Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)

[ 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 Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11) (70/100), 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 Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)
Lenovo

Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)

70/100
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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 Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 38.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 70.0 Good
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 74.0 Good
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)
Battery Life Up to 22 hours video playback —
Battery Wh 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 170 / 245 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)
Ports 3x Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, SDXC slot, MagSafe 3 —
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v6.0
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 — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 2x USB 3.2
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Wi-Fi standard — v7

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.9 kg (4.19 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)
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 — 99%
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy (Antireflective)
Contrast — 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI — 212 ppi
Refresh rate — 120 Hz
Resolution — 2880 x 1800 pixels
Response time — 1 ms
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — OLED
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)
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 Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)
Base frequency — 1.9 GHz
Cores — 16 (4P + 12E)
Fabrication process — 2 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
L3 Cache — 18 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)
Area — 894 cm2(138.6 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 360.6 x 247.9 x 17.2 mm14.2 x 9.76 x 0.68 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~83%
Side bezels — 8 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 Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)
Blender GPU — 2650
Solar Bay — 42975

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)
FLOPS — 13.6 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 13.6 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) — 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 Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 7467 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)
Audio chip — Cirrus Logic CS42L43
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Microphones — 4
Power — 4x2W, 2x2W
Speakers — 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 11)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 2

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