MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Max, 2024)
Quick look
- Price
- £3,1992launch price
- Chip
- M4 Maxchip
- CPU
- 14-coreCPU
- GPU
- 32-coreGPU
- Memory
- 36GBunified memory, base
- Storage
- 1TBstorage, base
- Display
- 14.2-inchdisplay
- Battery life
- Up to18 hrsvideo playback, claimed
- Released
- 8 November 20243ReleasedIn Apple Stores; pre-order from 30 October 2024.
- Security updates
- Not available4Security updates
Each figure is from the source marked1 unless it carries its own number.
Specifications
Body
- Dimensions
- 15.5 x 312.6 x 221.2 mm
- Weight
- 1.62 kg
- Colours
- Space Black, Silver
- Ports
- Three Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) ports, HDMI port, SDXC card slot, MagSafe 3 port, 3.5mm headphone jack
- Thunderbolt ports
- 3
- Thunderbolt version
- Thunderbolt 5
- USB-A ports
- No USB-A ports.5
- 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.6
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 nits7
- Peak brightness (HDR)
- 1,600 nits
- Refresh rate
- 120 Hz
- Wide colour (P3)
- Yes
- Nano-texture option
- Yes
Chip and memory
- Apple silicon
- Yes
- CPU cores
- 14
- Performance cores
- 10
- Efficiency cores
- 4
- GPU cores
- 32
- Neural Engine cores
- 16
- Chip options
- M4 Max with 14-core CPU and 32-core GPU, or M4 Max with 16-core CPU and 40-core GPU
- Memory (base)
- 36GB
- Memory (maximum)
- 128GB
- Memory options
- 36GB; 48GB, 64GB or 128GB (16-core CPU)
- Memory upgradeable by user
- No, as Apple documents8
- Memory bandwidth
- 410 GB/s
- Storage (base)
- 1TB
- Storage (maximum)
- 8TB
- Storage options
- 1TB, 2TB, 4TB or 8TB
- Media engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAWvideo decode enginetwo video encode enginestwo ProRes encode and decode enginesAV1 decode
Battery and power
- Battery capacity
- 72.4 Wh
- Rated charge cycles
- 1,000 cycles9
- Video playback (claimed)
- 18 h
- Wireless web (claimed)
- 13 h
- Included power adapter
- 96 W
- Fast charging
- Yes
Connectivity
- Wi-Fi
- Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax)
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- Ethernet
- No Ethernet port.6
- External displays (base)
- 4
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
What it actually costs
- Used, Grade A
- £2,230–£2,33015cheapest of 2 CeX listings · out of stock online and in store when read · repriced 7 October 2026 · since 15 Oct 2026 · earlier: £2,125–£2,220 from 2 Oct 2026
- Used, Grade B
- £1,970–£2,31516cheapest of 2 CeX listings · out of stock online and in store when read · repriced 7 October 2026 · since 15 Oct 2026 · earlier: £1,875–£2,205 from 2 Oct 2026
- Used, Grade C
- £1,76517out of stock online and in store when read · repriced 7 October 2026 · since 15 Oct 2026 · earlier: £1,680 from 2 Oct 2026
- Trade in yours, Grade A
- £1,382 cash / £1,605 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 Max with 14-core CPU and 32-core GPU, 36GB memory, 1TB 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
Apple’s UK store page for the base configuration (Apple M4 Max chip, 14-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 36GB memory, 1TB 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. A “From” price is the store’s starting price for the chip option; the base configuration is the lowest one listed under it. Read 18 October 2026.
Software support
Previous and next model
Previous model
What changed
- Ports
- Three Thunderbolt 4 ports, HDMI port, SDXC card slot, MagSafe 3 port, 3.5mm headphone jack MacBook Pro M3 MaxThree Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) ports, HDMI port, SDXC card slot, MagSafe 3 port, 3.5mm headphone jack MacBook Pro M4 Max
- Chip
- Apple M3 Max chip MacBook Pro M3 MaxApple M4 Max chip MacBook Pro M4 Max
- GPU cores
- 30 MacBook Pro M3 Max32 MacBook Pro M4 Max
- Memory bandwidth
- 300 GB/s MacBook Pro M3 Max410 GB/s MacBook Pro M4 Max
Next model
What changed
- Chip
- Apple M4 Max chip MacBook Pro M4 MaxApple M5 Max chip MacBook Pro M5 Max
- CPU cores
- 14 MacBook Pro M4 Max18 MacBook Pro M5 Max
- Memory bandwidth
- 410 GB/s MacBook Pro M4 Max460 GB/s MacBook Pro M5 Max
- Storage (base)
- 1TB MacBook Pro M4 Max2TB MacBook Pro M5 Max
- Video playback (claimed)
- 18 h MacBook Pro M4 Max20 h MacBook Pro M5 Max
- Wi-Fi
- Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax) MacBook Pro M4 MaxWi‑Fi 7 (802.11be) MacBook Pro M5 Max
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Comparisons
Against its own line
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Sources
Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro or M4 Max, 2024) - Tech Specs ·
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — New MacBook Pro features M4 family of chips and Apple Intelligence ·
↩Security updates: no end date published.
↩No USB-A ports.
↩No Touch Bar. No Ethernet port.
↩Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro or M4 Max, 2024) - Tech Specs ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Pro: how to remove or install memory ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — Determine battery cycle count for Mac laptops ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro or M4 Max, 2024) - Tech Specs ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — macOS 27 Golden Gate is compatible with these computers ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — Identify your MacBook Pro model ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — Identify your MacBook Pro model ·
↩Geekbench Browser (Primate Labs) ·
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Feature and security updates: end dates not published by Apple.
↩Runs macOS 27 Golden Gate. endoflife.date states that major versions of macOS are usually maintained for three years and that Apple usually provides security updates for the latest 3 releases, but this isn't consistently applied.
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Not published by Apple
MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Max, 2024). Apple doesn’t publish for this Mac: storage upgradeable by user, the macOS it shipped with. Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro or M4 Max, 2024) - Tech Specs; Apple Newsroom (UK) — New MacBook Pro features M4 family of chips and Apple Intelligence; Apple Support (UK) — Identify your MacBook Pro model, read 9 Oct 2026.