Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10

[ 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 LOQ 17IRX10 (49/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent
Display 98.0 Excellent
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 40.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 49.0 Poor
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 58.0 Below Average
Portability 88.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
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 Right, Bottom
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 LOQ 17IRX10
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 Optional
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port Yes
SD card reader No
Thunderbolt No
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2
USB-A 4x USB 3.2
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 2560 x 1440
Wi-Fi standard v6

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 2.9 kg (6.39 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Refresh Rate 120 Hz ProMotion, 1600 nits peak HDR
Screen Size 16.2 inches Liquid Retina XDR (3456 x 2234)
Adaptive refresh rate No
Ambient light sensor No
Aspect ratio 16:9
Coating Matte
Contrast 1000:1
HDR support No
PPI 127 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
Size 17.3 inches
Sync technology G-Sync
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD
sRGB color space 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
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 LOQ 17IRX10
Base frequency 2.4 GHz
Cores 10 (6P + 4E)
Fabrication process 10 nm
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics (16EU)
L3 Cache 20 MB
Threads 16
Turbo frequency 4.6 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Area 1100 cm2(170.6 inches2)
Colors Gray
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 398.4 x 276.2 x 22.95-25.25 mm15.69 x 10.87 x 0.9-0.99 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Plastic
Number of fans 2
Opening angle 180°
Screen-to-body ratio ~75%
Side bezels 7.7 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 2.9 kg (6.39 lbs)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Blender GPU 3145
Solar Bay 45858

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
FLOPS 13.6 TFLOPS
GPU performance 13.6 TFLOPS
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory size 8 GB
Memory speed ~24 Gbps
Memory type GDDR7
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32
Shading units (cores) 2560
TGP 100 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Backlight Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Channels 1x8 GB
Clock 5600 MHz
Max. ram size 96 GB
Total slots 2
Upgradable Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Audio chip Realtek ALC3287
Dolby Atmos No
Microphones 2
Power 2x2W
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

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