Apple MacBook Pro 14″ (M4 Pro or M4 Max) vs ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2025)

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MacBook Pro 14″ (M4 Pro or M4 Max) compared with ROG Zephyrus G14 (2025)

	AppleMacBook Pro 14″ (M4 Pro or M4 Max)	ASUSROG Zephyrus G14 (2025)
Overview
Released
Released	November 2024	March 2025
Display
Screen size
Screen size	14.2″	14″
Resolution
Resolution	3024 × 1964 (better)	2880 × 1800
Panel
Panel	Mini-LED	OLED
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	120 Hz	120 Hz
Brightness
Brightness	1,000 nits	–
HDR peak brightness
HDR peak brightness	1,600 nits	–
Touchscreen
Touchscreen	No	No
Display type
Display type	Liquid Retina XDR display	14-inch 3K OLED, 16:10; non-touch confirmed by Ultrabookreview's exact GA403WR review
Pixel density
Pixel density	254 ppi	–
Colour range
Colour range	Wide colour (P3); 1 billion colours	100% DCI-P3; Pantone Validated
Screen finish
Screen finish	Standard, or nano-texture as an option	Anti-reflection coating
Display features
Display features	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	NVIDIA G-SYNC; MUX switch and Advanced Optimus; 0.2 ms response; Dolby Vision and DisplayHDR True Black 500; ASUS gives 500 nits panel peak without specifying an SDR or HDR measurement
Performance
Processor
Processor	Apple M4 Pro or Apple M4 Max	AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
CPU cores
CPU cores	12, 14 or 16	12
CPU threads
CPU threads	–	24
Graphics
Graphics	16-core GPU, 20-core GPU, 32-core GPU or 40-core GPU	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU
AI engine (NPU)
AI engine (NPU)	–	50 TOPS
Memory
Memory	24 GB, 36 GB, 48 GB or 128 GB (better)	32 GB
Storage
Storage	512 GB to 8 TB (better)	1 TB to 2 TB
CPU
CPU	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	Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 in the listed UK configurations; other regional models offer Ryzen 9 270
GPU
GPU	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	RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU, 12 GB GDDR7; up to 110 W including 25 W Dynamic Boost, 1812 MHz in Turbo mode; other regional models offer RTX 5060, 5070 or 5080
AI engine
AI engine	16-core Neural Engine	AMD XDNA 2 NPU, up to 50 TOPS
Memory type
Memory type	Unified memory; M4 Pro takes 24GB or 48GB; M4 Max takes 36GB (14-core CPU) or 48GB, 64GB or 128GB (16-core CPU)	32 GB LPDDR5X-8000 onboard in the listed UK configurations; no memory expansion; global range up to 64 GB
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	SSD, configurable up to 4 TB (M4 Pro) or 8 TB (M4 Max)	1 or 2 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD; one M.2 slot including the installed drive
Cooling
Cooling	–	ROG Intelligent Cooling with liquid metal; heatpipe and fan arrangement varies by GPU configuration
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 22 hours	–
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	72.4 Wh	73 Wh (better)
Weight
Weight	1.6 kg	1.57 kg (better)
Thickness
Thickness	15.5 mm (better)	18.3 mm
Width × depth
Width × depth	312.6 × 221.2 mm	311 × 220 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	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	73 Wh, 4-cell Li-ion
Charger
Charger	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	200 W adapter for the listed UK configurations
Fast charging
Fast charging	With the 96 W USB-C Power Adapter	–
Materials
Materials	100% recycled aluminium enclosure; 35% recycled content overall	Aluminium chassis; listed UK RTX 5070 Ti models weigh 1.57 kg and are 15.9–18.3 mm thick; lower GPU regional variants have different dimensions and weight
Colours
Colours	Space Black, Silver	Eclipse Gray; Platinum White (availability varies by SKU)
Connections
Ports
Ports	3 × Thunderbolt 5, HDMI, SD card slot, MagSafe 3, headphone jack	USB4, USB-C, 2 × USB-A, HDMI, microSD slot, headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6E	Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.3	5.4
Webcam
Webcam	12MP Center Stage	1080p with IR for Windows Hello
Operating system
Operating system	macOS	Windows
Port detail
Port detail	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	USB4 40 Gbps with DisplayPort and power delivery; USB-C 10 Gbps with display and power delivery; 2 × USB-A 10 Gbps; HDMI 2.1 FRL; microSD UHS-II; 3.5 mm combo audio; supports XG Mobile GC34
External displays
External displays	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	Backlit Magic Keyboard, 78 (US) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys	RGB backlit chiclet keyboard with Copilot key; Slash Lighting on the lid
Trackpad
Trackpad	Force Touch trackpad	Large touchpad
Speakers
Speakers	High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers; wide stereo; Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos	Four force-cancelling woofers and two tweeters, Smart Amplifier and Dolby Atmos
Microphones
Microphones	Studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming	Three-microphone array with AI noise cancellation
Biometrics
Biometrics	Touch ID	IR camera for Windows Hello
In the box
In the box	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)	–