Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs Dell Latitude 5530

[ 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 Dell Latitude 5530 (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Apple

Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max

91/100
· $2499
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Dell Latitude 5530
Dell

Dell Latitude 5530

38/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Dell Latitude 5530
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 12.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 38.0 Poor
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 46.0 Poor
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Dell Latitude 5530
Battery Life Up to 22 hours video playback —
Battery Wh 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer —
Battery type — Li-Ion
Cable length — 1 meters
Charge power — 60 / 65 / 90 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Voltage — 11.2 V
Weight of AC adapter — 300 / 325 / 405 grams

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Dell Latitude 5530
Ports 3x Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, SDXC slot, MagSafe 3 —
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.2
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — Yes
Fingerprint — Optional
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.0
Infrared sensor — Optional
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 2x USB 3.2
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Dell Latitude 5530
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.59 kg (3.51 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Dell Latitude 5530
Refresh Rate 120 Hz ProMotion, 1600 nits peak HDR —
Screen Size 16.2 inches Liquid Retina XDR (3456 x 2234) —
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 500:1
HDR support — No
PPI — 100 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1366 x 768 pixels
Response time — 25 ms
Size — 15.6 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — TN LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Dell Latitude 5530
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) —

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Dell Latitude 5530
Base frequency — 1.1-2.6 GHz
Cores — 4
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
L3 Cache — 8 MB
Threads — 8
Turbo frequency — 4.4 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Dell Latitude 5530
Area — 835 cm2(129.5 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 357.9 x 233.3 x 20.77-22.15 mm14.09 x 9.19 x 0.82-0.87 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Plastic
Number of fans — 1
Screen-to-body ratio — ~80.4%
Side bezels — 6.3 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.59 kg (3.51 lbs)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Dell Latitude 5530
Blender GPU — 178

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Dell Latitude 5530
FLOPS — 2.5 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 2.5 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 64 bit
Memory size — 2 GB
Memory speed — ~10 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 896
TGP — 25 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 56

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Dell Latitude 5530
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Dell Latitude 5530
Channels — 1x4 GB
Clock — 3200 MHz
Max. ram size — 64 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Dell Latitude 5530
Audio chip — Realtek ALC3204
Dolby Atmos — No
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Dell Latitude 5530
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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