Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs LG Gram Pro 16

[ 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 LG Gram Pro 16 (59/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (91 vs 59)
  • + Higher Performance score (94 vs 53)
  • + Higher Gaming score (86 vs 18)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max LG Gram Pro 16
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
DeviceBenchmark Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 59.0 Below Average
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 18.0 Poor
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 53.0 Below Average
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max LG Gram Pro 16
Battery Life Up to 22 hours video playback —
Battery Wh 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer —
Battery type — Li-Ion
Cable length — 2 meters
Charge power — 65 / 90 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 154 / 420 grams

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max LG Gram Pro 16
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 — Optional
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 2x USB 4.0
USB-A — 2x 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 LG Gram Pro 16
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.23 kg (2.71 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max LG Gram Pro 16
Refresh Rate 120 Hz ProMotion, 1600 nits peak HDR —
Screen Size 16.2 inches Liquid Retina XDR (3456 x 2234) —
Adaptive refresh rate — Yes (31-144 Hz)
Adobe RGB profile — 86.6%
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy
Contrast — 2600:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 97.9%
HDR support — No
PPI — 189 ppi
Refresh rate — 144 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Response time — 39 ms
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max LG Gram Pro 16
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 LG Gram Pro 16
Base frequency — 1.2 GHz
Cores — 14 (4P + 10E)
Fabrication process — 7 nm
Integrated GPU — Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
L3 Cache — 18 MB
Threads — 18
Turbo frequency — 4.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max LG Gram Pro 16
Area — 900 cm2(139.5 inches2)
Colors — Black, Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 357.7 x 251.6 x 13.0-14.4 mm14.08 x 9.91 x 0.51-0.57 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 45.1 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 160°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~82.5%
Side bezels — 6.5 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.23 kg (2.71 lbs)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max LG Gram Pro 16
Blender GPU — 778
Solar Bay — 15254

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max LG Gram Pro 16
FLOPS — 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 4 GB
Memory speed — ~12 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — Yes
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 40
Shading units (cores) — 2048
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 64

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max LG Gram Pro 16
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max LG Gram Pro 16
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 7467 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max LG Gram Pro 16
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Loudness — ~82.5 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x3W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max LG Gram Pro 16
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 2

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