Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) vs Apple MacBook Pro 14″ (M5)
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| AppleMacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) | AppleMacBook Pro 14″ (M5) | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | May 2019 | October 2025 |
| Display | ||
| Screen size | 13.3″ | 14.2″ |
| Resolution | 2560 × 1600 | 3024 × 1964 (better) |
| Panel | IPS LCD | Mini-LED |
| Refresh rate | – | 120 Hz |
| Brightness | 500 nits | 1,000 nits (better) |
| HDR peak brightness | – | 1,600 nits |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Display type | LED-backlit Retina IPS; millions of colours | Liquid Retina XDR display |
| Pixel density | 227 ppi | 254 ppi |
| Colour range | P3 wide colour | Wide colour (P3); 1 billion colours |
| Screen finish | Glossy (Notebookcheck) | Standard, or nano-texture as an option |
| 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 | Intel Core i5-8279U or Intel Core i7-8569U | Apple M5 |
| CPU cores | 4 | 10 |
| CPU threads | 8 | – |
| Graphics | Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 | 10-core GPU |
| Memory | 8 GB or 16 GB | 16 GB, 24 GB or 32 GB (better) |
| Storage | 256 GB to 2 TB | 1 TB to 4 TB (better) |
| CPU | Quad-core Intel Core i5 at 2.4 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 4.1 GHz, or Core i7 at 2.8 GHz with up to 4.7 GHz; both with 128 MB eDRAM. Apple's Common Criteria hardware table identifies i5-8279U and i7-8569U, and the Apple T2 Security Chip. | 10-core CPU with 4 super cores and 6 efficiency cores |
| GPU | Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 | Neural Accelerators; hardware-accelerated ray tracing; Media Engine with H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW acceleration and AV1 decode |
| AI engine | – | 16-core Neural Engine |
| Memory type | 2133 MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory; 8 GB standard or 16 GB option | Unified memory |
| Memory bandwidth | – | 153 GB/s |
| Storage type | SSD; 256 GB or 512 GB standard configurations with up to 2 TB; PCIe storage identified by Notebookcheck | SSD, configurable up to 4 TB |
| Cooling | Two fans; often stopped in ordinary use but audible under sustained load (Notebookcheck) | – |
| Battery and size | ||
| Battery life (maker's claim) | Up to 10 hours | Up to 24 hours |
| Battery capacity | 58 Wh | 72.4 Wh (better) |
| Weight | 1.37 kg (better) | 1.55 kg |
| Thickness | 14.9 mm (better) | 15.5 mm |
| Width × depth | 304.1 × 212.4 mm | 312.6 × 221.2 mm |
| Battery life detail | Up to 10 hours wireless web or iTunes movie playback and up to 30 days standby; lithium-polymer battery; actual results vary by configuration and use | Up to 16 hours wireless web; lithium-polymer battery |
| Charger | 61 W USB-C Power Adapter | Sold separately in the UK (70 W or 96 W Apple USB-C adapters offered); needs at least 60 W over USB PD |
| Fast charging | – | With a 96 W or higher USB PD power source |
| Materials | Highly recyclable aluminium enclosure | 100% recycled aluminium enclosure; 45% recycled content overall |
| Colours | Silver and Space Grey | Space Black, Silver |
| Connections | ||
| Ports | 4 × Thunderbolt 3, headphone jack | 3 × Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, SD card slot, MagSafe 3, headphone jack |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 5 | Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.3 |
| Webcam | 720p FaceTime HD | 12MP Center Stage |
| Operating system | macOS | macOS |
| Port detail | Four USB-C ports support charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt 3 at up to 40 Gb/s and USB 3.1 Gen 2 at up to 10 Gb/s; 3.5 mm headphone jack | 3 × Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) with charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt 4 and USB 4 (up to 40 Gb/s); HDMI with multichannel audio output; SDXC card slot; MagSafe 3; 3.5 mm headphone jack with high-impedance headphone support |
| External displays | One 5120 × 2880 display at 60 Hz with over a billion colours; two 4096 × 2304 at 60 Hz with millions of colours; or two 3840 × 2160 at 60 Hz with over a billion colours, alongside the built-in display. Separate adaptors for VGA, HDMI, DVI or Thunderbolt 2. | Up to two over any mix of Thunderbolt and HDMI at 6K 60 Hz or 4K 144 Hz, or one at up to 8K 60 Hz, 5K 120 Hz or 4K 240 Hz, alongside the built-in display |
| Keyboard | Full-size backlit keyboard with 64 US or 65 ISO keys, four arrow keys, ambient light sensor and Touch Bar; revised butterfly mechanism (Notebookcheck) | Backlit Magic Keyboard, 78 (ANSI) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys |
| Trackpad | Force Touch with pressure sensing, Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing and Multi-Touch gestures | Force Touch trackpad |
| Speakers | Stereo speakers with high dynamic range | Six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers; wide stereo; Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos |
| Microphones | Three microphones | Studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming; Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum modes |
| Biometrics | Touch ID integrated into the Touch Bar | Touch ID |
| In the box | MacBook Pro; 61 W USB-C Power Adapter; USB-C Charge Cable (2 m) | 14-inch MacBook Pro, USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m), polishing cloth (nano-texture display only); power adapter sold separately |
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