Apple MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) vs Apple MacBook Pro 16″ (M1 Pro / M1 Max)

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MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) compared with MacBook Pro 16″ (M1 Pro / M1 Max)

	AppleMacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)	AppleMacBook Pro 16″ (M1 Pro / M1 Max)
Overview
Released
Released	April 2010	October 2021
Display
Screen size
Screen size	15.4″	16.2″
Resolution
Resolution	1440 × 900	3456 × 2234 (better)
Panel
Panel	TN LCD	Mini-LED
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	–	120 Hz
Brightness
Brightness	–	500 nits
HDR peak brightness
HDR peak brightness	–	1,600 nits
Touchscreen
Touchscreen	No	No
Display type
Display type	Glossy LED-backlit display; an antiglare option is available. TN technology is named by the exact-model Notebookcheck review. Optional 1680 × 1050 glossy or antiglare display remains in details because its exact panel technology is unverified.	Liquid Retina XDR display with mini-LED backlighting
Pixel density
Pixel density	–	254 ppi
Colour range
Colour range	–	Wide colour (P3); 1 billion colours
Display features
Display features	–	1,000,000:1 contrast; 1,000 nits sustained full-screen HDR brightness; ProMotion adaptive refresh up to 120 Hz; fixed 47.95, 48, 50, 59.94 and 60 Hz rates; True Tone
Performance
Processor
Processor	Intel Core i5 2.4 GHz (MacBook Pro Mid 2010), Intel Core i5 2.53 GHz (MacBook Pro Mid 2010) or Intel Core i7 2.66 GHz (MacBook Pro Mid 2010)	Apple M1 Pro or Apple M1 Max
CPU cores
CPU cores	2	10
Graphics
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M (256 MB GDDR3) + Intel HD Graphics or NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M (512 MB GDDR3) + Intel HD Graphics	16-core GPU, 24-core GPU or 32-core GPU
Memory
Memory	4 GB or 8 GB	16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB (better)
Storage
Storage	128 GB to 512 GB	512 GB to 8 TB (better)
CPU
CPU	Dual-core Intel Core i5 at 2.4 or 2.53 GHz with 3 MB shared L3 cache, or Core i7 at 2.66 GHz with 4 MB. Maker-clock records avoid unverified Intel SKU assumptions; unpublished peak clock fields are omitted.	M1 Pro or M1 Max with 10-core CPU, comprising 8 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores
GPU
GPU	Automatic switching between Intel HD Graphics (256 MB shared system memory) and GeForce GT 330M. Core i5 configurations have 256 MB GDDR3 and Core i7 has 512 MB.	M1 Pro with 16-core GPU; M1 Max with 24-core or 32-core GPU; hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW with video decode and encode engines and ProRes acceleration; M1 Max has two ProRes accelerators
AI engine
AI engine	–	16-core Neural Engine
Memory type
Memory type	4 GB or 8 GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM in two SO-DIMM slots.	Unified memory; 16 GB or 32 GB with M1 Pro, 32 GB or 64 GB with M1 Max
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	–	200 GB/s (M1 Pro); 400 GB/s (M1 Max)
Storage type
Storage type	Lower 2.4 GHz base has a 320 GB and upper bases a 500 GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA drive. Maker options include 500 GB at 5400 or 7200 rpm, and 128 GB, 256 GB or 512 GB SSD; upper CPU rows omit an unconfirmed 320 GB drive. 8× SuperDrive with double-layer DVD writing.	SSD; M1 Pro starts at 512 GB with 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB or 8 TB options; Apple lists M1 Max starting at 1 TB with 2 TB, 4 TB or 8 TB options
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 9 hours	Up to 21 hours
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	77.5 Wh	99.6 Wh (better)
Weight
Weight	2.54 kg	2.1 kg (better)
Thickness
Thickness	24.1 mm	16.8 mm (better)
Width × depth
Width × depth	364 × 249 mm	355.7 × 248.1 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Built-in lithium-polymer battery; Apple claims 8–9 hours of wireless productivity. Reference weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.	Up to 21 hours Apple TV app movie playback or 14 hours wireless web; marketed as 100 Wh, with actual rating 99.6 Wh in Apple's footnote
Charger
Charger	85 W MagSafe Power Adapter	140 W USB-C power adapter included
Fast charging
Fast charging	–	With the included 140 W USB-C adapter and USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable
Materials
Materials	Aluminium unibody enclosure and glass trackpad	100% recycled aluminium enclosure
Colours
Colours	Silver	Silver, Space Grey
Connections
Ports
Ports	2 × USB-A, SD card slot, Ethernet, headphone jack, MagSafe	3 × Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, SD card slot, MagSafe 3, headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	AirPort Extreme 802.11n; compatible with 802.11a/b/g	Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	2.1 + EDR	5.0
Webcam
Webcam	Built-in iSight camera	1080p FaceTime HD
Operating system
Operating system	macOS	macOS
Port detail
Port detail	2 USB 2.0 ports, FireWire 800, Gigabit Ethernet, MagSafe, Mini DisplayPort, SD card slot, separate combined optical digital audio input/line input and optical digital audio output/headphone output.	Three Thunderbolt 4 ports with charging, DisplayPort and USB 4 up to 40 Gb/s; HDMI; SDXC slot; MagSafe 3; 3.5 mm jack with high-impedance headphone support
External displays
External displays	Supports an external display up to 2560 × 1600 pixels alongside the built-in screen. DVI, VGA, dual-link DVI and third-party HDMI adapters are sold separately; HDMI carries audio.	M1 Pro supports up to two external displays at 6K 60 Hz; M1 Max up to three at 6K 60 Hz plus one at 4K 60 Hz; HDMI supports one at 4K 60 Hz
Keyboard
Keyboard	Backlit keyboard with 78 US or 79 ISO keys, 12 function keys and four arrow keys.	Backlit Magic Keyboard with 78 US or 79 ISO keys, including 12 full-height function keys
Trackpad
Trackpad	Glass Multi-Touch trackpad with inertial scrolling, pinch, rotate and three/four-finger gestures.	Force Touch trackpad
Speakers
Speakers	Built-in stereo speakers with subwoofers	Six-speaker system with force-cancelling woofers; wide stereo; spatial audio with Dolby Atmos
Microphones
Microphones	Omnidirectional microphone under the left speaker grille; supports an iPhone headset microphone.	Studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming
Biometrics
Biometrics	–	Touch ID
In the box
In the box	MacBook Pro, 85 W MagSafe Power Adapter with AC wall plug and power cord, display cleaning cloth, software DVDs and documentation. Mac OS X Snow Leopard and iLife; Apple Remote and display adapters sold separately.	16-inch MacBook Pro, 140 W USB-C adapter, USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable (2 m)