Does the M3 Macbook Pro's fan get loud?

[applesheepinthemaking]

I was considering the 16/1tb option but I know that it only has one fan and that had me wondering if it'd get too loud during light gaming (Roblox, Sims 4, Minecraft)

 

[neuropsychguy]

Loudness is subjective. Some tests posted on Reddit show fan noise under gaming load in the 50 - 55 dB range. Max was around 60 dB, which sometimes compared to the loudness of "normal conversation".

https://www.reddit.com/r/macbookpro/comments/199mm5e

 

[VitoBotta]

I have the M3 Pro and I never hear the fans at all. The heaviest task I do is when restoring a large Postgres database which uses all the cores and the fans seem to never be activated. I don't know how this compares to gaming though.

 

[applesheepinthemaking]

Loudness is subjective. Some tests posted on Reddit show fan noise under gaming load in the 50 - 55 dB range. Max was around 60 dB, which sometimes compared to the loudness of "normal conversation".

https://www.reddit.com/r/macbookpro/comments/199mm5e

I'm talking about the base M3 chip.

 

[Corso99]

I've never used a M3 Mac, but I used to own a 14" M2 Pro MBP. I sold it because the fans would get very loud when I ran Topaz Video AI. I switched to a desktop (Mac Mini M2 Pro) and the fans noise is no longer a problem.