Specs Compared. Regarding hardware specifications, the difference between M3 and M4 is essentially a matter of degrees. Both chips use Apple's 3-nanometer (nm) ma

While Apple is releasing a number of new M4-powered Macs this year, including the redesigned, smaller Mac Mini and the MacBook Pro M4, the Cupertino-company didn't forget about the MacBook Air.

Compared to the M3 chip, the M4 chip has an extra 3 billion transistors and more memory bandwidth, great for faster processing speeds. For most devices, it also has a higher max memory capacity than the M3 chip. The only exception here is the iPad Pro, which has a max memory capacity of 16GB due to its own limitations.

Apple's new M4 Pro and M4 Max chips are impressively fast in terms of CPU performance, topping the M2 Ultra, but what about graphics

Apple's brand-new M4 MacBook Pro 14-inch is already on sale, with preorder discounts knocking triple digits off the new release in addition to savings on three years of AppleCare.