Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch M3 Pro chip

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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)

Display

Liquid Retina XDR display

• 14.2-inch (diagonal) Liquid Retina XDR display; 3024-by-1964 native resolution at 254 pixels per inch

XDR (Extreme Dynamic Range)

• 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio
• XDR brightness: 1000 nits sustained full-screen, 1600 nits peak (HDR content only)
• SDR brightness: 600 nits

Color

• 1 billion colors
• Wide color (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)

Battery and Power

• Up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback
• Up to 12 hours wireless web
• 72.4-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery
• 70W USB-C Power Adapter (included with M3 Pro with 11-core CPU)
• USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable
• Fast-charge capable with 96W USB-C Power Adapter

Storage

Apple M3 Pro chip

• 1TB SSD

Charging and Expansion

• SDXC card slot
• HDMI port
• 3.5 mm 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 colors 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

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 (U.S.) 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)

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
• 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
• HDMI port supports multichannel audio output

Operating Requirements

• Line voltage: 100V to 240V AC
• Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz
• Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)
• Storage temperature: –13° to 113° F (–25° to 45° C)
• Relative humidity: 0% to 90% noncondensing
• Operating altitude: tested up to 10,000 feet (3000 meters)
• Maximum storage altitude: 15,000 feet
• Maximum shipping altitude: 35,000 feet

Size and Weight

• Height: 0.61 inch (1.55 cm)
• Width: 12.31 inches (31.26 cm)
• Depth: 8.71 inches (22.12 cm)
• Weight (M3 Pro): 3.5 pounds (1.61 kg)