With the new MacBook Pro line, Apple has given its most demanding fans everything they need. Lots of ports, lots of power, and really great displays. As always, the company continues this major redesign with the new M2 Pro and M2 Max with a simple chip upgrade. They're as fast as you'd expect, but offer some features power users might appreciate, like 8K video output and WiFi 6E support.
When Apple comes up with a redesign, it's usually not a good thing (except for complete disasters like the crappy Mac Pro). So it's no surprise to see that this year's MacBook Pro 14 is no different from the 2021 model. It still packs a stunning 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display with Promo support and a 1080p webcam. It has all the ports you really need, including a MagSafe power jack, three Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports, HDMI, a headphone jack, and a full-size SD card slot. And the overall shape of the computer remains relatively flat, a lasting evolution of the unibody MacBook Pro design.
The advantages are:
- The M2 Max chip is a big step forward.
- Excellent liquid retina display
- great sound system
- Tons of useful ports
- slim and strong design
- The best keyboard and trackpad
- Better battery life
Cons:
- It is expensive compared to similar computers.
Gallery: Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (2023) | 11 photos
Gallery: Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (2023) | 11 photos
Under the hood, though, the MacBook Pro 14 has been drastically improved. It could be equipped with Apple's new M2 Pro chip, which offers up to a 12-core processor and a 19-core processor, or the M2 Max with a 12-core processor and a 38-core processor. Like Intel's new hybrid processors, as well as Qualcomm's mobile chips, Apple relies on the combination of core speeds of its processors (for example, 12-core chips have eight cores for performance and four cores for efficiency). . The previous M1 Pro and M1 Max featured 10 CPU cores and 16 or 32 GPU cores, respectively.
Apple claims that the M2 Pro is 20 percent faster than the previous processor and 30 percent faster in terms of graphics. On the other hand, the M2 Max is graphically 30 percent faster than the M1 Max. We tested a fully upgraded $3,299 MacBook Pro M2 Max chip with 38 GPU cores and 64GB of RAM. In the GekBench 5 multitasking processor benchmark, it scored nearly 2,600 points (19 percent) faster than the M1 Max-equipped MacBook Pro 16. It was 18% faster and 60% faster on the Geekbench 5 GPU-based computing test. Comparison test 3DMark Wildlife Extreme with M1 Max Mac Studio.
not | Geek Bench 5 processor | Geekbench 5 calculation | cinema bench R23 | 3DMark Wild Life Extreme |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (Apple M2 Max, 2023) | 1,970/15,338 | 71583 of the year | 1,603/14,725 | 18,487 |
Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch (Apple M2, 2022) | 1 938/8 984 | 27 304 | 1,583/8,719 | 6767 |
Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (Apple M1 Pro) | 1,767/11,777 | 38 359 | 1 515/12 118 | N/A |
Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch (Apple M1 Max, 2021) | 1,783/12,693 | 60167 | 1,524/12,281 | N/A |
Apple Mac Studio (Apple M1 Ultra) | 1,785/23,942 | 85,800 | 1,537/24,078 | 10,020 |
If you intend to use the MacBook Pro to its full potential, the results are impressive. But I have to admit that I don't see a huge performance advantage over previous models in everyday use. That's not a knock on the new computer, but it's a testament to how much Apple has done last time. Unlike on a PC, you probably don't play much with your Mac either, so there's no reason to upgrade frequently. In that regard, it's nice to see some modern games with native Mac support. Resident Evil Village easily hits 60fps at full resolution on the MacBook Pro, but I wouldn't be surprised if the same is true on the M1 models.
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