So we've just had the keynote for wwdc 2022 and we just saw the launch of the brand new macbook air
with an m2 chipset and also the brand new macbook pro with an m2 chipset inside as well however
with that macbook pro how does it compare to the last generation macbook pro with an
m1 chipset well today i'm going to do a specs review comparison for you guys of the macbook
pro m2 versus the macbook pro m1 with that let's get started so then i have set up the two
macbooks on the left and the right so on the left side we have the brand new macbook pro 13-inch m2
and then on the other side on the right side we've got the macbook pro 13-inch with the m1 chipset
now first of all you're going to notice straight away looking at these pictures they look identical
because they basically are one of them's got a background of monterey and one of them has got
a background of big sur because back in the day the macbook pro 13-inch came out with big sur
and basically the m2 macbook pro will have monterey on day one launch yes it will get the
latest operating system further on down the line but right now this is what it will come out with
on the box right today so let's begin then with this comparison so first of all let's
talk about the actual design and as you can see no differences really whatsoever on sort of the
keyboard and everything here in this kind of picture as you can see it looks almost identical
in fact they are basically identical so let's talk about the display then so the display both of them
have an led ips technology so this is the liquid retina sort of display that we have right now and
it's a really really good sort of technology that has been used inside the macbook pro for
a good number of years now it is not the brand new sort of pro motion um mini led display that
is available right now it's in the 14 and 16 inch macbook pros and also in that 12.9 ipad pro is not
that technology it's the good old-fashioned sort of led technology that we've been using and it's
really really reliable and it's still really good to use today the actual screen sizes are identical
they're the 13.3 inches and we've been having this on macbooks and macbook pros for a long time now
so it's quite sort of a standard display but you do have the kind of bezels around it there is no
notch on this so whether you love the notch or you hate the notch especially hate it you will
not be getting one of them on this and that in the day the likes will say the brand new macbook
air but does have a notch is actually a 13.6 inch display but it's also just for that notch
so really there isn't many differences here it's just for that for screen resolution it's identical
on both these machines so like i said before it is a retina display so it's 2560 by 1600 in its
resolution so as you can see there quite a lot of lines on that and they're both identical for both
of these models and then the pixels per inch what that equates to that's 227 pixels per inch what is
quite a lot and it's a good stand and especially on the 13 inch macbook pro if you did stick it on
your lap or on the table near you you are going to see a really crisp display with this sort of ppi
that you have right here moving on to the display refresh rate so the display refresh rate for both
of these macbook pros is 60 hertz so basically this is not a pro motion display like we get in
the 14 and the 16 inch macbook pros right now or even say the ipad pro's we've just got a standard
stuck 60 hertz refresh rate so it will not go up and down in any way it's just refreshing
constantly at that amount for both of these models moving on to the brightness though and true tone
true tone is identical on both of these machines and we've had true tone for a good long time now
but the actual knits in brightness is 500 nits what is quite strong quite bright for a small
little model like this and in the price range it's quite a good brightness what we're getting
on this so moving on to the processor and the cpu so this is basically the biggest change that
you're going to see in the new macbook pro m2 over the macbook pro m1 so with the macbook pro m1 with
that m1 chipset the configuration that we've got is an eight core cpu and in that eight core cpu we
have four efficiency cores and we also have four performance cores then on top of that as well we
also have eight core gpu now with the m2 things are a bit different the cpu setup is very similar
so basically we still do have an eight core cpu with four efficiency cores and four performance
cores but they are 20 more faster than what was inside the m1 then on top of this the gpu has
the biggest changes so instead of an eight core gpu we actually now have a 10 core gpu
and this claimed by apple is about 30 to 35 more powerful than we got inside the apple m1 chipset
so there is a big sort of power sort of increase for definitely for graphics performance but for
processor cpu it's only around about 20 we're not going to get massive massive gains here but still
it's worth noting that there is this change and in fact you can see this here in this next shot where
we got the geekbench sort of five multicore score so right now with the macbook pro 13
m1 it gives us a geekbench 5 score of 7 390. now apple have claimed that the m2 chipset is 20 more
faster than multi-core performance than the m1 so basically after doing a bit of maths of that 7 390
20 of that is 1478. so if we add that together with the 7390 we get a score of
8868. so it's going to be around about this sort of geekbench 5 squad this is not what it's going
to be definitely but it's around this kind of sort of 8 800 sort of figure that we're
