Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) vs Apple MacBook Pro 14″ (M3)

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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) compared with MacBook Pro 14″ (M3)

	AppleMacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)	AppleMacBook Pro 14″ (M3)
Overview
Released
Released	June 2009	November 2023
Display
Screen size
Screen size	13.3″	14.2″
Resolution
Resolution	1280 × 800	3024 × 1964 (better)
Panel
Panel	TN LCD	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	LED-backlit glossy widescreen LCD, millions of colours; TN panel identified in Notebookcheck’s exact-model review. No antiglare option; refresh rate and brightness unpublished by Apple.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 2 Duo 2.26 GHz (MacBook Pro 13-inch, Mid 2009) or Intel Core 2 Duo P8700	Apple M3
CPU cores
CPU cores	2	8
Graphics
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 9400M	10-core GPU
Memory
Memory	2 GB, 4 GB or 8 GB	8 GB, 16 GB or 24 GB (better)
Storage
Storage	128 GB to 500 GB	512 GB to 2 TB (better)
CPU
CPU	Dual-core Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.26 GHz or 2.53 GHz with 3 MB shared L2 cache and 1066 MHz frontside bus. The upper P8700 identity is confirmed by Notebookcheck. EveryMac lists P7550 or P8400 for the lower model, so its chip record retains the maker’s model and clock without selecting one silicon variant.	8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
GPU
GPU	NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with 256 MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory	10-core GPU with hardware-accelerated ray tracing; media engine supports H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW, video and ProRes encode/decode, and AV1 decode
AI engine
AI engine	–	16-core Neural Engine
Memory type
Memory type	1066 MHz DDR3 in two SO-DIMM slots, up to 8 GB. Lower model starts with 2 GB and supports 4 or 8 GB; upper starts with 4 GB and supports 8 GB.	Unified memory; 8 GB or 16 GB, configurable to 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	–	100 GB/s
Storage type
Storage type	Lower base has 160 GB and upper base 250 GB, both 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drives. Configurable 250 GB, 320 GB or 500 GB hard drive, or 128 GB or 256 GB SSD; rows preserve base memory and storage restrictions confirmed by Macworld. 8× slot-loading SuperDrive supports DVD±R DL, DVD±RW and CD-RW.	SSD; 512 GB or 1 TB, configurable to 2 TB
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 7 hours	Up to 22 hours
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	60 Wh	69.6 Wh (better)
Weight
Weight	2.04 kg	1.55 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 60 Wh lithium-polymer battery from Apple’s model-specific sheet; the launch notice instead lists 58 Wh. Up to 7 hours wireless productivity in Apple’s launch test. Reference weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.	Up to 15 hours wireless web; marketed as 70 Wh, with actual rating 69.6 Wh in Apple’s footnote
Charger
Charger	60 W MagSafe Power Adapter with cable management	70 W USB-C Power Adapter
Fast charging
Fast charging	–	With optional 96 W USB-C Power Adapter
Materials
Materials	Aluminium unibody enclosure and glass trackpad	100% recycled aluminium enclosure
Colours
Colours	Silver	Silver, Space Grey
Connections
Ports
Ports	2 × USB-A, MagSafe, headphone jack, SD card slot, Ethernet	2 × Thunderbolt 3, HDMI, SD card slot, MagSafe 3, headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	802.11n draft; compatible with 802.11a/b/g	Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	2.1 + EDR	5.3
Webcam
Webcam	Built-in iSight camera	1080p FaceTime HD
Operating system
Operating system	macOS	macOS
Port detail
Port detail	Two USB 2.0 ports up to 480 Mb/s, FireWire 800 up to 800 Mb/s, Mini DisplayPort, 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet, SD card slot, MagSafe, combined headphone/line input with optical digital output, and Kensington lock slot. DVI, VGA and dual-link DVI require separate adapters.	Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt 3 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 screen plus one external display up to 2560 × 1600, both with millions of colours; dual display and video mirroring	One external display with the built-in screen active; macOS Sonoma 14.6 or later supports two with the lid closed: primary up to 6K 60 Hz (or 4K 144 Hz), secondary up to 5K 60 Hz (or 4K 100 Hz), according to Apple’s updated display support page; original tech specs state HDMI up to 4K 120 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	Glass Multi-Touch trackpad with scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, three-finger and four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap and drag	Force Touch trackpad
Speakers
Speakers	Stereo speakers	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, software DVDs and documentation; Mac OS X Leopard and iLife ’09	14-inch MacBook Pro, 70 W USB-C Power Adapter, USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable (2 m)