Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, Nov 2023)
The late-2023 14-inch MacBook Pro, sold with the M3, M3 Pro, or M3 Max chip, a 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display and a 1080p FaceTime HD camera. The base M3 model has two Thunderbolt/USB4 ports and one external display; M3 Pro and M3 Max add a third Thunderbolt 4 port, far more memory/GPU, and up to four external displays.
Memory
- M3
- 8 GB or 16 GB unified memory; configurable to 16 GB or 24 GB
- M3 Pro
- 18 GB unified memory; configurable to 36 GB
- M3 Max, 14-core CPU
- 36 GB unified memory; configurable to 96 GB
- M3 Max, 16-core CPU
- 48 GB unified memory; configurable to 64 GB or 128 GB
- Slots
- None; size is fixed at purchase
Storage
- M3
- 512 GB or 1 TB SSD; configurable to 1 TB or 2 TB
- M3 Pro
- 512 GB SSD; configurable to 1 TB, 2 TB, or 4 TB
- M3 Max
- 1 TB SSD; configurable to 2 TB, 4 TB, or 8 TB
- Note
- 8 TB storage is M3 Max only
- Card reader
- SDXC card slot
Graphics
- M3
- 10-core GPU
- M3 Pro
- 14-core GPU (11-core CPU) or 18-core GPU (12-core CPU)
- M3 Max
- 30-core GPU (14-core CPU) or 40-core GPU (16-core CPU)
- Features
- Hardware-accelerated ray tracing on all chips
- External displays (M3)
- One external display up to 6K at 60Hz while the built-in display is open; closing the lid allows a second display up to 5K at 60Hz; HDMI supports up to 4K at 120Hz
- External displays (M3 Pro)
- Up to two over Thunderbolt (6K60 each), or one 6K60 over Thunderbolt plus one 4K144 over HDMI; or one display up to 8K60/4K240 over HDMI
- External displays (M3 Max)
- Up to four: three 6K60 over Thunderbolt plus one 4K144 over HDMI, or two 6K60 over Thunderbolt plus one 8K60/4K240 over HDMI
- Video output
- Native DisplayPort output over USB-C (M3 Pro/M3 Max); HDMI up to 8K60 or 4K240 (M3 Pro/M3 Max)
Networking
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.3
Power
- Adapter (M3 or M3 Pro, 11-core CPU)
- 70 W USB-C included
- Adapter (M3 Pro, 12-core CPU / M3 Max)
- 96 W USB-C included
- Charging
- MagSafe 3 (USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable) or any Thunderbolt/USB4 port; fast-charge capable with a 96 W USB-C adapter
Ports
- Left
- MagSafe 3, 1–2 × Thunderbolt (USB-C), 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Right
- SDXC card slot, 1 × Thunderbolt (USB-C), HDMI
- Thunderbolt (M3)
- 2 × Thunderbolt / USB 4, up to 40 Gb/s, with charging and DisplayPort
- Thunderbolt (M3 Pro / M3 Max)
- 3 × Thunderbolt 4, up to 40 Gb/s, with charging and DisplayPort
- HDMI
- HDMI port; supports multichannel audio out
- Audio
- 3.5 mm jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
Display
- Panel
- 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR, 3024 × 1964, 254 ppi
- Brightness
- 1,000 nits sustained full-screen XDR, 1,600 nits peak (HDR); SDR up to 600 nits
- Contrast / color
- 1,000,000:1; 1 billion colors, wide color (P3), True Tone
- Refresh
- ProMotion adaptive up to 120 Hz; fixed 47.95, 48.00, 50.00, 59.94, 60.00 Hz
- Camera
- 1080p FaceTime HD camera with advanced image signal processor
Battery
- Capacity
- 70 Wh lithium-polymer (M3); 72.4 Wh (M3 Pro / M3 Max)
- Apple rating (M3)
- Up to 22 h Apple TV app movie playback, 15 h wireless web
- Apple rating (M3 Pro / M3 Max)
- Up to 18 h Apple TV app movie playback, 12 h wireless web
Physical
- Dimensions
- 1.55 × 31.26 × 22.12 cm (H × W × D); 0.61 × 12.31 × 8.71 in
- Weight
- 1.55 kg (M3), 1.61 kg (M3 Pro), 1.62 kg (M3 Max)
- Colors
- M3: Space Gray, Silver; M3 Pro/M3 Max: Space Black, Silver
- Keyboard
- Backlit Magic Keyboard, 78 (US) / 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys and 4 inverted-T arrow keys; Touch ID; ambient light sensor
- Audio
- High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers, wide stereo sound, studio-quality three-mic array
Operating systems
- Shipped with
- macOS Sonoma 14.1 (per Apple's Nov 2023 launch)
Processors
- Apple M3 (8-core CPU)
- Apple M3 Pro (11-core CPU)
- Apple M3 Pro (12-core CPU)
- Apple M3 Max (14-core CPU)
- Apple M3 Max (16-core CPU)