Compare MacBook Pro 14 2023 vs MSI Creator 17 vs Apple MacBook Air 2020
Variants
M2 Max
M2 Pro
4K
FHD
Connectivity
Ports
3x Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4 + 1x 3.5mm headphone jack + 1x HDMI + 1x SD card reader
3x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x Thunderbolt 3 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2 / DP + 1x RJ45 (Gigabit LAN) + 1x microSD + 1x HDMI + 1x Headphone + 1x Microphone
2x USB-C (thunderbolt), Headphone jack
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1
WiFi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 5.0
Construction
Battery | Capacity
70 Wh
82 Wh
49.9 watt-hour
Camera | Front
1080p FaceTime HD camera
HD type (30fps@720p)
720p
Colors
Silver, Space Gray
Space Gray
Gold; Space Gray; Silver
Form Factor
Clamshell laptop computer
Material
Aluminum
Microphone
Studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming
Speakers
High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers
2x 2W Duo Wave Speaker
Dimensions
Size | Depth
8.71 inches (22.12 cm)
259.4 mm
21.24 cm
Size | Height
0.61 inch (1.55 cm)
20.25 mm
1.61 cm
Size | Width
12.31 inches (31.26 cm)
396.1 mm
30.41 cm
Weight
1.29 kg
Display
Brightness
1000 nits max, 1600 nits peak
Contrast Ratio
1,000,000:1
Display Backlight
Full-Array LED (Mini LED)
Display Color Depth
10 bit (1.07B colors)
Display Diagonal
14.2 inch
17.3 inch
13.3 in
Display Type
IPS, Liquid Retina XDR
IPS
Gamut
100% DCI-P3, True Tone technology
Pixel Density
254 ppi
227 ppi
Refresh Rate
120 Hz
60 or 144Hz
Resolution
3024 x 1964
4K UHD (3840x2160) or FHD (1920x1080)
2560 x 1600
Function
AI
16-core Neural Engine
Chipset
Intel HM470
Fast Charging
With 96W charger
Graphics
14-core, 16-core, 24-core, or 32-core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6, RTX 2070 Max-Q 8GB GDDR6, RTX 2070 SUPER w/ Max-Q 8GB GDDR6, or RTX 2080 SUPER w/ Max-Q 8GB GDDR6
HDR
HDR1000 with miniLED
Keyboard Backlight
Yes
Single-color (white) back-lit
Operating System
macOS Monterey
Windows 10
Operating Temperature
50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)
Processor
Up to 10th-gen Intel Core i9
1.1GHz 2-core Intel Core i3; 1.2GHz 4-core i7 (optional)
Security
Touch ID sensor
Sensor
Ambient Light Sensor
Touchpad
Force Touch trackpad
Video Codecs
Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW
Performance
Battery Life
Up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback / Up to 12 hours wireless web
Key Travel
1.9 mm
Memory | Capacity
2x slots, Max 64GB
8GB; up to 16 GB
Memory | Type
Unified memory, 200GB/s memory bandwidth
DDR4 3200 MHz
3733Mhz LPDDR4X
Power Supply
180 or 230 W Slim adapter
30W USB-C adapter
Storage
2x M.2 SSD combo (PCIe / SATA)
256 GB SSD; up to 2 TB
Production
Debut
2023-01-17
2020-01 (CES 2020)
2020 March
Reviews
Neofiliac score
89%
Pros
- Rather powerful for its class
- Gorgeous styling
- Great performance plugged-in or not
- Upgraded wireless connectivity
- Decent port selection
- Matte IPS display
- High-quality case
- Very good input devices
- Good Wi-Fi performance
- Very good performance for the price
- Long battery runtimes
- Very good keyboard and touchpad
- Decent speakers
Cons
- Only marginally upgraded from the 2021 model
- Non-upgradable, non-removable memory and SSD
- Extremely expensive memory
- Only one USB-C port
- High PWM frequency (26 kHz)
- Keyboard is a bit shallow
- Only one USB-C port
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