Apple launched a new MacBook Pro model at its recently held “Rapid Coming” themed event, equipped with a new 3nm M3 series chip, which significantly improves battery life. Apple said that the new machine provides “The longest battery life ever in a Mac.”
The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip can last up to 22 hours while watching movies using the Apple TV app and up to 15 hours while browsing the web, and it has a 70 Wh battery.
Foreign technology media tomsguide recently evaluated the 14-inch MacBook Pro equipped with an M3 chip. In its running test, it scored 17 hours and 25 minutes, significantly surpassing Windows notebooks equipped with Intel chips on the market.
Attached the media evaluation steps as follows: run the Internet test script at 150 nits brightness for 17 hours and 25 minutes.
That’s more than 3 hours longer than the MacBook Pro M2 Pro and more than 2 hours longer than the 15-inch MacBook Air. The smaller 13-inch MacBook Pro M2 lasted 18 hours and 20 minutes.
Dell XPS 15 OLED, Surface Laptop Studio 2 and Galaxy Book 3 Ultra did not even break through 10 hours, but Samsung laptops can extend the battery life by lowering the refresh rate. The battery life is 8 hours and 48 minutes at 120Hz, but after lowering to 60Hz, the battery life Can exceed 10 hours.
The battery life test times of some notebooks mentioned in the article:
Dell 15-inch Latitude 9510: 18 hours, 17 minutes
Dell Latitude 9410 2-in-1: 16 hours, 54 minutes
ASUS ExpertBook B9450: 16 hours 42 minutes
2023 14-inch MacBook Pro (M2 Pro): 16 hours, 37 minutes
MacBook Pro (M1): 16 hours, 32 minutes
HP Elite Folio: 16 hours, 21 minutes
HP EliteBook x360 1040 G7: About 15 hours
MacBook Air with M1: 14 hours, 41 minutes
MacBook Pro 14-inch (2021): 14 hours 08 minutes
MacBook Air 2022: 14 hours 02 minutes
MacBook Pro 14-inch: 14 hours 02 minutes