Lab – MacBook Pro M1 Pro Mini-Led screen: a peak in brightness never before seen on a computer for … – Les Numériques

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With their Mini-Led screen, the 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro M1 are establishing themselves as a new benchmark in terms of display on laptops, and even more generally on the PC monitor market.

The 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pros feature Apple’s new Liquid Retina XDR Display. Behind this pompous name hides in fact a 14.2 and 16.2-inch IPS panel displaying an identical resolution of 254 ppi associated with a Mini-Led backlighting system already seen on the latest 12.9-inch iPad Pro. Apple announces a constant brightness of 1000 cd / m² (in HDR) with a peak of brightness that can reach 1600 cd / m² (still in HDR). This backlighting system actually uses 10,216 mini-LEDs spread over 2554 distinct zones (for the 16-inch model). This very high number of zones allows very fine management of the backlighting, especially on such a small screen (compared to the hundreds of zones on Ultra HD Mini-Led televisions like the Samsung QE65QN95A).

The 14-inch MacBook Pro M1 Pro in the center surrounded by a 2015 13-inch MacBook Pro and a 2003 12-inch PowerBook G4…

The 14-inch MacBook Pro M1 Pro in the center surrounded by a 2015 13-inch MacBook Pro and a 2003 12-inch PowerBook G4…

Maximum brightness measurement in HDR on part or all of the screen.

Maximum brightness measurement in HDR on part or all of the screen.

We measured the peak brightness in HDR on a 1%, 4%, 9%, 25% and 49% window as well as in full screen. Both models easily manage to exceed a peak brightness of 1000 cd / m², even in full screen. The 14-inch model reaches its maximum with a 25% test pattern in HDR. It then displays a brightness of 1257 cd / m², a record for a laptop and even for a PC monitor. The 16-inch MacBook Pro M1 Pro does even better since it reaches 1535 cd / m² on the HDR test pattern occupying 49% of the screen. In full screen, the brightness drops to 1221 cd / m² on both models, which remains very important.

On a PC, only the Dell UltraSHarp UP2718Q monitor – a 384-zone Ultra HD Full LED model – managed to exceed 1000 cd / m² (1131 cd / m²), but with a blooming very affected. To our knowledge, no laptop has ever reached such a high peak in brightness.

The 2020 MacBook Air on the left and the MacBook Pro 13 M1 Pro on the right.

The 2020 MacBook Air on the left and the MacBook Pro 13 M1 Pro on the right.

This strong luminosity is associated with a very deep black allowed by the mini-LEDs. The comparison with a 2020 MacBook Air is unflattering for the latter and allows to see the giant progress made on the screens. The MacBook Air 2020 – like the new MacBook Air M1 and MacBook Pro M1 – uses a 13.3-inch IPS display with 227 dpi resolution paired with a basic Edge-Led backlighting system consisting of a single bar of LEDs. The lighting behind the screen is therefore fixed over the entire panel, and this results in a shallow black which is very visible in the photo. On a 2020 MacBook Air, black is measured at 0.16 cd / m² while it simply drops to 0.00 cd / m² (absolute black) on the MacBook Pro 14 M1 Pro.

The blooming (halo effect around light objects on a dark background) is very slightly visible.

the blooming (halo effect around light objects on a dark background) is very slightly visible.

The thermal signature once again confirms the use of a Mini-Led backlighting system.  As for the structure of the sub-pixels, it confirms the use of an IPS type LCD panel (PLS).

The thermal signature once again confirms the use of a Mini-Led backlighting system. As for the structure of the sub-pixels, it confirms the use of an IPS type LCD panel (PLS).

The Mini-Led backlighting system in HDR consumes a lot of energy, but heats little. On this HDR window of 25% of the screen at maximum brightness, the MacBook Pro 14 M1 Pro consumes 47 W. In full screen, consumption briefly drops to 62 W before stabilizing at around 58 W. C ‘ is as much as when the MacBook Pro is used to the maximum on the level of the processor and the graphics card, but with a screen calibrated to 200 cd / m². On the other hand, it does not heat up much since even after several tens of minutes on an HDR test pattern, the temperature of the screen does not exceed 32 ° C.

See you next week for the full test of the new 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pros equipped with the new M1 Pro processor.

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