot, HDMI port, MagSafe 3 port, Three Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports, 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Colours: Silver, Space Gray
Full Technical Specifications
General
| Device Type | Laptop Computer |
| Released | 18 October, 2021 |
| Status | Available |
| External Buttons and Connectors |
SDXC card slot HDMI port 3.5 mm headphone jack MagSafe 3 port Three Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports with support for: Charging DisplayPort Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40Gb/s) USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s) |
Processor (CPU)
| Processor Type | Apple M1 Max |
| Processor Speed | 2.0 GHz |
| Processor Cores | Deca Core |
| Base frequency | 2.0 Ghz |
| Turbo frequency | 3.2 GHz |
| Threads | 10 |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm |
| 64-bit Computing | |
| Processor Details |
6 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores 14-core GPU 16-core Neural Engine 200GB/s memory bandwidth Media engine Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW Video decode engine Video encode engine ProRes encode and decode engine M1 Max with 10-core CPU and 24-core GPU M1 Max with 10-core CPU and 32-core GPU |
| Benchmarks |
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) 1725 Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) 12094 Cinebench R23 (Single-Core) 1471 Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core) 11846 |
Memory (RAM)
| RAM |
16GB 32GB 64GB |
| RAM Type | LPDDR5 SDRAM |
| RAM Speed | 6400 MHz |
| RAM Max | upto 64 GB |
| User Upgradable | No |
| Channels | 4x4 GB |
Storage
| Storage Type | Solid State Drive (SSD) |
| Storage Capacity |
512GB 1024GB(1TB) 2048GB(2TB) 4096GB(4TB) 8192GB(8TB) NVMe |
| Technology | PCIe |
| Channels | 1x512 GB |
| User Upgradable | No |
Display Info
| Display Type Display Technology => 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) | Liquid Retina XDR display |
| Size | 14.2 inch |
| Resolution | 3024-by-1964 native resolution |
| Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others. | 1 billion colours |
| Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) 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. | 254 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:10 |
| Contrast | 48900:1 |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 99.3% |
| Response time | 49 ms |
| Max. brightness | 500 nits |
| Extras |
1,000,000:1 contrast ratio XDR brightness: 1000 nits sustained full-screen, 1600 nits peak (HDR content only) SDR brightness: 500 nits 1 billion colours Wide color (P3) True Tone technology Refresh rates ProMotion technology for adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz Fixed refresh rates: 47.95Hz, 48.00Hz, 50.00Hz, 59.94Hz, 60.00Hz |
Case
| Height | 0.61 inch (1.55 cm) |
| Width | 12.31 inch (31.26 cm) |
| Depth | 8.71 inch (22.12 cm) |
| Weight | 3.5 pounds (1.6 kg) |
| Colors |
Silver Space Gray |
| Area | 691 cm2 (107.2 inch2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~84.6% |
| Side bezels | 3.4 mm |
| Opening angle | 135° |
| Transformer | No |
| Touch Screen | No |
| Cooling system | Active, Vapor chamber - No, Number of fans - 2, Max. fan speed (RPM) - 6241 RPM, Noise level - 49.5 dB |
Graphics Card
| GPU GPU (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 Max GPU (32-core) |
| GPU Type | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm |
| TGP | 30 W |
| GPU base clock | 450 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1296 MHz |
| FLOPS | 10.4 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 256 bit |
| Memory speed | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 4096 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 256 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 128 |
| GPU performance | 10.4 TFLOPS |
Operating System
| Operating System OS => 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 Battery Type => 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 Battery Capacity 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. | 70 Wh |
| Placement | Non-removable |
| Weight of AC adapter | 274 gramm |
| Cable length | 2 meters |
| Charge power | 67 / 96 W |
| Charging port position | Left, Right |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes |
| Full charging time | 2:30 hr |
Multimedia Features
| 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 1 billion colours and: Up to three external displays with up to 6K resolution and one external display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colours (M1 Max) Thunderbolt 4 digital video output Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C VGA, HDMI, DVI, and Thunderbolt 2 output are supported using adapters (sold separately) HDMI digital video output Support for one display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz DVI output using HDMI to DVI Adapter (sold separately) |
| Speakers | 4.2 |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes |
| Loudness | 84.9 dB |
| Microphone | 3 |
Connectivity Info
| Bluetooth Features Bluetooth 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. | v5 |
| Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 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. | v6 |
| Fingerprint | Yes |
| Optical drive | No |
Input and Output
| Keyboard and Trackpad |
Backlit Magic Keyboard with: 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted-T arrangement Touch ID 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 |
| USB-A | No |
| USB Type-C | 3x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI HDMI (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. | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
| 3.5mm Audio jack | Yes |
| Display Port | No |
| VGA | No |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No |
| SD card reader | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes |
| Keyboard type | Island |
| Numpad | No |
| Backlight | Yes |
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