Nov 02, 2023 12:30:00

Comparing the battery capacity and battery duration of the 'MacBook Pro' equipped with the M3 series, it looks like this

The MacBook Pro equipped with the M3 series , which was announced at Apple's new product announcement event held on October 31, 2023, has slightly different battery capacity and power adapter output depending on the model. We have compiled information about the battery of the M3-equipped MacBook Pro.

M3 MacBook Pro battery life vs M2 MacBook Pro - 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/30/m3-macbook-pro-battery-life/

The MacBook Pro, which is equipped with the just-announced M3 series, comes in 14-inch and 16-inch models. In addition, there are models with the same display size but equipped with different M3 chips, so users can freely select M3/M3 Pro/M3 Max according to their usage case. For example, in the case of the 16-inch MacBook Pro, there are two types of models equipped with M3 Pro and two types of models equipped with M3 Max.

The table below compares the battery-related specifications of the new M3 series-equipped MacBook Pro and the previous generation model, the M2-equipped MacBook Pro.

	Equipped with 14 inch M3 MacBook Pro	Equipped with 14 inch M3 Pro/Max MacBook Pro	Equipped with 16 inch M3 Pro/Max MacBook Pro	14 inch Equipped with M2 Pro/Max MacBook Pro	16 inch Equipped with M2 Pro/Max MacBook Pro
When using the Internet battery duration	up to 15 hours	up to 12 hours	up to 15 hours	up to 11 hours	up to 14 hours
battery duration	up to 22 hours	up to 18 hours	up to 22 hours	up to 17 hours	up to 21 hours
Included power adapter	70W	70W	140W	67W or 96W	140W
battery capacity	70Wh	70Wh	100Wh	70Wh	100Wh
fast charging	correspondence	correspondence	correspondence	correspondence	correspondence

Basically, the higher the specifications of MacBook Pros equipped with the M3 series, the longer the battery capacity and power adapter output, but the 14-inch MacBook Pro equipped with M3 is better than the 14-inch MacBook Pro equipped with M3 Pro/M3 Max. You can also see that the battery life will be longer.

All M2 and M3-equipped MacBook Pros support fast charging, which can charge the battery up to 50% in 30 minutes. For fast charging, the 14-inch model requires a 96W power adapter, and the 16-inch model requires a 140W power adapter.

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