Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) vs Apple MacBook Pro 14″ (M3 Pro / M3 Max)

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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) compared with MacBook Pro 14″ (M3 Pro / M3 Max)

	AppleMacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)	AppleMacBook Pro 14″ (M3 Pro / M3 Max)
Overview
Released
Released	October 2011	November 2023
Display
Screen size
Screen size	13.3″	14.2″
Resolution
Resolution	1280 × 800	3024 × 1964 (better)
Panel
Panel	–	Mini-LED
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	–	120 Hz
Brightness
Brightness	–	600 nits
HDR peak brightness
HDR peak brightness	–	1,600 nits
Touchscreen
Touchscreen	No	No
Display type
Display type	13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display, 1280 × 800 native resolution and millions of colours. Panel technology, refresh rate and brightness unpublished by Apple.	Liquid Retina XDR display with mini-LED backlighting
Pixel density
Pixel density	–	254 ppi
Colour range
Colour range	–	Wide colour (P3); 1 billion colours
Display features
Display features	–	1,000,000:1 contrast; 1,000 nits sustained full-screen HDR brightness; ProMotion adaptive refresh up to 120 Hz; fixed 47.95, 48, 50, 59.94 and 60 Hz rates; True Tone
Performance
Processor
Processor	Intel Core i5-2435M or Intel Core i7-2640M	Apple M3 Pro or Apple M3 Max
CPU cores
CPU cores	2	11, 12, 14 or 16
CPU threads
CPU threads	4	–
Graphics
Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 3000	14-core GPU, 18-core GPU, 30-core GPU or 40-core GPU
Memory
Memory	4 GB or 8 GB	18 GB, 36 GB, 48 GB, 64 GB, 96 GB or 128 GB (better)
Storage
Storage	128 GB to 750 GB	512 GB to 8 TB (better)
CPU
CPU	Dual-core Intel Core i5 at 2.4 GHz with 3 MB L3 cache or Core i7 at 2.8 GHz with 4 MB L3 cache. Exact i5-2435M and i7-2640M identities are confirmed by EveryMac.	M3 Pro: 11-core CPU (5 performance, 6 efficiency) or 12-core CPU (6 performance, 6 efficiency); M3 Max: 14-core CPU (10 performance, 4 efficiency) or 16-core CPU (12 performance, 4 efficiency)
GPU
GPU	Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384 MB DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory	M3 Pro: 14-core or 18-core GPU; M3 Max: 30-core or 40-core GPU; hardware-accelerated ray tracing; H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW media engine with AV1 decode; M3 Max has two video encode and two ProRes encode/decode engines
AI engine
AI engine	–	16-core Neural Engine
Memory type
Memory type	4 GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 memory in two SO-DIMM slots; configurable to 8 GB.	Unified memory; M3 Pro supports 18 GB or 36 GB; 14-core M3 Max supports 36 GB or 96 GB; 16-core M3 Max supports 48 GB, 64 GB or 128 GB
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	–	150 GB/s (M3 Pro); 300 GB/s (14-core M3 Max) or 400 GB/s (16-core M3 Max)
Storage type
Storage type	Core i5 starts with a 500 GB 5400-rpm hard drive and offers 750 GB. Core i7 starts with 750 GB. Both offer 128 GB, 256 GB or 512 GB SSDs. 8× slot-loading SuperDrive supports DVD±R DL, DVD±RW and CD-RW.	SSD; M3 Pro starts at 512 GB and supports up to 4 TB; M3 Max starts at 1 TB and supports up to 8 TB
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 7 hours	Up to 18 hours
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	63.5 Wh	–
Weight
Weight	2.04 kg	1.61 kg (better)
Thickness
Thickness	24.1 mm	15.5 mm (better)
Width × depth
Width × depth	325 × 227 mm	312.6 × 221.2 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Built-in 63.5 Wh lithium-polymer battery; up to 7 hours wireless web in Apple’s test. Reference weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.	Up to 12 hours wireless web; Apple’s main specification states 72.4 Wh, but the generic footnote gives 69.6 Wh for the 14-inch model; capacity omitted from the main comparison because these figures conflict
Charger
Charger	60 W MagSafe Power Adapter with cable management	70 W USB-C adapter with 11-core M3 Pro; 96 W adapter with 12-core M3 Pro or M3 Max, optional on the entry configuration
Fast charging
Fast charging	–	With 96 W USB-C Power Adapter
Materials
Materials	Aluminium unibody enclosure and glass trackpad	100% recycled aluminium enclosure
Colours
Colours	Silver	Silver, Space Black
Connections
Ports
Ports	2 × USB-A, MagSafe, headphone jack, SD card slot, Ethernet, Thunderbolt	3 × Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, SD card slot, MagSafe 3, headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	802.11n; compatible with 802.11a/b/g	Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	2.1 + EDR	5.3
Webcam
Webcam	FaceTime HD camera	1080p FaceTime HD
Operating system
Operating system	macOS	macOS
Port detail
Port detail	One Thunderbolt port up to 10 Gb/s, two USB 2.0 ports up to 480 Mb/s, FireWire 800 up to 800 Mb/s, 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet, SDXC card slot, MagSafe, combined headphone/line input with digital output and Kensington lock slot. Thunderbolt supports native Mini DisplayPort output; DVI, VGA, dual-link DVI and HDMI require separate adapters.	Three Thunderbolt 4 ports with charging, DisplayPort and USB 4 up to 40 Gb/s; HDMI; SDXC slot; MagSafe 3; 3.5 mm jack with high-impedance headphone support
External displays
External displays	Built-in display plus one external display up to 2560 × 1600, both at millions of colours; dual display and video mirroring.	M3 Pro supports two at 6K 60 Hz over Thunderbolt or one at 6K 60 Hz plus one at 4K 144 Hz over HDMI; M3 Max supports three at 6K 60 Hz plus one at 4K 144 Hz, or two at 6K 60 Hz plus one at 8K 60 Hz or 4K 240 Hz; HDMI alone supports 8K 60 Hz or 4K 240 Hz
Keyboard
Keyboard	Full-size backlit keyboard with 78 US or 79 ISO keys, 12 function keys and four arrow keys.	Backlit Magic Keyboard with 78 US or 79 ISO keys, including 12 full-height function keys
Trackpad
Trackpad	Multi-Touch trackpad supports inertial scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, three- and four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap and drag.	Force Touch trackpad
Speakers
Speakers	Stereo speakers with subwoofer	Six-speaker system with force-cancelling woofers; wide stereo; spatial audio with Dolby Atmos
Microphones
Microphones	Omnidirectional microphone	Studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming
Biometrics
Biometrics	–	Touch ID
In the box
In the box	MacBook Pro, display cleaning cloth, 60 W MagSafe power adapter, AC wall plug, power cord and documentation; OS X Lion and iLife.	14-inch MacBook Pro, 70 W or 96 W USB-C Power Adapter, USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable (2 m)