16-Inch MacBook Pro Now Available With Up to 75% Faster Radeon Pro 5600M Graphics

[Saipher]

Wait, so, is this the 2020 MacBook Pro or just some interim updated?

 

[cmaier]

Was not expecting that. Clearing the way for arm laptops announcement?

more like “no, we aren’t announcing a 10th gen cpu MBP at WWDC, move on”

 

[Kylo83]

Will the 5600M option be available in Apple store or only BTO

 

[cmaier]

Wait, so, is this the 2020 MacBook Pro or just some interim updated?

Not even a different machine. Just a new BTO option.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Is the radeon pro 5600m an Apple-exclusive GPU from AMD?

Press Releases

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AMD only mentions this new GPU for the Macbook Pro.

 

[Kylo83]

I wonder the gaming benchmarks in bootcamp

 

[magbarn]

I want that dam it, what about new 10th gen cpu

You mean the rebranded 14nm chip 9th gen chip posing as 10th gen with a extra special turbo boost mode that only activates when the cpu is running 65C or cooler (which is very hard to do with the mbp 16 cooling solution)

 

[ScreenSavers]

I wonder what these say when you buy them? Do they still say “16 Inch, (2019)” in the about this Mac window? Or would it be considered 2020?

 

[kissmo]

The 16 inch MBP I use could care less about the GPU.
If you don't do video editing - useless upgrade.

And I am probably the only one preferring to type on my 2018 MBP 15 inch.... I love that keyboard! (except the missing ESC key and the weird arrows layout)

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

I wonder what these say when you buy them? Do they still say “16 Inch, (2019)” in the about this Mac window? Or would it be considered 2020?

It's the same 2019 model. Nothing changed but the GPU (if you choose to pony up an extra $800). It's like if Apple added an extra memory option...it would still be the same model, just a new config.
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The 16 inch MBP I use could care less about the GPU.

Did you have a conversation with your MBP and it said it could care less?

 

[Tekguy0]

Still 9th gen cpu. Blah.

And its really still just a refinement of 6th gen.

 

[ScreenSavers]

It's the same 2019 model. Nothing changed but the GPU (if you choose to pony up an extra $800). It's like if Apple added an extra memory option...it would still be the same model, just a new config.

Yeah I guess so. I think there are people who will buy it still.

 

[cmaier]

And its really still just a refinement of 6th gen.

I think they threw an extra couple +’s on the process node since then. So it must be better

 

[Kylo83]

Maybe now will update the bootcamp drivers seeing as since launch not one update for gaming

 

[JosephAW]

I'll hold out for the 17" ARM model.

 

[carlos700]

I know it's Radeon Pro 5600M but the numbering is odd considering Radeon RX 5700M has 36 compute units. So this would appear to be at least more powerful, not sure about faster, than a regular PC RX 5700 since it has 40 compute units and HBM2.

 

[MauiPa]

What the heck?! I just bought the upgraded 8GB 5500M in December! And 6 months later there is a new one with 75% speed increase??? Damn you Apple!

OH NO, technology advances, time moves on. so unfair

 

[jb-net]

Not the update I have hoped for:

• Intel already launched 10th Gen 14nm Comet Lake-H successor to the 6- and 8-core cpus in April 2020
• These new processors would have supported faster RAM speeds
• Compatible WiFi 6 chips for 9th Gen CPUs are available since last year
• Sorry, but the BTO-option for the Radeon Pro 5600M is too expansive.

 

[CheesePuff]

Not the update I have hoped for:

• Intel already launched 10th Gen 14nm Comet Lake-H successor to the 6- and 8-core cpus in April 2020
• These new processors would have supported faster RAM speeds
• Compatible WiFi 6 chips for 9th Gen CPUs are available since last year
• Sorry, but the BTO-option for the Radeon Pro 5600M is too expansive.

This is not an update, its a new BTO option for the GPU, thats it. Apple did the same thing with the MacBook Pro 15", mid-cycle in 2018 (or 2019, forget which) adding 2 new GPU options.

 

[Reason077]

I would rather Apple skip 10th Gen and introduce a Tiger Lake H-Series model as soon as those are available to OEMs.

Skip tiger lake. Straight to A14X.

 

[Brian Clifford]

Now €8,179.00 spec'd out BTO (without accessories), but no Wi-Fi 6 card?????

 

[Chompineer]

HBM2, nice. Insane memory bandwidth.

That would explain the huge cost increase.

That's going to be a pretty niche upgrade. I'd probably just take the $875 upgrade cost and buy an eGPU housing + Radeon VII if I needed performance.

 

[NickName99]

For $800 over the standard GPU, you could get an eGPU enclosure and a 5700 XT, which would be much faster than a 5600 and be upgradable.

 

[RumorConsumer]

For $800 over the standard GPU, you could get an eGPU enclosure and a 5700 XT, which would be much faster than a 5600 and be upgradable.

Excellent point.

 

[vmistery]

Don't forget this uses HBM2 which is going to be at least part of the reason that it is more expensive. Question is now, will they do a proper upgrade still later in the year?