Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) vs Apple MacBook Pro 16″ (M5 Pro or M5 Max)

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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) compared with MacBook Pro 16″ (M5 Pro or M5 Max)

	AppleMacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)	AppleMacBook Pro 16″ (M5 Pro or M5 Max)
Overview
Released
Released	June 2009	March 2026
Display
Screen size
Screen size	13.3″	16.2″
Resolution
Resolution	1280 × 800	3456 × 2234 (better)
Panel
Panel	TN LCD	Mini-LED
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	–	120 Hz
Brightness
Brightness	–	1,000 nits
HDR peak brightness
HDR peak brightness	–	1,600 nits
Touchscreen
Touchscreen	No	No
Display type
Display type	LED-backlit glossy widescreen LCD, millions of colours; TN panel identified in Notebookcheck’s exact-model review. No antiglare option; refresh rate and brightness unpublished by Apple.	Liquid Retina XDR display
Pixel density
Pixel density	–	254 ppi
Colour range
Colour range	–	Wide colour (P3); 1 billion colours
Screen finish
Screen finish	–	Standard, or nano-texture as an option
Display features
Display features	–	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 2 Duo 2.26 GHz (MacBook Pro 13-inch, Mid 2009) or Intel Core 2 Duo P8700	Apple M5 Pro or Apple M5 Max
CPU cores
CPU cores	2	18
Graphics
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 9400M	20-core GPU, 32-core GPU or 40-core GPU
Memory
Memory	2 GB, 4 GB or 8 GB	24 GB, 36 GB, 48 GB, 64 GB or 128 GB (better)
Storage
Storage	128 GB to 500 GB	1 TB to 8 TB (better)
CPU
CPU	Dual-core Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.26 GHz or 2.53 GHz with 3 MB shared L2 cache and 1066 MHz frontside bus. The upper P8700 identity is confirmed by Notebookcheck. EveryMac lists P7550 or P8400 for the lower model, so its chip record retains the maker’s model and clock without selecting one silicon variant.	18-core CPU with 6 super cores and 12 performance cores
GPU
GPU	NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with 256 MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory	20-core (M5 Pro), 32-core or 40-core (M5 Max) GPU with Neural Accelerators and 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 M5 Max
AI engine
AI engine	–	16-core Neural Engine
Memory type
Memory type	1066 MHz DDR3 in two SO-DIMM slots, up to 8 GB. Lower model starts with 2 GB and supports 4 or 8 GB; upper starts with 4 GB and supports 8 GB.	Unified memory
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	–	307 GB/s (M5 Pro), 460 GB/s (M5 Max with 32-core GPU) or 614 GB/s (M5 Max with 40-core GPU)
Storage type
Storage type	Lower base has 160 GB and upper base 250 GB, both 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drives. Configurable 250 GB, 320 GB or 500 GB hard drive, or 128 GB or 256 GB SSD; rows preserve base memory and storage restrictions confirmed by Macworld. 8× slot-loading SuperDrive supports DVD±R DL, DVD±RW and CD-RW.	SSD, configurable up to 4 TB (M5 Pro) or 8 TB (M5 Max); Apple quotes up to 14.5 GB/s read and write (tested with M5 Max and 8 TB)
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 7 hours	Up to 24 hours
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	60 Wh	99.6 Wh (better)
Weight
Weight	2.04 kg (better)	2.14 kg
Thickness
Thickness	24.1 mm	16.8 mm (better)
Width × depth
Width × depth	325 × 227 mm	355.7 × 248.1 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Built-in 60 Wh lithium-polymer battery from Apple’s model-specific sheet; the launch notice instead lists 58 Wh. Up to 7 hours wireless productivity in Apple’s launch test. Reference weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.	M5 Pro up to 24 hours video streaming and 17 hours wireless web; M5 Max up to 22 hours video streaming and 16 hours wireless web; 100-watt-hour (actual rating 99.6 Wh) lithium-polymer battery
Charger
Charger	60 W MagSafe Power Adapter with cable management	Sold separately in the UK; needs at least 140 W over USB PD
Fast charging
Fast charging	–	With a 140 W or higher USB PD power source
Materials
Materials	Aluminium unibody enclosure and glass trackpad	100% recycled aluminium enclosure; 45% recycled content overall
Colours
Colours	Silver	Space Black, Silver
Connections
Ports
Ports	2 × USB-A, MagSafe, headphone jack, SD card slot, Ethernet	3 × Thunderbolt 5, HDMI, SD card slot, MagSafe 3, headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	802.11n draft; compatible with 802.11a/b/g	Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	2.1 + EDR	6
Webcam
Webcam	Built-in iSight camera	12MP Center Stage
Operating system
Operating system	macOS	macOS
Port detail
Port detail	Two USB 2.0 ports up to 480 Mb/s, FireWire 800 up to 800 Mb/s, Mini DisplayPort, 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet, SD card slot, MagSafe, combined headphone/line input with optical digital output, and Kensington lock slot. DVI, VGA and dual-link DVI require separate adapters.	3 × Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) with charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt 5 and USB 4 (up to 120 Gb/s); HDMI (up to 8K) with multichannel audio output; SDXC card slot; MagSafe 3; 3.5 mm headphone jack with high-impedance headphone support
External displays
External displays	Built-in screen plus one external display up to 2560 × 1600, both with millions of colours; dual display and video mirroring	M5 Pro up to three at 6K 60 Hz or 4K 144 Hz, or one at 8K 60 Hz, 5K 120 Hz or 4K 240 Hz plus one at 5K 120 Hz or 4K 200 Hz; M5 Max up to four at 6K 60 Hz or 4K 144 Hz, or two at 8K 60 Hz, 5K 120 Hz or 4K 240 Hz; all alongside the built-in display
Keyboard
Keyboard	Full-size backlit keyboard with 78 US or 79 ISO keys, 12 function keys and four arrow keys	Backlit Magic Keyboard, 78 (ANSI) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys
Trackpad
Trackpad	Glass Multi-Touch trackpad with scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, three-finger and four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap and drag	Force Touch trackpad
Speakers
Speakers	Stereo speakers	High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers; wide stereo; Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos
Microphones
Microphones	Omnidirectional microphone	Studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming; Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum modes
Biometrics
Biometrics	–	Touch ID
In the box
In the box	MacBook Pro, display cleaning cloth, 60 W MagSafe power adapter, AC wall plug, power cord, software DVDs and documentation; Mac OS X Leopard and iLife ’09	16-inch MacBook Pro, USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m), polishing cloth (nano-texture display only); power adapter sold separately