Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs Apple MacBook Pro 16″ (M4 Pro or M4 Max)

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MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) compared with MacBook Pro 16″ (M4 Pro or M4 Max)

	AppleMacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)	AppleMacBook Pro 16″ (M4 Pro or M4 Max)
Overview
Released
Released	May 2020	November 2024
Display
Screen size
Screen size	13.3″	16.2″
Resolution
Resolution	2560 × 1600	3456 × 2234 (better)
Panel
Panel	IPS LCD	Mini-LED
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	–	120 Hz
Brightness
Brightness	500 nits	1,000 nits (better)
HDR peak brightness
HDR peak brightness	–	1,600 nits
Touchscreen
Touchscreen	No	No
Display type
Display type	LED-backlit Retina IPS; 16:10	Liquid Retina XDR display
Pixel density
Pixel density	227 ppi	254 ppi
Colour range
Colour range	P3 wide colour; millions of colours	Wide colour (P3); 1 billion colours
Screen finish
Screen finish	Glossy (Tweakers)	Standard, or nano-texture as an option
Display features
Display features	True Tone	1,000,000:1 contrast; 1,000 nits sustained full-screen XDR brightness; ProMotion up to 120 Hz, with fixed 47.95, 48, 50, 59.94 and 60 Hz rates; True Tone
Performance
Processor
Processor	Intel Core i5-8257U or Intel Core i7-8557U	Apple M4 Pro or Apple M4 Max
CPU cores
CPU cores	4	14 or 16
CPU threads
CPU threads	8	–
Graphics
Graphics	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645	20-core GPU, 32-core GPU or 40-core GPU
Memory
Memory	8 GB or 16 GB	24 GB, 36 GB, 48 GB or 128 GB (better)
Storage
Storage	256 GB to 2 TB	512 GB to 8 TB (better)
CPU
CPU	Eighth-generation quad-core Core i5 at 1.4 GHz (3.9 GHz Turbo) or Core i7 at 1.7 GHz (4.5 GHz Turbo), with 128 MB eDRAM; exact i5-8257U and i7-8557U identifiers from Tweakers. Apple T2 Security Chip.	M4 Pro: 14-core CPU with 10 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores; M4 Max: 14-core CPU with 10 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores, or 16-core CPU with 12 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
GPU
GPU	–	20-core (M4 Pro), 32-core or 40-core (M4 Max) GPU with hardware-accelerated ray tracing; Media Engine with H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW acceleration and AV1 decode, with two video encode and two ProRes engines on M4 Max
AI engine
AI engine	–	16-core Neural Engine
Memory type
Memory type	2133 MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory	Unified memory; M4 Pro takes 24GB or 48GB; M4 Max takes 36GB (14-core CPU) or 48GB, 64GB or 128GB (16-core CPU)
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	–	273 GB/s (M4 Pro), 410 GB/s (M4 Max with 32-core GPU) or 546 GB/s (M4 Max with 40-core GPU)
Storage type
Storage type	SSD; 256 GB or 512 GB standard, with 1 TB and 2 TB options	SSD, configurable up to 4 TB (M4 Pro) or 8 TB (M4 Max)
Cooling
Cooling	Fan-assisted cooling (Tweakers)	–
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 10 hours	Up to 24 hours
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	58.2 Wh	99.6 Wh (better)
Weight
Weight	1.4 kg (better)	2.14 kg
Thickness
Thickness	15.6 mm (better)	16.8 mm
Width × depth
Width × depth	304.1 × 212.4 mm	355.7 × 248.1 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to 10 hours wireless web or Apple TV movie playback, or 30 days standby; lithium-polymer. Apple tested the 1.4 GHz Core i5 with 8 GB memory and 256 GB storage. Weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.	M4 Pro up to 24 hours video streaming and 17 hours wireless web; M4 Max up to 21 hours video streaming and 14 hours wireless web; 100-watt-hour (99.6 Wh actual) lithium-polymer battery
Charger
Charger	61 W USB-C Power Adapter	140 W USB-C Power Adapter included
Fast charging
Fast charging	–	With the included 140 W USB-C Power Adapter
Materials
Materials	Aluminium enclosure; recycled tin in logic-board solder	100% recycled aluminium enclosure; 40% recycled content overall
Colours
Colours	Silver, Space Grey	Space Black, Silver
Connections
Ports
Ports	2 × Thunderbolt 3, headphone jack	3 × Thunderbolt 5, HDMI, SD card slot, MagSafe 3, headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 5	Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.0	5.3
Webcam
Webcam	720p FaceTime HD	12MP Center Stage
Operating system
Operating system	macOS	macOS
Port detail
Port detail	Two USB-C ports support charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt 3 at up to 40 Gb/s and USB 3.1 Gen 2 at up to 10 Gb/s; 3.5 mm headphone jack	3 × Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) with charging, DisplayPort 2.1, Thunderbolt 5 and USB 4 (up to 120 Gb/s); HDMI (up to 8K 60 Hz or 4K 240 Hz) with multichannel audio output; SDXC card slot; MagSafe 3; 3.5 mm headphone jack with high-impedance headphone support
External displays
External displays	One 5K display (5120 × 2880) or two 4K displays (4096 × 2304) at 60 Hz, alongside the built-in display; separate adaptors for VGA, HDMI, DVI and Thunderbolt 2	M4 Pro up to two at 6K 60 Hz over Thunderbolt, or one at 6K 60 Hz over Thunderbolt and one at 4K 144 Hz over HDMI, or one at 8K 60 Hz or 4K 240 Hz over HDMI; M4 Max up to four (three at 6K 60 Hz over Thunderbolt and one at 4K 144 Hz over HDMI), or three (two at 6K 60 Hz plus one at 8K 60 Hz or 4K 240 Hz over HDMI); all alongside the built-in display
Keyboard
Keyboard	Backlit scissor-switch Magic Keyboard; 1 mm travel; physical Escape; inverted-T arrows; Touch Bar; ambient light sensor	Backlit Magic Keyboard, 78 (US) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys
Trackpad
Trackpad	Force Touch with pressure sensing and Multi-Touch	Force Touch trackpad
Speakers
Speakers	Stereo; high dynamic range; wide stereo; Dolby Atmos playback	High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers; wide stereo; Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos
Microphones
Microphones	Three-mic array with directional beamforming	Studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming
Biometrics
Biometrics	Touch ID	Touch ID
In the box
In the box	MacBook Pro; 61 W USB-C Power Adapter; 2 m USB-C Charge Cable	16-inch MacBook Pro, 140 W USB-C Power Adapter, USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m), polishing cloth (nano-texture display only)