MacBook Pro 16″ (Early 2023) (2023) · M2 Max · 32 GB / 1 TB
CPU index
168
×1.68 vs M1
GPU index
480
×4.80 vs M1
Memory
32
GB unified
Storage
1024
1 TB
Bandwidth
400
GB/s
This MacBook Pro 16″ (Early 2023) configuration uses the M2 Max (12-CPU/38-GPU) with 32 GB unified memory and 1 TB storage. On MacDiff its CPU index is 168 (×1.68 vs the entry-level M1 Air) and its GPU index is 480 (×4.80). The origin of the scale is the 2020 MacBook Air M1 at 100/100 — MacDiff’s own relative units, not Geekbench or Apple scores.
MacDiff lists 3 configurations of the MacBook Pro 16″ (Early 2023). CPU indices on this model run 163–168 and GPU indices run 271–480. This page is the strongest CPU/GPU config listed for this model.
Family: MacBook Pro. Released 2023. Apple date: 2023-01-17. Compare it with other Macs on the compare tool, or read how the index is built on the methodology page.
Configurations
| Chip | CPU / GPU | CPU | GPU | Mem | Bandwidth | Storage | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M2 Max (12-CPU/30-GPU) | 168 | 409 | 32 GB | 400 GB/s | 1 TB | $3099 | Compare | |
| M2 Max (12-CPU/38-GPU)this page | 168 | 480 | 32 GB | 400 GB/s | 1 TB | $3499 | Compare | |
| M2 Pro (12-CPU/19-GPU) | 163 | 271 | 16 GB | 200 GB/s | 1 TB | $2499 | Compare |
Specifications
Apple published figures for this configuration. Not MacDiff scores.
Chassis
- Weight
- 2.16 kg
- Size
- 355.7 × 248.1 × 16.8 mm
Ports
- Thunderbolt
- 3× Thunderbolt 4
- USB-C (not Thunderbolt)
- None
- USB-A
- None
- HDMI
- 1× HDMI
- MagSafe
- MagSafe 3
- Headphone jack
- 3.5 mm, high-impedance
- SD card
- UHS-II
- Ethernet
- None
- Charging
- MagSafe 3 and Thunderbolt
Display
- Panel
- 16.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display
- Resolution
- 3456x2234
- Density
- 254 ppi
- SDR brightness
- 500 nits
- HDR brightness
- 1600 nits
- Refresh
- 120 Hz ProMotion
- Color
- P3
- True Tone
- Yes
- Contrast
- 1,000,000:1
- Nano-texture
- No
- External displays
- 4 — Up to four external displays: up to three with 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one with up to 4K resolution at 144Hz over HDMI
Camera
- Camera
- 1080p FaceTime HD
- Center Stage
- No
- Desk View
- No
Audio
- Speakers
- 6
- Microphones
- 3
- Spatial Audio
- Yes
- Dolby Atmos
- Yes
- Audio
- High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers
Wireless
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
Keyboard and trackpad
- Backlit keyboard
- Yes
- Touch ID
- Yes
- Touch Bar
- No
- Force Touch trackpad
- Yes
Battery and power
- Battery
- 99.6 Wh
- Video playback
- Up to 22 hours (Apple)
- Wireless web
- Up to 15 hours (Apple)
- Fast charge
- Yes
- Charge cable
- USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m)
- Power adapter
- 140W
Chip
- CPU layout
- 8 performance + 4 efficiency
- Neural Engine
- 16-core
- Media engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW; video decode engine; two video encode engines; two ProRes encode and decode engines
- Neural Engine index
- 203
- Media engine index
- 610
- Hardware ray tracing
- No
- Memory bandwidth
- 400 GB/s
In the box
- macOS at launch
- macOS Ventura
- Cable
- USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m)
Notes
Split from the former merged macbook-pro-16-2023 (January M2 release).
Related in MacBook Pro
FAQ — MacBook Pro 16″ (Early 2023) on MacDiff
What is the CPU index of this MacBook Pro 16″ (Early 2023)?
This configuration (M2 Max (12-CPU/38-GPU)) has a CPU index of 168, about ×1.68 the MacBook Air M1 baseline of 100 on MacDiff.
What is the GPU index?
GPU index 480 (≈ ×4.80 vs M1). Indices are relative references, not raw Geekbench scores.
How does it compare to the MacBook Air M1?
Relative to the fixed MacDiff baseline (100/100), this page shows roughly ×1.68 CPU and ×4.80 GPU for the selected memory/storage config. Use Compare to stack it against other Macs.