Will the current 13 inch MBP support three 1080p monitors?

[amanning08]

I have been running three external 1080p monitors from my late 2012 MBPr for years. It's starting to give out on me. I bought a Plugable USB-C Triple Display docking station to try with my 2015 12" MacBook. It worked, but the overall experience was terrible so I sent it back.

Will the current model 13 inch MacBook Pro support three external 1080p monitors while in clamshell mode?

I am aware that is officially supports two 4k monitors or one 5k monitor. I am also aware that the 15 inch MacBook Pro supports three monitors, but I am specifically shopping for a 13 inch laptop.

Has anyone tried this? Or does anyone have any reason(s) why it should or should not work?

 

[casperes1996]

3840x2160 (normally referred to as 4k) is the same amount of pixels as two 1080p screens. So a computer that can support two 4k screens should theoretically support at least 4 1080p screens

 

[Sanpete]

3840x2160 (normally referred to as 4k) is the same amount of pixels as two 1080p screens. So a computer that can support two 4k screens should theoretically support at least 4 1080p screens

Same pixels as four 1080p, actually, but I don't think it's only the number of pixels that matter.

 

[casperes1996]

Same pixels as four 1080p, actually, but I don't think it's only the number of pixels that matter.

No. It's 4x the pixels of 1 1920x1080 display. But two 1920x1080 displays are also 4x the pixels of one 1920x1080 display.
1920x1080x2=8.294.400 EDIT: I was being an idiot here - It's 4.147.200.
3840x2160=8.294.400

In terms of the video unit's capacity for handling it, it is pretty much all that matters. In terms of the I/O's capacity, it obviously isn't. However, seeing that the MacBook with a less extensive chipset can support it, I see no reason why the MBP shouldn't support the setup, with better performance (by a lot I'd imagine)

 

[Sanpete]

1920x1080x2=8.294.400

Off by factor of 2.

 

[casperes1996]

Off by factor of 2.

How embarrassing. I did actually miscalculate that. Sorry

 

[Sanpete]

How embarrassing. I did actually miscalculate that. Sorry

Ha, I do worse all the time!

 

[thesaint024]