MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Pro or M3 Max, Nov 2023) – Technical Specifications
Year introduced: 2023
Finish
- Space Black
- Silver
Chip
Apple M3 Pro chip
- 11-core CPU with 5 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores, 12-core CPU with 6 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores
- 14-core GPU, 18-core GPU
- Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 150GB/s memory bandwidth
- Media Engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW
- Video decode engine
- Video encode engine
- ProRes encode and decode engine
- AV1 decode
- Configurable to:
- M3 Pro with 12-core CPU and 18-core GPU, M3 Max with 14-core CPU and 30-core GPU (300GB/s memory bandwidth), or M3 Max with 16-core CPU and 40-core GPU (400GB/s memory bandwidth)
Apple M3 Max chip
- 14-core CPU with 10 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
- 30-core GPU
- Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 300GB/s memory bandwidth
- Media Engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW
- Video decode engine
- Two video encode engines
- Two ProRes encode and decode engines
- AV1 decode
- Configurable to:
- M3 Max with 16-core CPU and 40-core GPU (400GB/s memory bandwidth)
Display
Liquid Retina XDR display
- 14.2-inch (diagonal) Liquid Retina XDR display;1 3024×1964 native resolution at 254 pixels per inch
XDR (Extreme Dynamic Range)
- 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio
- XDR brightness: 1,000 nits sustained full-screen, 1,600 nits peak2 (HDR content only)
- SDR brightness: 600 nits
Colour
- 1 billion colours
- Wide colour (P3)
- True Tone technology
Refresh rates
- ProMotion technology for adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz
- Fixed refresh rates: 47.95Hz, 48.00Hz, 50.00Hz, 59.94Hz, 60.00Hz
Memory
Apple M3 Pro chip
- 18GB unified memory
Configurable to 36GB (M3 Pro or M3 Max with 14-core CPU) or 96GB (M3 Max with 14-core CPU) or 48GB, 64GB or 128GB (M3 Max with 16-core CPU)
Apple M3 Max chip
- 36GB unified memory
Configurable to 96GB (M3 Max with 14-core CPU) or 48GB, 64GB or 128GB (M3 Max with 16-core CPU)
Battery and Power3
- Up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback
- Up to 12 hours wireless web
- 72.4-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery3
- 70W USB‑C Power Adapter (included with M3 Pro with 11-core CPU)
- 96W USB‑C Power Adapter (included with M3 Pro with 12-core CPU and M3 Max, configurable with M3 Pro with 11-core CPU)
- USB‑C to MagSafe 3 Cable
- Fast-charge capable with 96W USB‑C Power Adapter
Storage4
Apple M3 Pro chip
- 512GB SSD
Configurable to 1TB, 2TB or 4TB; 8TB (M3 Max only)
Apple M3 Max chip
- 1TB SSD
Configurable to 2TB, 4TB or 8TB
Charging and Expansion
- SDXC card slot
- HDMI port
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- MagSafe 3 port
- Three Thunderbolt 4 ports with support for:
- Charging
- DisplayPort
- Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
- USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
Display Support
M3 Pro
Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colours and:
- Up to two external displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt, or one external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one external display with up to 4K resolution at 144Hz over HDMI
- One external display supported at 8K resolution at 60Hz or one external display at 4K resolution at 240Hz over HDMI
M3 Max
Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colours and:
- Up to four external displays: up to three external displays with 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one external display with up to 4K resolution at 144Hz over HDMI
- Up to three external displays: up to two external displays with 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one external display with up to 8K resolution at 60Hz or one external display with 4K resolution at 240Hz over HDMI
Thunderbolt 4 digital video output
- Support for native DisplayPort output over USB‑C (M3 Pro and M3 Max)
HDMI digital video output
- Support for one display with up to 8K resolution at 60Hz or 4K resolution at 240Hz (M3 Pro and M3 Max)
Video Playback
- Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, AV1 and ProRes
- HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG
Audio Playback
- Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos
Keyboard and Trackpad
Backlit Magic Keyboard with:
- 78 (US) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted “T” arrangement
- Touch ID
- Ambient light sensor
- Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure-sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing and Multi-Touch gestures
Wireless
Wi‑Fi
- Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax)5
Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.3
Camera
- 1080p FaceTime HD camera
- Advanced image signal processor with computational video
Audio
- High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers
- Wide stereo sound
- Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers
- Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro and AirPods Max
- Studio-quality three-mic array with high signal-to-noise ratio and directional beamforming
- 3.5mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
- HDMI port supports multi-channel audio output
Operating Requirements
- Line voltage: 100V to 240V AC
- Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz
- Operating temperature: 10° to 35° C (50° to 95° F)
- Storage temperature: –25° to 45° C (–13° to 113° F)
- Relative humidity: 0% to 90% non‑condensing
- Operating altitude: tested up to 3,000 metres (10,000 feet)
- Maximum storage altitude: 4,500 metres (15,000 feet)
- Maximum shipping altitude: 10,500 metres (35,000 feet)
Size and Weight
- Height: 1.55 cm (0.61 inches)
- Width: 31.26 cm (12.31 inches)
- Depth: 22.12 cm (8.71 inches)
- Weight (M3 Pro): 1.61 kg (3.5 pounds)6
- Weight (M3 Max): 1.62 kg (3.6 pounds)6
Operating System
macOS
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