Apple's upcoming MacBook Pro is expected to be powered by the powerful M2 Max processor, and a new leak has now seemingly revealed some of its key specifications. Apple announced its latest iPads in October, with the lineup including the new iPad Pro powered by the M2 chip and the entry-level iPad 10 running on the A14 Bionic SoC. Available in 12.9-inch and 11-inch screen sizes, the M2-powered iPad Pro is clearly the show-stealer, with up to 16GB of RAM, 2TB of storage, and Wi-Fi 6E support.
As for the 10th-generation iPad, it comes with an updated design and is the first entry-level iPad model to offer 5G support. Apple is also rumored to launch a 14.1-inch iPad Pro next year as an alternative to traditional laptops, but the specifics of that model largely remain a mystery. That said, prolific tipster and Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) CEO Ross Young recently claimed that it will have mini LEDs and ProMotion technology.
In his latest Power On newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman revealed key details about the M2 Max chip that is expected to power the upcoming MacBook Pro. According to Gurman, Apple's upcoming Mac lineup will also include the upgraded Mac mini and Mac Pro, with all of them expected to launch in the coming months. However, while the MacBook Pro and the Mac mini could hit the shelves later this year (or very early next year), the new Mac Pro is only likely to be released later in 2023.
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Gurman also claimed that the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros will ship with the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips. The latter is expected to have 12 cores overall, including eight performance cores and four efficiency cores. It is also said to have as many as 38 graphics cores. The device will reportedly be offered with up to 64GB of memory. As for the next-gen Mac mini, Gurman claims that it will be powered by the same M2 chip that powers the MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro. The company is also apparently testing an M2 Pro that will offer a higher core count over the vanilla M2.
Finally, the upcoming Mac Pro is set to be powered by chips that are "at least twice or four times as powerful as the M2 Max." According to Gurman, the chips could be called M2 Ultra and the M2 Extreme, and will have 24 and 48 CPU cores and 76 and 152 graphics cores, respectively, along with up to 256GB of memory. Gurman further claims that Apple is already testing the 24-core version of the chip with 192GB memory in a machine running macOS Ventura 13.3.
Source: Bloomberg