Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)

[ 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 IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026) (66/100), 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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Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)
Lenovo

Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)

66/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 13.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 66.0 Average
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 73.0 Good
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)
Battery Life Up to 22 hours video playback —
Battery Wh 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 100 W
Charging port position — Left
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 IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)
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 — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — No
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 Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.66 kg (3.66 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)
Refresh Rate 120 Hz ProMotion, 1600 nits peak HDR —
Screen Size 16.2 inches Liquid Retina XDR (3456 x 2234) —
Adaptive refresh rate — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy
Contrast — 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, HDR10
PPI — 212 ppi
Refresh rate — 120 Hz
Resolution — 2880 x 1800 pixels
Response time — 1 ms
Size — 16 inches
Touchscreen — No
Type — OLED

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)
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 IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)
Base frequency — 2.0 GHz
Cores — 8 (4P + 4E)
Fabrication process — 4 nm
Integrated GPU — Radeon 860M
L3 Cache — 16 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 5.1 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)
Area — 890 cm2(138 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 356 x 250 x 15.85 mm14.02 x 9.84 x 0.62 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~83.4%
Side bezels — 5.7 mm
Transformer — No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.66 kg (3.66 lbs)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)
Blender GPU — 189
Solar Bay — 10962

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)
FLOPS — 3.2 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 600 MHz
GPU boost clock — 3100 MHz
GPU performance — 3.2 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 8.53 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR5X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 16
Shading units (cores) — 512
TGP — 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 32

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)
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 IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)
Channels — 1x8, 1x16 GB
Clock — 8533 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 (16" 2026)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 2

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