expecting to see with the brand new macbook pro with the m2 chipset inside it now for ram amount
things have changed a little bit as well so with the macbook pro m1 we had a choice of 8
gigabytes or 16 gigabytes of ram what was that lddr5 ram but we also got that same time of ram
what's on board the actual chipset but this time we have an additional choice of 24 gigabytes
of ram with the m2 chipset if you don't want to equip that but i must warn you that going
from 8 gigabytes to 24 gigabytes it will cost you four hundred dollars more to do this so
yeah it's quite expensive to make quite a big jump there then for storage amounts they are identical
on both the machines so the macbook pro offered us a 13 with a 13 inch model offered us 256 gigabytes
of storage as the baseline and it went up to 512 gigabytes then one terabyte then two terabytes and
it's exactly the same on the macbook pro 13 inch with the m2 you go from 256 gigabytes all the way
up to two terabytes no changes here whatsoever then for ports they're identical again for both
of these models so we've got two times usb c ports and i must also say they are thunderbolt
3 ports but they do have usb 4 connectivity built into them there's no changes on this whatsoever
whereas the 14 and 16 inch macbook pros actually have thunderbolt 4 these don't they're still on
thunderbolt 3 but that's still really really quick for operating system-wise they're both identical
what they can run they can run the latest version of mac os monterey what's out right now and both
of them will be getting that new brand new mac os operating system at ventura as well
later on into the year for battery life things actually have changed ever so slightly here so
the macbook pro with the m1 chipset actually got a battery life up to 21 hours but the macbook pro 13
inch m2 gets up to 20 hours now so it's about a one hour difference but it really is hardly
noticeable whatsoever in kind of battery life but you are gaining a little bit more performance
in the macbook pro so it's a little bit more understanding that this is actually happening then
for the actual charging wattage it's exactly the same on both of these macbook pros they're both a
61 watt charger for both of these machines it was really really good to see that the app will retain
that then for the weight they're exactly the same they're 1.4 kilograms there's no difference here
in weight whatsoever on both of these machines then moving on to this we've actually got speakers
both have stereo speakers but the difference is that the macbook pro 13-inch m2 does actually have
spatial audio inside it now whereas the macbook pro 13 m1 doesn't actually have that then moving
on to bluetooth technologies bluetooth technology hasn't changed a bit on both these models they're
both running bluetooth 5.0 no bluetooth 5.1 sadly or anything like that it's just the same version
of bluetooth 5.0 then moving on to webcam it's a little bit of a disappointment to see this
that the actual macbook pro vertical m1 came with a 720p camera built in but then for the
m2 to have the exact same camera is quite a bit of a disappointment yes it does have that kind of
sort of newer engine built into the m1 and the m2 chipset to enhance the picture but it would have
been really good to get a 1080p camera especially it's now in the macbook air and we've also got
this in the 14 and the 16 inch macbook pros and also most of the ipad lineup has also got this
chipset or this camera inside it and the chipset to work with it so it's really sad that apple
hasn't actually changed the webcam in the macbook pro m2 pricing though is exactly the same for both
the models so when the macbook pro 13-inch m1 came out it started at 1 299 us dollars and that gave
you 256 gigabytes of storage and eight gigabytes of ram and you're getting exactly the same for the
same price with the macbook pro 13-inch m2 it will come with a 256 gigabyte storage as the baseline
eight gigabytes of ram and again it will start at that same price it's really good to see that
for colors wise though there are no changes across the board both of them have offered silver and
space grey sadly there's been no gold macbook pro or anything like that or even that brand
new midnight color being added to the macbook pro lineup so quite disappointing not to see that
but you still do get those two standard colors so then with that guys will you be buying a brand new
macbook pro will be buying that brand new macbook pro m2 model or maybe you might be getting
yourself a bit of a saver on the m1 model or maybe you might be getting yourself a macbook air i
would love to know so let me know in the comments below so there you have it guys as you can see the
brand new macbook pro with the m2 chipset inside is basically identical to the last generation
the only main difference is that chipset from basically m1 to m2 so really if you were looking
for a brand new macbook pro m1 definitely get the m2 now wait out till that comes available and buy
that one straight away but also do consider guys that you do have the brand new macbook air as well
and remember there are some changes there that you've got a magsafe connection and also if you
pick the 10 core gpu option on the macbook air it actually ends up the same price as the macbook pro
m2 obviously you'll be missing the touch bar but you gain a slightly larger screen you get that
magsafe connector and also if you are charging you've got the freedom of all those usbc ports
but do remember that the macbook air does have a slightly weaker battery compared to the macbook
pro but it's up to you what you want to pick but based on that guys it's time to wrap up this video
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