Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch (M5 Max, 2026): specs & release date

Specifications

Source: support.apple.com (verified 2026-07-08) · corroborated by apple.com. Verified against Apple's official 16-inch MacBook Pro (M5 Pro or M5 Max) tech-specs page (support.apple.com/en-us/126319, "Year introduced: 2026"), which confirms verbatim the M5 Max base configuration: 16.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR at 3456-by-2234, Apple M5 Max chip with 18-core CPU (6 super cores + 12 performance cores) and 32-core GPU (configurable to 40-core), 36GB base unified memory, 2TB base SSD, 4.7 lb (2.15 kg for M5 Max), a 100-watt-hour battery footnoted as "Actual rating of 99.6 watt-hours", three Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) ports plus MagSafe 3, HDMI, SDXC card slot and 3.5 mm headphone jack, and macOS. The Apple Store buy page (corroboration) lists the exact purchasable base config verbatim ("MacBook Pro, 16-inch, M5 Max Chip, 18-core CPU, 32-core GPU, ... 36GB memory, 2TB storage", Space Black and Silver), confirming the exact model rather than a 40-core-GPU / 48GB sibling. On re-fetch, priceUsd was nulled: neither fetched page exposed any price (the $3,899 figure was previously sourced from Macworld, which is not among the source/corroboration URLs and was not fetched). releaseDate was downgraded from "2026-03" to "2026": the fetched pages state only "Year introduced: 2026", and the March pre-order/ship dates were not present in the fetched text (the battery footnote references testing in January and February 2026 but states no launch month). os is recorded verbatim as "macOS" since no version number appears in the fetched pages.

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