Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543)

[ 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 Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543) (53/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (91 vs 53)
  • + Higher Performance score (94 vs 62)
  • + Higher Gaming score (86 vs 20)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543)
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
DeviceBenchmark Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 53.0 Below Average
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 20.0 Poor
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 62.0 Average
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543)
Battery Life Up to 22 hours video playback —
Battery Wh 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer —
Battery type — Li-Ion
Charge power — 200 W
Charging port position — Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 569 grams

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543)
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 — No
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 3.2
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 2560 x 1440
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543)
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.9 kg (4.19 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543)
Refresh Rate 120 Hz ProMotion, 1600 nits peak HDR —
Screen Size 16.2 inches Liquid Retina XDR (3456 x 2234) —
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Glossy (Antireflective)
Contrast — 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI — 141 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time — 1 ms
Size — 15.6 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — OLED
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543)
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 Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543)
Base frequency — 2.3 GHz
Cores — 16 (6P + 10E)
Fabrication process — 7 nm
Integrated GPU — Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
L3 Cache — 24 MB
Threads — 22
Turbo frequency — 5.1 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543)
Area — 837 cm2(129.6 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 355.7 x 235.3 x 19.95 mm14 x 9.26 x 0.79 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~80.2%
Side bezels — 5.2 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.9 kg (4.19 lbs)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543)
Blender GPU — 797
Solar Bay — 15383

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543)
FLOPS — 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 6 GB
Memory speed — ~12 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — MUX
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 Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543)
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.4 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543)
Channels — 1x8 GB
Clock — 5600 MHz
Max. ram size — 24 GB
Total slots — 1
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543)
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED (Q543)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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