Apple MacBook Pro 14″ (M5 Pro or M5 Max) vs Apple MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2007)

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MacBook Pro 14″ (M5 Pro or M5 Max) compared with MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2007)

	AppleMacBook Pro 14″ (M5 Pro or M5 Max)	AppleMacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2007)
Overview
Released
Released	March 2026	June 2007
Display
Screen size
Screen size	14.2″	17″
Resolution
Resolution	3024 × 1964 (better)	1680 × 1050
Panel
Panel	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	Liquid Retina XDR display	17-inch TFT widescreen LCD, 1680 × 1050 pixels, matte or glossy. Optional 1920 × 1200 display. Macworld identifies the standard 17-inch display as CCFL-backlit; exact panel technology and refresh rate are unpublished.
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	Apple M5 Pro or Apple M5 Max	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz (MacBook Pro Early 2008)
CPU cores
CPU cores	15 or 18	2
Graphics
Graphics	16-core GPU, 20-core GPU, 32-core GPU or 40-core GPU	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT (256 MB GDDR3)
Memory
Memory	24 GB, 36 GB, 48 GB, 64 GB or 128 GB (better)	2 GB or 4 GB
Storage
Storage	1 TB to 8 TB (better)	160 GB to 250 GB
CPU
CPU	15-core CPU with 5 super cores and 10 performance cores (entry M5 Pro), or 18-core CPU with 6 super cores and 12 performance cores	Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.4 GHz with 4 MB shared L2 cache and an 800 MHz frontside bus. Later processor upgrades are not asserted in the launch configurations.
GPU
GPU	16-core or 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	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256 MB GDDR3 video memory
AI engine
AI engine	16-core Neural Engine	–
Memory type
Memory type	Unified memory	2 GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, configurable to 4 GB, in two SO-DIMM slots.
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	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 a 16-inch M5 Max with 8 TB)	160 GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive; optional 160 GB 7200-rpm or 250 GB 4200-rpm drive. The current exact maker sheet lists 250 GB rather than the 200 GB mentioned in older service notes. 8× SuperDrive with double-layer DVD writing.
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 22 hours	Up to 5.75 hours
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	72.4 Wh (better)	68 Wh
Weight
Weight	1.6 kg (better)	3.08 kg
Thickness
Thickness	15.5 mm (better)	25.9 mm
Width × depth
Width × depth	312.6 × 221.2 mm	392 × 265 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	M5 Pro up to 22 hours video streaming and 14 hours wireless web; M5 Max up to 20 hours video streaming and 13 hours wireless web; lithium-polymer battery	Removable lithium-polymer battery. Apple reference weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.
Charger
Charger	Sold separately in the UK (70 W or 96 W Apple USB-C adapters offered); needs at least 70 W over USB PD	85 W MagSafe Power Adapter
Fast charging
Fast charging	With a 96 W or higher USB PD power source	–
Materials
Materials	100% recycled aluminium enclosure; 45% recycled content overall	Aluminium enclosure
Colours
Colours	Space Black, Silver	Silver
Connections
Ports
Ports	3 × Thunderbolt 5, HDMI, SD card slot, MagSafe 3, headphone jack	3 × USB-A, Ethernet, headphone jack, MagSafe
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 7	AirPort Extreme 802.11n; compatible with 802.11a/b/g
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	6	2.0 + EDR
Webcam
Webcam	12MP Center Stage	Built-in iSight camera
Operating system
Operating system	macOS	macOS
Port detail
Port detail	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	Three USB 2.0 ports, FireWire 400 and FireWire 800, Gigabit Ethernet, MagSafe, dual-link DVI, ExpressCard/34, separate combined optical digital audio input/line input and optical digital audio output/headphone output.
External displays
External displays	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	Supports an external display up to 2560 × 1600 pixels alongside the built-in display. DVI-to-VGA adapter included; other display adapters optional.
Keyboard
Keyboard	Backlit Magic Keyboard, 78 (ANSI) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys	Backlit keyboard with ambient light sensors, 78 US or 79 ISO keys, 12 function keys and embedded numeric keypad.
Trackpad
Trackpad	Force Touch trackpad	Trackpad with two-finger scrolling, tapping, double-tapping and dragging.
Speakers
Speakers	High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers; wide stereo; Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos	Built-in stereo speakers
Microphones
Microphones	Studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming; Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum modes	Omnidirectional microphone beneath the left speaker grille.
Biometrics
Biometrics	Touch ID	–
In the box
In the box	14-inch MacBook Pro, USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m), polishing cloth (nano-texture display only); power adapter sold separately	MacBook Pro, removable battery, 85 W MagSafe Power Adapter with AC wall plug and power cord, DVI-to-VGA adapter, Apple Remote, install/restore DVDs and documentation. Mac OS X Tiger and iLife ’06 at launch; the retained maker spec sheet lists the later iLife ’08 software bundle.