Sorry Apple fans the next MacBook Pro likely won t get M2 Pro or M2 Max chips TechRadar Skip to main content TechRadar is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's why you can trust us. Sorry Apple fans the next MacBook Pro likely won t get M2 Pro or M2 Max chips By Allisa James published 24 August 2022 Better wait till next year for some updated M2 silicon (Image credit: TechRadar) Audio player loading… It seems that Apple may be saving its M2 Pro or M2 Max chips for later iterations of the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro, according to new rumors. Industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros featuring M2 chips are set to enter production in Q4 2022, but also that these chips will most likely not use TSMC's 3nm process, which is widely believed to be what the M2 Pro or M2 Max silicon will be built on. The 3nm node won't be entering production until the first half of 2023, so the upcoming Pro models will likely be using the same 5nm node as the standard M2 in the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 13-inch, which are the current M2 chips. Going by Apple's previous track record with its laptop releases, there's a good chance these rumors are true. Even more evidence in favor of an M2 Pro Max refresh next year  Kuo and Trusted Reviews aren't the only sources claiming that Apple will give its MacBook Pros the M2 Pro or M2 Max upgrade. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who made his prediction through his Power On newsletter back in July 2022, the Pro refresh will get the upgraded silicon between Q1 2023 and Q3 2023. He also predicted that the new, high-specced M2 chips will focus more on the graphical side of things, which tracks with the M1 Pro and M1 Max before it. It'll be interesting to see what the new M2 chips will have to offer though, hopefully, it won't have the issue that the current M2 MacBook Pro has, like slower SSD speeds, compared to the M1 MacBook Pro. As with all things Apple though, you can't know until Apple makes an announcement, so be sure to take everything with a grain of salt. Allisa JamesComputing Staff WriterAllisa has been freelancing at TechRadar for nine months before joining as a Computing Staff Writer. She mainly covers breaking news and rumors in the computing industry, and does reviews and featured articles for the site. In her spare time you can find her chatting it up on her two podcasts, Megaten Marathon and Combo Chain, as well as playing any JRPGs she can get her hands on. See more Computing news TechRadar Newsletter Sign up to get breaking news, reviews, opinion, analysis and more, plus the hottest tech deals! Thank you for signing up to TechRadar. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST POPULARMOST SHARED1The iPhone 14 Pro is made of the wrong stuff; the Pixel 7 proves that to me2Blizzard made me explain Overwatch 2 smurfing to my mum for nothing3Nvidia RTX 4090 Ti reportedly canned due to sky-high power consumption4Apple October launches: the new devices we might see this month5RTX 4090 too expensive? Nvidia resurrects another old favorite1Best laptops for designers and coders 2The iPhone 14 Pro is made of the wrong stuff; the Pixel 7 proves that to me3Stop saying Mario doesn't have an accent in The Super Mario Bros. Movie4iPhone 15 tipped to come with an upgraded 5G chip5Google Pixel Tablet is what Apple should've done ages ago Technology Magazines (opens in new tab)● (opens in new tab)The best tech tutorials and in-depth reviewsFrom$12.99 (opens in new tab)View (opens in new tab) Other versions of this page are available with specific content for the following regions:SverigeEspaña