The MacBook Pro 13 starts at $1299 for 256GB SSD and 8GB RAM and goes up from there depending on how much memory and storage you want. Winner: MacBook Pro 13 MacBook Pro 14 vs MacBook Pro 13: Price and configurations We will know for sure whether this means both these computers charge fully in the same amount of time, but the figures most likely wouldn’t be far off from each other. The MacBook Pro 14 does score one advantage in this category: it’s compatible with a 96-watt fast-charger, whereas the MacBook Pro 13 maxes out at 61-watt.
It’s also half a pound heavier due to the larger screen and beefed-up internals. The MacBook Pro 14’s bottom edges are more curved than the MacBook Pro 13's, which sports a sharper, boxy look.
Up to 17 hours of web browsing or up to 20 hours of Apple TV playback 61W chargingīoth MacBooks share a largely similar all-aluminum exterior, but there are a few noticeable differences when you get down to the finer details. Up to 11 hours of web browsing or up to 17 hours of Apple TV playback Up to 96W charging M1: 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine M1 Pro: up to 10-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine M1 Max: 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine Those for whom sheer power – particularly multimedia editing – is essential should probably opt for the bigger model, but those road warriors looking to pare back weight and bulk without unduly sacrificing usability will find a lot to love in the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display.14.2-inch mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR display (3024x1964 pixels) 1,000 nits sustained (full-screen) brightness, 1,600 nits peak brightness 120Hz refresh rateġ3.3-inch LED-backlit Retina display (2560x1600 pixels) 500 nits brightness 60Hz refresh rateģx USB-C Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, SDXC card reader, 3.5mm headphone jackĢx USB-C Thunderbolt 4, 3.5mm headphone jack At $1,699 and up, the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display sits at the premium end of the notebook market ($500 less than the entry-level 15-inch model, mind, although you do get extra performance for that) but it does offer features that, right now, you can't get elsewhere. While the Air might be the smallest of Apple's notebook line-up, the 13-inch Pro hits a more palatable sweet-spot for balancing power, performance, and functionality. You also get a gigabit ethernet port, FireWire, and an optical drive, though you miss out on the lighter chassis and far improved Retina display. Apple still offers the non-Retina 13-inch MacBook Pro, which starts at $1,199 with the same 2.5GHz Core i5 dualcore, though to specify the same memory and a 128GB SSD you're looking at $1,499.
Increasing storage isn't cheap – you can boost the entry-level model to 768GB, yes, but it'll cost you more than a MacBook Air to do so – but the $200 extra for the Core i7 dualcore strikes us as a worthy upgrade given the impact it has on performance overall. Of course, it also requires more power, though it includes the same Intel HD Graphics 4000 chip for more everyday use.
If you're planning use your new Mac for serious graphics or video editing, our suggestion would be to stick to the larger Pro, as the standalone GPU pays dividends. Unsurprisingly, with no discrete GPU, graphics performance showed the biggest hit, with the Core i5 managing 14.81fps and the Core i7 squeezing out 19.69fps.īy way of comparison, the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina's NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M GPU saw it record a score of 34.30fps in the same category. The Core i5 model scored 2.12 CPU points, while the Core i7 scored 2.81 CPU points, or roughly half the result you'd expect from a quadcore processor. It's a good way of examining how a system will handle intensive tasks such as video processing, or gaming. We then turned to Cinebench, which benchmarks processor and graphics performance with a mixture of 3D rendering and OpenGL testing.