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CTOnews.com January 17 news, Apple has now launched a new generation of MacBook Pro and Mac mini, mainly upgraded to M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, and support 8K HDMI, Wi-Fi 6e (not supported in China) and other new features, up to 22 hours of battery life, the new generation of MacBook Pro 14 MacBook Pro 16 national banks start at 15999 yuan and 19999 yuan respectively, with a maximum of 49999 yuan.

Apple currently offers three benchmark configuration options for the new 14-inch MacBook Pro on its website:

M2 Pro (10-core CPU, 16-core GPU), 16GB unified memory + 512GB solid state disk 15999 CNY

M2 Pro (12-core CPU, 19-core GPU), 16GB unified memory + 1TB solid state disk 19999 CNY

M2 Max (12-core CPU, 30-core GPU), 32GB unified memory + 1TB solid state disk 24999 CNY

The 16-inch MacBook Pro also has three benchmark configuration options:

M2 Pro (12-core CPU, 19-core GPU) 16GB unified memory + 512GB solid state disk 19999 yuan

M2 Pro (12-core CPU, 19-core GPU), 16GB unified memory + 1TB solid state disk 21499 CNY

M2 Max (12-core CPU, 38-core GPU), 32GB unified memory + 1TB solid state disk 27499 CNY

First of all, let's take a look at these two brand new Apple chips.

M2 Pro chip continues the original architecture of M2 chip, using the second generation 5nm process, bringing 12-core CPU and 19-core GPU, as well as up to 32 GB of high-speed unified memory.

The M2 Max chip goes one step further on the basis of M2 Pro, bringing up to 38 cores of GPU, doubling memory bandwidth, and unified memory with the highest 96GB.

In addition, the two chips have enhanced customization technology, including a stronger 16-core neural network engine and a media processing engine.

"only Apple is building SoC chips like M2 Pro and M2 Max. They provide users with unparalleled Pro-class performance and industry-leading energy efficiency performance." "with more powerful CPU and graphics processing units, larger unified memory system support, and advanced media processing engines, M2 Pro and M2 Max represent amazing advances in Apple chips," said Johny Srouji, senior vice president of hardware technology at Apple.

M2 Max: M2 Max, the world's strongest and most efficient professional notebook chip, has 67 billion transistors-10 billion more than M1 Max, or even more than 3 times that of M2, and brings a unified 400GB / s memory bandwidth, which is equivalent to 2 times that of M2 Pro, 4 times that of M2, and supports up to 96GB memory.

The M2 Max uses the same 12-core CPU as the M2 Pro, but the GPU is stronger, with a larger second-tier cache, and the GPU speed is 30% faster than the M1 Max.

At the same time, the new MacBook Pro is equipped with M2 Max with 96GB memory, which can handle graphics-intensive projects that competitive systems or even cannot run, both visual effects processors and training machine learning models.

Customized technology brings function expansion M2 Pro and M2 Max chips both contain a new generation of Apple 16-core neural network engine that can perform up to 15.8 trillion operations per second, up to 40 per cent faster than previous chips.

Equipped with a powerful and energy-efficient media processing engine, the M2 Pro chip can accelerate codec hardware for video including H.264, HEVC and ProRes, and support simultaneous playback of multiple 4K or 8K ProRes videos while maintaining extremely low power consumption. M2 Max chip carries 2 video coding engines and 2 ProRes video engines, and the video coding speed is up to 2 times higher than that of M2 Pro chip.

Apple's latest image signal processor can further reduce image noise and enhance camera image quality using computational video technology with the blessing of a neural network engine.

The new generation of security compartments is a key part of Apple's top-level security features.

MacOS Ventura with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips Apple said that macOS is designed for Apple chips, and the combination of macOS Ventura and industry-leading new chips will bring unparalleled performance and productivity to users.

Driven by Apple chips, users can now use more than 15000 native App and plug-ins on Mac, giving full play to the strength of M-series chips. MacOS Ventura brings new functions such as pre-stage scheduling, as well as more powerful new functions through continuous interworking cameras and FaceTime call relays. MacOS Ventura also brings major updates to Safari browsers, emails, messages and other App and focus search functions. M2 Pro and M2 Max chips can bring more sensitive response and higher running efficiency to these App and functions.

Energy efficiency M2 Pro and M2 Max chips enable the new MacBook Pro and Mac mini to meet Apple's high energy efficiency standards. The energy efficiency performance of the Apple chip allows the new MacBook Pro to achieve the longest battery life of the Mac series, up to 22 hours, resulting in less charging time and overall energy consumption throughout the product life cycle.

After talking about the chip, let's take a look at the new Macbook Pro. The new product will be ordered at 9: 00 a.m. on January 19 and go on sale on February 3, starting at 15999 yuan.

The M2 Pro chip on the MacBook Pro is equipped with a 10-core or 12-core CPU, including up to 8 high-performance cores and 4 energy-efficient cores, with a performance improvement of up to 20% over M1 Pro chips.

MacBook Pro with M2 Pro chip has the following performance performance:

Rendering titles and animations in Motion is up to 80% faster than MacBook Pro with the fastest Intel chip, and up to 20% faster than previous models.

Compiling code in Xcode is up to 2.5 times faster than MacBook Pro with the fastest Intel chip and nearly 25 per cent faster than previous models.

Image processing in Adobe Photoshop is up to 80% faster than MacBook Pro with the fastest Intel chip, and up to 40% faster than previous models.

MacBook Pro with M2 Max chip has the following performance performance: rendering effects in Cinema 4D is up to 6 times faster than MacBook Pro with the fastest Intel chip, and up to 30% faster than previous models.

Color correction in DaVinci Resolve is up to two times faster than the MacBook Pro with the fastest Intel chip and up to 30 per cent faster than previous models.

The enhanced connection performance MacBook Pro now supports high-speed Wi-Fi 6e (not currently supported in China), as well as a more advanced HDMI interface that supports the highest 8K@60Hz displays and connects to 4K displays at the highest 240Hz refresh rate.

These new features further enhance the multi-purpose connection options that MacBook Pro already has, including three Leili 4 interfaces for high-speed connections to external devices, a SDXC card slot, and a MagSafe charging interface.

MacOS Ventura combined with macOS Ventura,MacBook Pro will bring users better performance and productivity, including continuous interworking camera, table view, character center, studio lighting, etc.; the relay function of FaceTime calls also allows users to initiate FaceTime calls on iPhone or iPad, and then smoothly transfer to Mac.

In addition, Apple prides itself on front-of-the-stage scheduling, which automatically manages App and windows, allowing users to focus on the task at hand while taking control of the situation at a glance.

Apple also said that information App and email App are better than ever, while as the world's leading Mac browser, Safari opens a password-free era with a password-free key. With iCloud shared photo gallery, users can create and share a separate photo gallery with up to five family members. The new boundless App provides a flexible and versatile canvas to help users make plans alone or in collaboration, brainstorm and express themselves; the powerful and popular Apple chip, coupled with Metal 3's new developer tools, brings the Mac gaming experience to a new level.

The new MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips will be available for order from January 19. Chinese mainland customers can order through Apple's official website.

The new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro chip starts at 15999 yuan and the education discount starts at 14799 yuan. The new 16-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro chip starts at 19999 yuan and the education discount starts at 18399 yuan.

Click to visit: Apple's official online store in China

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