Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs Apple MacBook Pro 14″ (M4 Pro or M4 Max)

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MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) compared with MacBook Pro 14″ (M4 Pro or M4 Max)

	AppleMacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)	AppleMacBook Pro 14″ (M4 Pro or M4 Max)
Overview
Released
Released	July 2018	November 2024
Display
Screen size
Screen size	13.3″	14.2″
Resolution
Resolution	2560 × 1600	3024 × 1964 (better)
Panel
Panel	IPS LCD	Mini-LED
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	–	120 Hz
Brightness
Brightness	500 nits	1,000 nits (better)
HDR peak brightness
HDR peak brightness	–	1,600 nits
Touchscreen
Touchscreen	No	No
Display type
Display type	Retina display; LED-backlit IPS; millions of colours	Liquid Retina XDR display
Pixel density
Pixel density	227 ppi	254 ppi
Colour range
Colour range	Wide colour (P3)	Wide colour (P3); 1 billion colours
Screen finish
Screen finish	–	Standard, or nano-texture as an option
Display features
Display features	True Tone; scaled resolutions of 1680 × 1050, 1440 × 900 or 1024 × 640	1,000,000:1 contrast; 1,000 nits sustained full-screen XDR brightness; ProMotion up to 120 Hz, with fixed 47.95, 48, 50, 59.94 and 60 Hz rates; True Tone
Performance
Processor
Processor	Intel Core i5-8259U or Intel Core i7-8559U	Apple M4 Pro or Apple M4 Max
CPU cores
CPU cores	4	12, 14 or 16
CPU threads
CPU threads	8	–
Graphics
Graphics	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655	16-core GPU, 20-core GPU, 32-core GPU or 40-core GPU
Memory
Memory	8 GB or 16 GB	24 GB, 36 GB, 48 GB or 128 GB (better)
Storage
Storage	256 GB to 2 TB	512 GB to 8 TB (better)
CPU
CPU	Quad-core Intel Core i5 at 2.3 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.8 GHz, configurable to quad-core Core i7 at 2.7 GHz with up to 4.5 GHz; both have 128 MB eDRAM. Exact i5-8259U and i7-8559U identifiers confirmed by Notebookcheck; Tom's Hardware also confirms the i7.	M4 Pro: 12-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores, or 14-core CPU with 10 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores; M4 Max: 14-core CPU with 10 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores, or 16-core CPU with 12 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
GPU
GPU	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 integrated graphics	16-core or 20-core (M4 Pro), 32-core or 40-core (M4 Max) GPU with hardware-accelerated ray tracing; Media Engine with H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW acceleration and AV1 decode, with two video encode and two ProRes engines on M4 Max
AI engine
AI engine	–	16-core Neural Engine
Memory type
Memory type	8 GB of 2133 MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory, configurable to 16 GB	Unified memory; M4 Pro takes 24GB or 48GB; M4 Max takes 36GB (14-core CPU) or 48GB, 64GB or 128GB (16-core CPU)
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	–	273 GB/s (M4 Pro), 410 GB/s (M4 Max with 32-core GPU) or 546 GB/s (M4 Max with 40-core GPU)
Storage type
Storage type	PCIe-based onboard SSD; 256 GB base configurable to 512 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB, and 512 GB base configurable to 1 TB or 2 TB	SSD, configurable up to 4 TB (M4 Pro) or 8 TB (M4 Max)
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 10 hours	Up to 22 hours
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	58 Wh	72.4 Wh (better)
Weight
Weight	1.37 kg (better)	1.6 kg
Thickness
Thickness	14.9 mm (better)	15.5 mm
Width × depth
Width × depth	304.1 × 212.4 mm	312.6 × 221.2 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Lithium-polymer battery; up to 10 hours wireless web or iTunes movie playback and 30 days standby. Apple's June 2018 tests used the 2.3 GHz Core i5, 8 GB memory and 512 GB SSD. Weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.	M4 Pro up to 22 hours video streaming and 14 hours wireless web; M4 Max up to 18 hours video streaming and 13 hours wireless web; lithium-polymer battery
Charger
Charger	61 W USB-C Power Adapter	70 W USB-C Power Adapter included with the 12-core-CPU M4 Pro; 96 W with the 14-core-CPU M4 Pro and M4 Max
Fast charging
Fast charging	–	With the 96 W USB-C Power Adapter
Materials
Materials	Aluminium enclosure	100% recycled aluminium enclosure; 35% recycled content overall
Colours
Colours	Silver; Space Grey	Space Black, Silver
Connections
Ports
Ports	4 × Thunderbolt 3, headphone jack	3 × Thunderbolt 5, HDMI, SD card slot, MagSafe 3, headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 5	Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.0	5.3
Webcam
Webcam	720p FaceTime HD	12MP Center Stage
Operating system
Operating system	macOS	macOS
Port detail
Port detail	Four Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports support charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt up to 40 Gb/s and USB 3.1 Gen 2 up to 10 Gb/s; 3.5 mm headphone jack. VGA, HDMI and Thunderbolt 2 require separate adaptors.	3 × Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) with charging, DisplayPort 2.1, Thunderbolt 5 and USB 4 (up to 120 Gb/s); HDMI (up to 8K 60 Hz or 4K 240 Hz) with multichannel audio output; SDXC card slot; MagSafe 3; 3.5 mm headphone jack with high-impedance headphone support
External displays
External displays	Built-in screen plus one 5120 × 2880 display at 60 Hz with over a billion colours, two 4096 × 2304 displays at 60 Hz with millions of colours, or two 3840 × 2160 displays at 60 Hz with over a billion colours	M4 Pro up to two at 6K 60 Hz over Thunderbolt, or one at 6K 60 Hz over Thunderbolt and one at 4K 144 Hz over HDMI, or one at 8K 60 Hz or 4K 240 Hz over HDMI; M4 Max up to four (three at 6K 60 Hz over Thunderbolt and one at 4K 144 Hz over HDMI), or three (two at 6K 60 Hz plus one at 8K 60 Hz or 4K 240 Hz over HDMI); all alongside the built-in display
Keyboard
Keyboard	Full-size backlit keyboard with 64 US or 65 ISO keys, four arrow keys, Touch Bar and ambient light sensor; third-generation keyboard designed for quieter typing	Backlit Magic Keyboard, 78 (US) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys
Trackpad
Trackpad	Force Touch trackpad with pressure sensing, Force clicks and Multi-Touch gestures	Force Touch trackpad
Speakers
Speakers	Stereo speakers with high dynamic range	High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers; wide stereo; Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos
Microphones
Microphones	Three microphones	Studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming
Biometrics
Biometrics	Touch ID fingerprint sensor; Apple T2 Security Chip supports secure boot and encrypted storage	Touch ID
In the box
In the box	13-inch MacBook Pro; 61 W USB-C Power Adapter; 2 m USB-C Charge Cable	14-inch MacBook Pro, 70 W (12-core-CPU M4 Pro) or 96 W USB-C Power Adapter, USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m), polishing cloth (nano-texture display only)