Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) vs Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max (91/100)

Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max leads overall with a score of 91/100 compared to Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) (47/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (91 vs 47)
  • + Higher Performance score (94 vs 61)
  • + Higher Gaming score (86 vs 37)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
DeviceBenchmark Score 47.0 Poor 91.0 Excellent WINNER
Gaming 37.0 Poor 86.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 61.0 Average 94.0 Excellent WINNER
Battery Life — 98.0 Excellent
Display — 98.0 Excellent
Portability — 88.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Battery type Li-Ion —
Charge power 180 W —
Charging port position Bottom —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes —
Fast charging Yes —
Replaceable No —
Battery Life — Up to 22 hours video playback
Battery Wh — 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Base frequency 3.8 GHz —
Cores 8 —
Fabrication process 4 nm —
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M —
L3 Cache 16 MB —
Threads 16 —
Turbo frequency 5.1 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Area 927 cm2(143.8 inches2) —
Colors Black —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 356.5 x 260 x 19.9 mm14.04 x 10.24 x 0.78 inches —
Liquid metal No —
Material Plastic —
Number of fans 2 —
Screen-to-body ratio ~80.1% —
Side bezels 5.9 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs) 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5.4 —
DisplayPort No —
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes —
Fingerprint No —
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 —
Optical drive No —
Proprietary charging port Yes —
SD card reader No —
Thunderbolt No —
USB Type-C 1x USB 4.0 —
USB-A 3x USB 3.2 —
VGA No —
Webcam Above the display —
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 —
Wi-Fi standard v6E —
Ports — 3x Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, SDXC slot, MagSafe 3

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Adaptive refresh rate No —
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:10 —
Coating Matte —
HDR support No —
PPI 142 ppi —
Refresh rate 165 Hz —
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels —
Size 16 inches —
Sync technology Adaptive Sync —
Touchscreen No —
Type TFT LCD —
sRGB color space 100% —
Refresh Rate — 120 Hz ProMotion, 1600 nits peak HDR
Screen Size — 16.2 inches Liquid Retina XDR (3456 x 2234)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Blender GPU 2670 —
Solar Bay 39591 —

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
FLOPS 12.2 TFLOPS —
GPU performance 12.2 TFLOPS —
Memory bus 128 bit —
Memory size 8 GB —
Memory speed ~24 Gbps —
Memory type GDDR7 —
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 —
Shading units (cores) 2560 —
TGP 85 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Backlight Optional —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad Yes —
Surface Plastic —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Channels 1x8 GB —
Clock 5600 MHz —
Max. ram size 32 GB —
Total slots 2 —
Upgradable Yes —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Dolby Atmos No —
Microphones 3 —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) —
NVMe Yes —
Storage type SSD (M2) —

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Weight 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs) 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs)

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16 AI (ANV16-A31) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Cpu — Apple M3 Max (16-core CPU: 12P + 4E)
Gpu — Apple 40-core Integrated GPU (Hardware Ray Tracing)
Ram — 36 GB Unified Memory (300 GB/s bandwidth)
Storage — 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD (up to 7.4 GB/s)

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