If you’ve been keeping up with the week of Mac, you knew this was coming. The all new MacBook Pro powered by the M4 family of chips is now officially here. Like with the rest of the Macs announced this week, these ones equipped with the M4 Pro and M4 Max are built with Apple Intelligence.

It’s not just the processors. The new Macbook Pros also come with pro features like Thunderbolt 5, an advanced 12MP Center Stage camera, an all-new nano-texture display option.

M4 family

The M4 family features phenomenal single-threaded CPU performance with the world’s fastest CPU core. It also has multithreaded CPU performance for the most demanding workloads. As mentioned, it’s built for Apple Intelligence: machine learning accelerators in the CPU, an advanced GPU, and a faster and more efficient Neural Engine.

And if you thought the existing M-chip powered MacBooks are power efficient, you might be blown away by these new ones. Apple promises up to 24 hours of battery on a single charge. Insane.

MacBook Pro with M4

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It features a more powerful 10-core CPU, with four performance cores and six efficiency cores, and a faster 10-core GPU with Apple’s most advanced graphics architecture.

The MacBook Pro M4 starts with 16GB of faster unified memory with support for up to 32GB, along with 120GB/s of memory bandwidth.

With M4, MacBook Pro is up to 1.8x faster than the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1. That’s true for tasks like editing gigapixel photos, and even more demanding workloads like rendering complex scenes in Blender.

Its Neural engine is also 3x more powerful than the M1 making it ideal for all the brand new Apple Intelligence features.

The M4 model also supports two high-resolution external displays in addition to the built-in display. It now features three Thunderbolt 4 ports so users can connect all their peripherals.

MacBook Pro with M4 delivers:

• Up to 7x faster image processing in Affinity Photo when compared to the 13‑inch MacBook Pro with Core i7, and up to 1.8x faster when compared to the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1.
• Up to 10.9x faster 3D rendering in Blender when compared to the 13‑inch MacBook Pro with Core i7, and up to 3.4x faster when compared to the 13‑inch MacBook Pro with M1.
• Up to 9.8x faster scene edit detection in Adobe Premiere Pro when compared to the 13‑inch MacBook Pro with Core i7, and up to 1.7x faster when compared to the 13‑inch MacBook Pro with M1.

MacBook Pro with M4 Pro

Naturally, this is even more powerful. It’s a GadgetMatch for researchers, developers, engineers, creative pros, or anyone that needs even faster performance for more demanding workflows.

It features a powerful 14-core CPU with 10 performance cores and four efficiency cores for a jump in multicore performance, along with up to a 20-core GPU that is twice as powerful as M4.

With M4 Pro, the new MacBook Pro gets a massive 75 percent increase in memory bandwidth over the prior generation — double that of any AI PC chip.

The new MacBook Pro with M4 Pro is up to 3x faster than models with M1 Pro. It speeds up workflows like geo mapping, structural engineering, and data modeling.

MacBook Pro with M4 Pro offers:

• Up to 4x faster scene rendering performance with Maxon Redshift when compared to the 16-inch MacBook Pro with Core i9, and up to 3x faster when compared to the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Pro.
• Up to 5x faster simulation of dynamical systems in MathWorks MATLAB when compared to the 16-inch MacBook Pro with Core i9, and up to 2.2x faster when compared to the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Pro.
• Up to 23.8x faster basecalling for DNA sequencing in Oxford Nanopore MinKNOW when compared to the 16-inch MacBook Pro with Core i9, and up to 1.8x faster when compared to the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Pro.

Macbook Pro with M4 Max

For those who want the best the MacBook Pro has to offer, there’s the MacBook Pro M4 Max. This is a GadgetMatch for pros like data scientists, 3D artists, and composers who constantly push workflows to the limit.

M4 Max brings up to a 16-core CPU, up to a 40-core GPU, over half a terabyte per second of unified memory bandwidth, and a Neural Engine that is over 3x faster than M1 Max, allowing on-device AI models to run faster than ever.

With M4 Max, MacBook Pro delivers up to 3.5x the performance of M1 Max. It absolutely shreds heavy creative workloads like visual effects, 3D animation, and film scoring. It also supports up to 128GB of unified memory, so developers can easily interact with LLMs that have nearly 200 billion parameters.

And with the powerful Media Engine in M4 Max, which features two ProRes accelerators, MacBook Pro performance is amazing even when taking 4K120 fps ProRes video captured with the new iPhone 16 Pro and editing it in Final Cut Pro.

MacBook Pro with M4 Max enables:

• Up to 7.8x faster scene rendering performance with Maxon Redshift when compared to the 16-inch MacBook Pro with Intel Core i9. It’s also up to 3.5x faster when compared to the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Max.
• Up to 4.6x faster build performance when compiling code in Xcode when compared to the 16‑inch MacBook Pro with Intel Core i9, and up to 2.2x faster when compared to the 16‑inch MacBook Pro with M1 Max.
• Up to 30.8x faster video processing performance in Topaz Video AI when compared to the 16‑inch MacBook Pro with Intel Core i9, and up to 1.6x faster when compared to the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Max.

Better Liquid XDR Display

The new MacBook Pro introduces an all-new nano-texture display option. It reduces glare and distractions from reflections.

In bright lighting conditions, the new MacBook Pro can now show SDR content at up to 1000 nits and still displays HDR content at up to 1600 nits of peak brightness. It’s game-changing for users working outdoors.

12MP Center Stage Camera

The new MacBook Pro includes a new 12MP Center Stage camera. It delivers enhanced video quality in challenging lighting conditions.

Video calls are even more engaging with Center Stage, which automatically keeps users centered in the frame as they move around.

The new camera also supports Desk View. With studio-quality mics and a phenomenal six-speaker sound system with support for Spatial Audio, MacBook Pro delivers immersive audio experience whether users are listening to music or watching a movie in Dolby Atmos.

Thunderbolt 5 in Mac

MacBook Pro with M4 Pro and M4 Max features Thunderbolt 5 ports. These more than double transfer speeds up to 120 Gb/s. It enables faster external storage, expansion chassis, and powerful docking and hub solutions. By connecting just a single cable, pros like music producers can now light up their entire studio.

All MacBook Pro models feature an HDMI port that supports up to 8K resolution, a SDXC card slot, a MagSafe 3 port for charging, and a headphone jack. You also get support for Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.

Price and availability

The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4 starts at $1,599 (U.S.) and $1,499 (U.S.) for education

The 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M4 Pro starts at $1,999 (U.S.) and $1,849 (U.S.) for education

The 16‑inch MacBook Pro starts at $2,499 (U.S.) and $2,299 (U.S.) for education.

All models are available in space black and silver.

Customers can pre-order the new MacBook Pro starting today, October 30, on apple.com/store and in the Apple Store app in 28 countries and regions, including the U.S.

It will begin arriving to customers, and will be in Apple Store locations and Apple Authorized Resellers, beginning Friday, November 8.