Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10

[ 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 Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10 (49/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (91 vs 49)
  • + Higher Performance score (94 vs 58)
  • + Higher Gaming score (86 vs 40)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
DeviceBenchmark Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 49.0 Poor
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 40.0 Poor
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 58.0 Below Average
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Battery Life Up to 22 hours video playback —
Battery Wh 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 245 W
Charging port position — Right, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes, 100 W
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Ports 3x Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, SDXC slot, MagSafe 3 —
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.3
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — Yes
Fingerprint — Optional
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — No
Thunderbolt — No
USB Type-C — 1x USB 3.2
USB-A — 4x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 2560 x 1440
Wi-Fi standard — v6

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 2.9 kg (6.39 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Refresh Rate 120 Hz ProMotion, 1600 nits peak HDR —
Screen Size 16.2 inches Liquid Retina XDR (3456 x 2234) —
Adaptive refresh rate — No
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1000:1
HDR support — No
PPI — 127 ppi
Refresh rate — 144 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1080 pixels
Size — 17.3 inches
Sync technology — G-Sync
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
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 Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Base frequency — 2.4 GHz
Cores — 10 (6P + 4E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics (16EU)
L3 Cache — 20 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 4.6 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Area — 1100 cm2(170.6 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 398.4 x 276.2 x 22.95-25.25 mm15.69 x 10.87 x 0.9-0.99 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Plastic
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~75%
Side bezels — 7.7 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 2.9 kg (6.39 lbs)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Blender GPU — 3145
Solar Bay — 45858

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
FLOPS — 13.6 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 13.6 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 8 GB
Memory speed — ~24 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR7
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 2560
TGP — 100 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 80

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Channels — 1x8 GB
Clock — 5600 MHz
Max. ram size — 96 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Audio chip — Realtek ALC3287
Dolby Atmos — No
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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