Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6

[ 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 Thinkbook 16p Gen 6 (68/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (91 vs 68)
  • + Higher Performance score (94 vs 80)
  • + Higher Gaming score (86 vs 50)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
DeviceBenchmark Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 68.0 Average
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 50.0 Below Average
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 80.0 Very Good
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Battery Life Up to 22 hours video playback —
Battery Wh 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 300 W
Charging port position — Left, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 874 grams

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Ports 3x Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, SDXC slot, MagSafe 3 —
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.4
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Yes
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
Webcam resolution — 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard — v7

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Refresh Rate 120 Hz ProMotion, 1600 nits peak HDR —
Screen Size 16.2 inches Liquid Retina XDR (3456 x 2234) —
Adobe RGB profile — 86.5%
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1200:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI — 189 ppi
Refresh rate — 240 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Response time — 9 ms
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — G-Sync
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 99.8%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
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 Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Base frequency — 2.9 GHz
Cores — 14 (6P + 8E)
Fabrication process — 3 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)
L3 Cache — 24 MB
Threads — 14
Turbo frequency — 5.1 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Area — 908 cm2(140.9 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 354.6 x 256.2 x 17.9-19.3 mm13.96 x 10.09 x 0.7-0.76 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 51.9 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~81.7%
Side bezels — 5 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Blender GPU — 3532
Solar Bay — 51472

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
FLOPS — 18.4 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 18.4 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 8 GB
Memory speed — ~24 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR7
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 48
Shading units (cores) — 3328
TGP — 115 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 104

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 6400 MHz
Max. ram size — 64 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Audio chip — Realtek ALC3306-CG
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Loudness — ~83.3 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 4x2W
Speakers — 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Bus — PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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