MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4, 2024)

Quick look

Price: £1,599²launch price
Chip: M4chip
CPU: 10-coreCPU
GPU: 10-coreGPU
Memory: 16GBunified memory, base
Storage: 512GBstorage, base
Display: 14.2-inchdisplay
Battery life: Up to24 hrsvideo playback, claimed
Released: 8 November 2024²ReleasedIn Apple Stores; pre-order from 30 October 2024.
Security updates: Not available³Security updates

Each figure is from the source marked¹ unless it carries its own number.

Drawn to scale from the published dimensions below: the footprint from above with the closed height beneath it. Outline only — the corner radius is our drawing convention, not a measurement.

Specifications

Body

Dimensions: 15.5 x 312.6 x 221.2 mm
Weight: 1.55 kg
Colours: Space Black, Silver
Ports: Three Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports, HDMI port, SDXC card slot, MagSafe 3 port, 3.5mm headphone jack
Thunderbolt ports: 3
Thunderbolt version: Thunderbolt 4
USB-A ports: No USB-A ports.⁴
HDMI: HDMI port
SD card slot: Yes
Headphone jack: Yes
MagSafe: Yes
Keyboard: Backlit Magic Keyboard with Touch ID
Touch ID: Yes
Touch Bar: No Touch Bar.⁵

Display

Display size: 14.2 in
Resolution: 3024 x 1964
Pixel density: 254 ppi
Display type: Liquid Retina XDR display
Brightness (SDR, outdoor): 1,000 nits⁶
Peak brightness (HDR): 1,600 nits
Refresh rate: 120 Hz
Wide colour (P3): Yes
Nano-texture option: Yes

Chip and memory

Chip: Apple M4 chip
Apple silicon: Yes
CPU cores: 10
Performance cores: 4
Efficiency cores: 6
GPU cores: 10
Neural Engine cores: 16
Chip options: M4 with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU⁷
Memory (base): 16GB
Memory (maximum): 32GB
Memory options: 16GB, 24GB or 32GB
Memory upgradeable by user: No, as Apple documents⁸
Memory bandwidth: 120 GB/s
Storage (base): 512GB
Storage (maximum): 2TB
Storage options: 512GB, 1TB or 2TB
Media engine: Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAWvideo decode enginevideo encode engineProRes encode and decode engineAV1 decode

Battery and power

Battery capacity: 72.4 Wh
Rated charge cycles: 1,000 cycles⁹
Video playback (claimed): 24 h
Wireless web (claimed): 16 h
Included power adapter: 70 W
Fast charging: Yes

Connectivity

Wi-Fi: Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Bluetooth: 5.3
Ethernet: No Ethernet port.⁵
External displays (base): 2

Camera and audio

Camera: 12MP Center Stage camera with support for Desk View
Camera resolution: 12 MP
Speakers: High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers
Microphones: Studio-quality three-mic array with high signal-to-noise ratio and directional beamforming¹⁰

Platform

Newest macOS: macOS 27 Golden Gate¹¹
Model identifier: Mac16,1¹²
Part numbers: MCX04xx/A, MCX14xx/A, MW2U3xx/A, MW2V3xx/A, MW2W3xx/A, MW2X3xx/A, MXCM3xx/A, MXCN3xx/A¹³
Model year: 2024

Benchmarks

Geekbench 7 (CPU, single-core): 3,241¹⁴
Geekbench 7 (CPU, multi-core): 15,175¹⁴
Geekbench 7 (Metal): 54,039¹⁴

What it actually costs

Used, Grade A: £1,240–£1,340¹⁵cheapest of 2 CeX listings · out of stock online and in store when read · repriced 7 October 2026 · since 15 Oct 2026 · earlier: £1,265–£1,275 from 28 Sep 2026
Used, Grade B: £1,130–£1,185¹⁶cheapest of 2 CeX listings · repriced 7 October 2026 · since 15 Oct 2026 · earlier: £1,075–£1,130 from 28 Sep 2026
Used, Grade C: £1,040–£1,080¹⁷cheapest of 2 CeX listings · out of stock online and in store when read · repriced 7 October 2026 · since 15 Oct 2026 · earlier: £990–£1,085 from 28 Sep 2026
Trade in yours, Grade A: £768 cash / £892 voucher¹⁵16% more as store credit

Read 3 November 2026. CeX is one UK retailer; its used and trade-in figures are shown at its condition grades for the base configuration: M4 with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU, 16GB memory, 512GB storage. “Since” is the first day MacIQ read that figure; “earlier” figures were each read from the date shown. We hold no stock and take no commission.

Apple UK price, as listed

2 November 2024 to 4 October 2025: £1,599¹⁸¹⁹

Apple’s UK store page for the base configuration (Apple M4 chip, 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16GB memory, 512GB storage), as the Internet Archive saved it. Each row runs from the first to the last Internet Archive capture MacIQ read at that price; the price may have held before and after. MacIQ read a selection of the Archive’s captures, not every one. Read 18 October 2026.

Software support

Feature updates until: Not available²⁰
Security updates until: Not available²⁰
Basis: our inference from history²¹

Previous and next model

Previous model

MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3, Nov 2023), November 2023

What changed

Ports: Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports, HDMI port, SDXC card slot, MagSafe 3 port, 3.5mm headphone jack MacBook Pro M3Three Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports, HDMI port, SDXC card slot, MagSafe 3 port, 3.5mm headphone jack MacBook Pro M4
Thunderbolt ports: 2 MacBook Pro M33 MacBook Pro M4
Chip: Apple M3 chip MacBook Pro M3Apple M4 chip MacBook Pro M4
CPU cores: 8 MacBook Pro M310 MacBook Pro M4
Memory (base): 8GB MacBook Pro M316GB MacBook Pro M4
Memory bandwidth: 100 GB/s MacBook Pro M3120 GB/s MacBook Pro M4
Battery capacity: 70 Wh MacBook Pro M372.4 Wh MacBook Pro M4
Video playback (claimed): 22 h MacBook Pro M324 h MacBook Pro M4

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