Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs Lenovo Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 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 Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 2026) (63/100), 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 Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 2026)
Lenovo

Lenovo Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 2026)

63/100
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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 Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 2026)
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 47.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 76.0 Good
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 2026)
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 — Left, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes, 100 W
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 722 grams

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 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 — 3x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 2560 x 1440
Wi-Fi standard — v7

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 2026)
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.87 kg (4.12 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 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
Adobe RGB profile — 90.2%
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy
Contrast — 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, HDR10
PPI — 189 ppi
Refresh rate — 240 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Response time — 1 ms
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — G-Sync
Touchscreen — No
Type — OLED
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 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 Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 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 Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 2026)
Area — 841 cm2(130.4 inches2)
Colors — White, Blue
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 344 x 244.5 x 18.95-19.95 mm13.54 x 9.63 x 0.75-0.79 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic
Noise level (max. load) — 53 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~88.3%
Side bezels — -0.3 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.87 kg (4.12 lbs)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 2026)
Blender GPU — 3365
Solar Bay — 55641

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 2026)
FLOPS — 18.4 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 18.4 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 8 GB
Memory speed — ~24 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR7
Nvidia Optimus — Yes, Advanced Optimus
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 Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 2026)
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.6 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 2026)
Channels — 2x16 GB
Clock — 8533 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 2026)
Audio chip — Realtek ALC3306
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~79 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W, 2x2W
Speakers — 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 7a Gen 11 (16AGP11, 2026)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 2

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