MacBook Neo (13-inch, A18 Pro)

Quick look

Price: £699²Apple UK store
Chip: A18 Prochip
CPU: 6-coreCPU
GPU: 5-coreGPU
Memory: 8GBunified memory, base
Storage: 256GBstorage, base
Display: 13-inchdisplay
Battery life: Up to16 hrsvideo playback, claimed
Released: 11 March 2026³ReleasedIn Apple Stores; pre-order from 4 March 2026.
Security updates: Not available⁴Security updates

Each figure is from the source marked¹ unless it carries its own number.

Latest: MacBook Neo: store price against March price, Seen on Apple UK store 2 Oct

Drawn to scale from the published dimensions below: the footprint from above with the closed height beneath it. Outline only — the corner radius is our drawing convention, not a measurement.

Specifications

Body

Dimensions: 12.7 x 297.5 x 206.4 mm
Weight: 1.23 kg
Colours: Silver, Blush, Citrus, Indigo
Ports: One USB 3 (USB-C) port, one USB 2 (USB-C) port, 3.5mm headphone jack
Thunderbolt ports: No Thunderbolt ports.⁵
USB-A ports: No USB-A ports.⁵
HDMI: No HDMI port.⁶
SD card slot: No SD card slot.⁶
Headphone jack: Yes
MagSafe: No MagSafe port.⁵
Keyboard: Magic Keyboard
Touch ID: Available on the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID configuration⁷

Display

Display size: 13 in
Resolution: 2408 x 1506
Pixel density: 219 ppi
Display type: Liquid Retina display
Brightness: 500 nits
Wide colour (P3): No wide colour (P3) display.⁶
Nano-texture option: No nano-texture display option.⁶

Chip and memory

Chip: Apple A18 Pro chip
Apple silicon: Yes
CPU cores: 6
Performance cores: 2
Efficiency cores: 4
GPU cores: 5
Neural Engine cores: 16
Chip options: Apple A18 Pro with 6-core CPU and 5-core GPU⁷
Memory (base): 8GB
Memory (maximum): 8GB⁷
Memory options: 8GB
Memory upgradeable by user: No, as Apple documents⁸
Memory bandwidth: 60 GB/s
Storage (base): 256GB
Storage (maximum): 512GB
Storage options: 256GB or 512GB
Media engine: Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAWvideo decode enginevideo encode engineProRes encode and decode engineAV1 decode

Battery and power

Battery capacity: 36.5 Wh
Rated charge cycles: 1,000 cycles⁹
Video playback (claimed): 16 h
Wireless web (claimed): 11 h
Included power adapter: No power adapter in the box.⁶
Fast charging: No fast charging.⁶

Connectivity

Wi-Fi: Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Bluetooth: 6
Ethernet: No Ethernet port.⁶
External displays (base): 1

Camera and audio

Camera: 1080p FaceTime HD camera
Speakers: Dual-speaker sound system
Microphones: Dual-mic array with directional beamforming

Platform

Newest macOS: macOS 27 Golden Gate¹⁰
Model year: 2026

Benchmarks

Geekbench 7 (CPU, single-core): 2,934¹¹
Geekbench 7 (CPU, multi-core): 7,284¹¹
Geekbench 7 (Metal): 31,187¹¹

Apple UK price, as listed

4 March 2026 to 15 June 2026: £599¹²¹³
25 June 2026 to 7 October 2026: £699¹⁴¹⁵

Apple’s UK store page for the base configuration (Apple A18 Pro chip, 6-core CPU, 5-core GPU, 8GB memory, 256GB storage), as the Internet Archive saved it. Each row runs from the first to the last Internet Archive capture MacIQ read at that price; the price may have held before and after. A price changed some time between the last capture read at one price and the first read at the next, so no day is given. A “From” price is the store’s starting price for the chip option; the base configuration is the lowest one listed under it. Apple’s store listing names the storage; the memory is not stated there (the Tech Specs list one option, 8GB). Read 18 October 2026.

Software support

Feature updates until: Not available¹⁶
Security updates until: Not available¹⁶
Basis: our inference from history¹⁷

Comparisons

Against the rest of the range

Compare it with any other Mac

Sources

Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Neo - Tech Specs · Default for MacBook Neo (13-inch, A18 Pro) · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026
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Apple UK store — MacBook Neo, 256GB — From £699 · Apple’s figure · read 22 Sep 2026
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — Say hello to MacBook Neo · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026
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Security updates: no end date published. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 22 Sep 2026
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No Thunderbolt ports. No USB-A ports. No MagSafe port. Checked: Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Neo - Tech Specs. Read 15 Sep 2026
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No HDMI port. No SD card slot. No wide colour (P3) display. No nano-texture display option. No power adapter in the box. No fast charging. No Ethernet port. Checked: Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Neo - Tech Specs. Read 9 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Neo - Tech Specs · Apple’s figure · read 9 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Pro: how to remove or install memory · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Determine battery cycle count for Mac laptops · Apple’s figure · read 15 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — macOS 27 Golden Gate is compatible with these computers · Apple’s figure · read 22 Sep 2026
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Geekbench Browser (Primate Labs) · third-party figure · read 11 Oct 2026
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Apple Store (UK), as saved by the Internet Archive — Buy MacBook Neo - Apple (UK), captured 4 Mar 2026 · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026
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Apple Store (UK), as saved by the Internet Archive — Buy MacBook Neo - Apple (UK), captured 15 Jun 2026 · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026
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Apple Store (UK), as saved by the Internet Archive — Buy MacBook Neo - Apple (UK), captured 25 Jun 2026 · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026
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Apple Store (UK), as saved by the Internet Archive — Buy MacBook Neo - Apple (UK), captured 7 Oct 2026 · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026
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Feature and security updates: end dates not published by Apple. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 22 Sep 2026
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Apple’s macOS 27 Golden Gate compatibility list names this Mac. endoflife.date says Apple usually provides security updates for the latest three macOS releases, but that this isn’t consistently applied; Apple publishes no end date. Source: endoflife.date. Read 22 Sep 2026
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Not published by Apple

MacBook Neo (13-inch, A18 Pro). Apple doesn’t publish for this Mac: refresh rate, storage upgradeable by user, the macOS it shipped with, model identifier, part numbers. Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Neo - Tech Specs; Apple Support (UK) — macOS 27 Golden Gate is compatible with these computers; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Say hello to MacBook Neo, read 9 Oct 2026.