M1 MacBook Pro 14” vs. Surface Laptop Studio
Here is a side by side comparison between M1 MacBook Pro 14” and Surface Laptop Studio specs including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.
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M1 MacBook Pro 14” Pros
Reasons that M1 MacBook Pro 14” is better than Surface Laptop Studio.
Apple M1 Max (10C, 32G) inside M1 MacBook Pro 14” has a 150% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-11370H inside Surface Laptop Studio.
M1 MacBook Pro 14” supports a larger memory capacity than the Surface Laptop Studio. It supports up to 64GB versus 32GB of system memory on the Surface Laptop Studio.
M1 MacBook Pro 14” weighed 3.5 pounds, 9% lighter than the 3.83 pounds Surface Laptop Studio.
| Weight | M1 MacBook Pro 14” | Surface Laptop Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Pound | 3.5 lbs. | 3.83 lbs. |
| Kilogram | 1.59 kg | 1.74 kg |
M1 MacBook Pro 14” has more ports and slots count than the Surface Laptop Studio. It has seven versus four amount of ports and slots on the Surface Laptop Studio.
| Ports | M1 MacBook Pro 14” | Surface Laptop Studio |
|---|---|---|
| full-size SD card slot | Yes | No |
| HDMI | Yes | No |
| headphone jack | Yes | Yes |
| power port | Yes | No |
| Surface Connect+ | No | Yes |
| Thunderbolt 4 | Yes x3 | Yes x2 |
| Total | 7 | 4 |
M1 MacBook Pro 14” has better versatile I/O connectivity than the Surface Laptop Studio. It has five versus two commonly used ports and slots on the Surface Laptop Studio.
| Ports | M1 MacBook Pro 14” | Surface Laptop Studio |
|---|---|---|
| headphone jack | Yes | Yes |
| Thunderbolt 4 | Yes | Yes |
| full-size SD card slot | Yes | No |
| HDMI | Yes | No |
| power port | Yes | No |
Surface Laptop Studio Pros
Reasons that Surface Laptop Studio is better than M1 MacBook Pro 14”.
Configurable up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti 4GB GDDR6 vs. integrated
Surface Laptop Studio comes with a single removable M.2 SSD slot that you can replace and upgrade in the future.
| Slots | M1 MacBook Pro 14” | Surface Laptop Studio |
|---|---|---|
| M.2 | Onboard | Yes x1 |
M1 MacBook Pro 14”: Our analysis and reviews
What we like
Reasons to like about M1 MacBook Pro 14”.
According to Apple, the M1 MacBook Pro 14” lasts up to 17 hours of battery life.
- Up to 11 hours wireless web
- Up to 17 hours of Apple TV app movie playback
What we don't like
Reasons not to like about M1 MacBook Pro 14”.
M1 MacBook Pro 14” has soldered storage, and there are no M.2 slots for expansion. Learn more.
What's new
Improvements over its predecessor.
The new design focus on functionality and performance. It has a larger chassis that provides more room for an advanced thermal system that can move 50 percent more air than the previous generation.
The new 14” MacBook Pro features the new M1 Pro, and M1 Max applies a system-on-a-chip (SoC) architecture. Both processors feature fast unified memory and increased memory bandwidth up to 400GB/s, 8-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine, and with best-in-class performance per watt and industry-leading power efficiency.
Featuring the mini-LED technology used in iPad Pro, the Liquid Retina XDR display delivers up to 1,000 nits of sustained, full-screen brightness, an incredible 1,600 nits of peak brightness, and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio.
It delivers up to 17 hours of video playback, seven more hours than the previous-generation MacBook Pro.
What's missing
Downsides over its predecessor.
Here is the list of features removed from the 16-inch M1 MacBook Pro laptop:
- Removed Touchbar
- One less Thunderbolt port
You can no longer install and run Windows 10/11 via Bootcamp on the newer Arm-based M1 chip. The only solution you have for now is to use virtualization.
