Description
The 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 Pro or M5 Max chip brings next-generation speed and powerful on-device AI to personal, professional and creative tasks. With all-day battery life and a breathtaking Liquid Retina XDR display, it’s pro in every way.1
Key features
· BUCKLE UP — Along with a next-generation CPU, faster unified memory and up to 2x faster SSD storage2, M5 Pro and M5 Max feature a more powerful GPU with a Neural Accelerator built into each core, delivering faster AI performance and on-device training capabilities. So you can power through demanding workloads at mind-bending speeds.
· BUILT FOR AI — Apple silicon, and every major component that powers it, is designed to run demanding on-device AI workloads like LLM inference and training. And Apple Intelligence helps you write, express yourself and get things done effortlessly with groundbreaking privacy protections at every step.3
· ALL-DAY BATTERY LIFE — MacBook Pro delivers the same exceptional performance whether it’s running on battery or plugged in.1
· MACOS RUNS APPS FAST — All your go-to apps run lightning-fast in macOS, including built-in apps like FaceTime and Messages.4 Plus, built-in virus protection and free software updates help keep your Mac running smoothly and securely.
· IF YOU LOVE IPHONE, YOU’LL LOVE MAC — Mac works like magic with your other Apple devices. View and control what’s on your iPhone from your Mac with iPhone Mirroring.5 Copy something on iPhone and paste it on Mac. Send texts with Messages or use your Mac to answer FaceTime calls.4
· BRILLIANT PRO DISPLAY — The 16.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display6 features 1,600 nits peak brightness7, up to 1,000 nits sustained brightness and 1,000,000:1 contrast.
· ADVANCED CAMERA AND AUDIO — Stay perfectly framed and sound great with a 12MP Center Stage camera, three studio-quality mics, and six speakers with Spatial Audio and support for Dolby Atmos.
· CONNECT IT ALL — Features three Thunderbolt 5 ports; a MagSafe 3 charging port, SDXC card slot, HDMI port and headphone jack; and the Apple-designed N1 wireless chip for Wi-Fi 78 and Bluetooth® 6. And supports up to three external displays with M5 Pro, or up to four with M5 Max.
Legal
Configurable options are available.
1Testing conducted by Apple in January and February 2026 using preproduction 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M5 Max, 18-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 36GB of unified memory and 2TB SSD, and 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M5 Pro, 18-core CPU, 20-core GPU, 48GB of unified memory and 1TB SSD. Wireless web battery life tested by browsing 25 popular websites while connected to Wi-Fi. Video streaming battery life tested with 1080p content in Safari while connected to Wi-Fi. Display brightness set to eight clicks from the bottom and keyboard backlight was off. Battery life varies by use and configuration; see apple.com/au/batteries for more information.
2Testing conducted by Apple in January and February 2026 using preproduction 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M5 Max, 18-core CPU, 40-core GPU and 128GB of unified memory, as well as production 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M4 Max, 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU and 128GB of unified memory, all configured with 8TB SSD. Tested with FIO 3.41, 1024KB request size, 10GB test file and IO depth=8. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.
3Apple Intelligence is available in beta. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. For feature and language availability, and system requirements, see support.apple.com/121115.
4FaceTime calling requires a FaceTime‑enabled device for the caller and recipient, and a Wi‑Fi connection.
5Available on Mac computers with Apple silicon and Intel-based Mac computers with a T2 Security Chip. Requires that your iPhone and Mac are signed in with the same Apple Account using two-factor authentication, your iPhone and Mac are near each other and have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi turned on, and your Mac is not using AirPlay or Sidecar. Some iPhone features (such as camera and microphone) are not compatible with iPhone Mirroring.
6Screen size is measured diagonally. The display on the 16-inch MacBook Pro has rounded corners at the top. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 16.2 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).
7In temperatures less than 25° C.
8Wi-Fi 7 available in countries and regions where supported.
Technical specifications
Go to apple.com/au/macbook-pro/specs for a complete set.