Acer Nitro V 16S AI 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 16S AI (46/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (91 vs 46)
  • + Higher Performance score (94 vs 55)
  • + Higher Gaming score (86 vs 36)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Nitro V 16S AI Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
DeviceBenchmark Score 46.0 Poor 91.0 Excellent WINNER
Gaming 36.0 Poor 86.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 55.0 Below 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 16S AI Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Battery type Li-Ion —
Charge power 135 W —
Charging port position Bottom —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 100 W —
Fast charging Yes —
Replaceable No —
Weight of AC adapter 463 grams —
Battery Life — Up to 22 hours video playback
Battery Wh — 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16S AI Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Base frequency 2.2 GHz —
Cores 8 (4P + 4E) —
Fabrication process 10 nm —
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) —
L3 Cache 12 MB —
Threads 12 —
Turbo frequency 4.8 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16S AI Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Area 944 cm2(146.3 inches2) —
Colors Black —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 357.7 x 264 x 19.95 mm14.08 x 10.39 x 0.79 inches —
Liquid metal No —
Material Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic —
Noise level (max. load) 53.3 dB —
Number of fans 2 —
Screen-to-body ratio ~78.6% —
Side bezels 6.5 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 16S AI 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 —
Infrared sensor No —
Optical drive No —
Proprietary charging port Yes —
SD card reader Yes —
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 —
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 —
USB-A 3x USB 3.2 —
VGA No —
Webcam Above the display —
Wi-Fi standard v7 —
Ports — 3x Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, SDXC slot, MagSafe 3

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16S AI Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Adaptive refresh rate No —
Adobe RGB profile 69.5% —
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:10 —
Coating Matte —
Contrast 1150:1 —
DCI-P3 color gamut 71.6% —
HDR support No —
PPI 142 ppi —
Refresh rate 180 Hz —
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels —
Response time 4 ms —
Size 16 inches —
Sync technology G-Sync —
Touchscreen No —
Type TFT LCD —
sRGB color space 98.5% —
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 16S AI Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Blender GPU 2729 —
Solar Bay 39321 —

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16S AI 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 16S AI 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 16S AI 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 16S AI Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Dolby Atmos No —
Loudness ~80 dB —
Microphones 2 —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro V 16S AI 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 16S AI 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 16S AI 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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