Chip
Apple M3 Max chip
- 14-core CPU with 10 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
- 30-core GPU
- Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 300GB/s memory bandwidth
Media Engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW
- Video decode engine
- Two video encode engines
- Two ProRes encode and decode engines
- AV1 decode
Configurable to:
M3 Max with 16-core CPU and 40-core GPU (400GB/s memory bandwidth)
Display
Liquid Retina XDR display
- 14.2-inch (diagonal) Liquid Retina XDR display; 3024-by-1964 native resolution at 254 pixels per inch
XDR (Extreme Dynamic Range)
- 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio
- XDR brightness: 1000 nits sustained full-screen, 1600 nits peak2 (HDR content only)
- SDR brightness: 600 nits
Color
- 1 billion colors
- Wide color (P3)
- True Tone technology
Refresh rates
- ProMotion technology for adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz
- Fixed refresh rates: 47.95Hz, 48.00Hz, 50.00Hz, 59.94Hz, 60.00Hz
Memory
36GB
- 36GB unified memory
Battery and Power
M3
- Up to 22 hours Apple TV app movie playback
- Up to 15 hours wireless web
- 70-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery
- 70W USB-C Power Adapter
- USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable
- Fast-charge capable with 96W USB-C Power Adapter
M3 Pro and M3 Max
- Up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback
- Up to 12 hours wireless web
- 72.4-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery
- 70W USB-C Power Adapter (included with M3 Pro with 11-core CPU)
- 96W USB-C Power Adapter (included with M3 Pro with 12-core CPU and M3 Max, configurable with M3 Pro with 11-core CPU)
- USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable
- Fast-charge capable with 96W USB-C Power Adapter
Storage
1TB
1TB SSD
Charging and Expansion
SDXC card slot
HDMI port
3.5 mm headphone jack
MagSafe 3 port
M3
- Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for:
- Charging
- DisplayPort
- Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)
- USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
M3 Pro and M3 Max
- Three Thunderbolt 4 ports with support for:
- Charging
- DisplayPort
- Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
- USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
Display Support
M3
- Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors and:
- One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz
M3 Pro
- Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors and:
- Up to two external displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt, or one external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one external display with up to 4K resolution at 144Hz over HDMI
- One external display supported at 8K resolution at 60Hz or one external display at 4K resolution at 240Hz over HDMI
M3 Max
- Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors and:
- Up to four external displays: Up to three external displays with 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one external display with up to 4K resolution at 144Hz over HDMI
- Up to three external displays: Up to two external displays with 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one external display with up to 8K resolution at 60Hz or one external display with 4K resolution at 240Hz over HDMI
Thunderbolt 4 digital video output
Support for native DisplayPort output over USB‑C (M3 Pro and M3 Max)
HDMI digital video output
- Support for one display with up to 4K resolution at 120Hz (M3)
- Support for one display with up to 8K resolution at 60Hz or 4K resolution at 240Hz (M3 Pro and M3 Max)
Video Playback
- Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, AV1, and ProRes
- HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG
Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos
Keyboard and Trackpad
Backlit Magic Keyboard with:
- 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted‑T arrangement
- Touch ID
- Ambient light sensor
- Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure-sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing, and Multi-Touch gestures
Wireless
Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.3
Camera
- 1080p FaceTime HD camera
- Advanced image signal processor with computational video
Size and Weight
- Height: 0.61 inch (1.55 cm)
- Width: 12.31 inches (31.26 cm)
- Depth: 8.71 inches (22.12 cm)
- Weight (M3): 3.4 pounds (1.55 kg)
- Weight (M3 Pro): 3.5 pounds (1.61 kg)
- Weight (M3 Max): 3.6 pounds (1.62 kg)