Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)
Apple's redesigned 14-inch MacBook Pro of late 2021, sold with the M1 Pro or M1 Max chip, a 14.2-inch mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR display with ProMotion, and the return of HDMI, an SDXC slot and MagSafe 3. Built for developers, photographers and video editors who need far more GPU and memory than the 13-inch M1 model.
Memory
- Type
- Unified memory in the SoC package; LPDDR5-6400, 256-bit (M1 Pro) or 512-bit (M1 Max) per Wikipedia
- Bandwidth
- 200 GB/s (M1 Pro), 400 GB/s (M1 Max)
- M1 Pro
- 16 GB; configurable to 32 GB
- M1 Max
- 32 GB; configurable to 64 GB
- Slots
- None; size is fixed at purchase
Storage
- SSD
- 512 GB; configurable to 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB or 8 TB
- Interface
- PCIe 4.0-based SSD, up to 7.4 GB/s read (Wikipedia)
- Card reader
- SDXC card slot, supports high-capacity SD 4.0 cards
Graphics
- M1 Pro 8-core CPU
- 14-core GPU
- M1 Pro 10-core CPU
- 14-core or 16-core GPU
- M1 Max
- 24-core or 32-core GPU
- External displays (M1 Pro)
- Up to two, each up to 6K at 60 Hz, at over a billion colors
- External displays (M1 Max)
- Up to four: three up to 6K plus one up to 4K at 60 Hz
- Thunderbolt video
- Native DisplayPort output over USB-C; VGA, HDMI, DVI and Thunderbolt 2 via adapters
- HDMI video
- One display up to 4K at 60 Hz (HDMI 2.0 per Wikipedia); DVI via HDMI-to-DVI adapter
- Video playback
- HEVC, H.264, ProRes; HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG
Networking
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax); IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.0 (Wikipedia lists 5.3 under macOS Sonoma and later)
- Wired
- No Ethernet port; use a Thunderbolt / USB-C adapter
Power
- Adapter (M1 Pro 8-core CPU)
- 67 W USB-C included; 96 W configurable
- Adapter (M1 Pro 10-core CPU, M1 Max)
- 96 W USB-C included
- Charging
- MagSafe 3 (USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable, 2 m) or any Thunderbolt 4 port
- Fast charge
- About 50% in 30 minutes with the 96 W USB-C adapter
- Line power
- 100–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz
- Cooling
- Two fans, up to 5,779 / 6,241 RPM (left / right) per Wikipedia
Ports
- Left
- MagSafe 3, 2 × Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C), 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Right
- SDXC card slot, 1 × Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C), HDMI
- Thunderbolt
- 3 × Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4, up to 40 Gb/s, with charging and DisplayPort
- HDMI
- One display up to 4K 60 Hz; HDMI 2.0 with audio output per Wikipedia
- Audio
- 3.5 mm jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
Display
- Panel
- 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR, 3024 × 1964, 254 ppi; mini-LED backlight with 2,010 local dimming zones (Wikipedia)
- Brightness
- XDR: 1,000 nits sustained full-screen, 1,600 nits peak (HDR content only); SDR: 500 nits
- Contrast / color
- 1,000,000:1; 1 billion colors, P3 wide color, True Tone
- Refresh
- ProMotion adaptive up to 120 Hz; fixed 47.95, 48, 50, 59.94, 60 Hz
- Shape
- Rounded top corners; the display extends up around the camera notch
- Camera
- 1080p FaceTime HD camera with advanced image signal processor (computational video)
Battery
- Capacity
- 70 Wh lithium-polymer (actual rating 69.6 Wh)
- Apple rating
- Up to 17 h Apple TV app movie playback, 11 h wireless web (tested on M1 Pro 8-core CPU, 16 GB, 512 GB)
Physical
- Dimensions
- 1.55 × 31.26 × 22.12 cm (H × W × D); 0.61 × 12.31 × 8.71 in
- Weight
- 1.6 kg (3.5 lb)
- Colors
- Silver, Space Gray
- Keyboard
- Backlit Magic Keyboard, 78 (US) / 79 (ISO) keys, 12 full-height function keys, inverted-T arrows, Touch ID, ambient light sensor
- Trackpad
- Force Touch trackpad
- Audio
- Six-speaker system (two tweeters, four force-cancelling woofers) with spatial audio / Dolby Atmos; studio-quality three-mic array
- Environment
- Operating 10–35 °C, 0–90% RH noncondensing, tested up to 10,000 ft
- Acoustics
- 1.3 B sound power (idle and wireless web), ECMA-109
- Model number
- A2442 (Wikipedia)
- Part numbers
- MKGP3, MKGQ3, MKGR3, MKGT3
Management
- Security
- Secure Enclave, hardware-verified secure boot, runtime anti-exploitation; internal storage encrypted with hardware-tied keys
- Recovery
- Chip firmware can be revived or restored with Apple Configurator 2
Operating systems
- Shipped with
- macOS Monterey 12.0
- Newest compatible
- macOS 27 Golden Gate (Apple identification page)
- Apple Intelligence
- Supported (all Macs with M1 and later)
Processors
- Apple M1 Pro (8-core CPU)
- Apple M1 Pro (10-core CPU)
- Apple M1 Max (10-core CPU)