Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-71T) vs Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max

[ 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 Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-71T) (55/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (91 vs 55)
  • + Higher Performance score (94 vs 65)
  • + Higher Gaming score (86 vs 32)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-71T) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
DeviceBenchmark Score 55.0 Below Average 91.0 Excellent WINNER
Gaming 32.0 Poor 86.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 65.0 Average 94.0 Excellent WINNER
Battery Life — 98.0 Excellent
Display — 98.0 Excellent
Portability — 88.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-71T) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Battery type Li-Po —
Charge power 100 W —
Charging port position Left —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes —
Fast charging Yes —
Replaceable No —
Voltage 11.6 V —
Weight of AC adapter 473 grams —
Battery Life — Up to 22 hours video playback
Battery Wh — 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-71T) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Base frequency 2.3 GHz —
Cores 8 (4P + 4E) —
Fabrication process 2 nm —
Integrated GPU Intel Xe3 Graphics —
L3 Cache 12 MB —
Threads 8 —
Turbo frequency 4.7 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-71T) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Area 872 cm2(135.1 inches2) —
Colors Gray —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 355.25 x 245.4 x 14.85 mm13.99 x 9.66 x 0.58 inches —
Liquid metal No —
Material Aluminum —
Noise level (max. load) 48.4 dB —
Number of fans 2 —
Opening angle 180° —
Screen-to-body ratio ~85.1% —
Side bezels 5.3 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 1.55 kg (3.42 lbs) 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-71T) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
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 No —
SD card reader Yes —
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 —
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 —
Ports — 3x Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, SDXC slot, MagSafe 3

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-71T) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Adaptive refresh rate No —
Aspect ratio 16:10 —
Coating Glossy —
Contrast 1000000:1 —
DCI-P3 color gamut 100% —
HDR support No —
PPI 142 ppi —
Refresh rate 60 Hz —
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels —
Response time 1 ms —
Size 16 inches —
Sync technology No —
Touchscreen No —
Type OLED —
Refresh Rate — 120 Hz ProMotion, 1600 nits peak HDR
Screen Size — 16.2 inches Liquid Retina XDR (3456 x 2234)

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-71T) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
FLOPS 2.6 TFLOPS —
GPU base clock 300 MHz —
GPU boost clock 2500 MHz —
GPU performance 2.6 TFLOPS —
Memory size System Shared —
Memory speed 9.6 Gbps —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 16 —
Shading units (cores) 512 —
TGP 25 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 32 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-71T) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Backlight Yes —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad Yes —
Surface Glass —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-71T) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Channels 2x8 GB —
Clock 9600 MHz —
Upgradable No —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-71T) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Dolby Atmos No —
Loudness ~85 dB —
Microphones 3 —
Power 2x2W —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-71T) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) —
NVMe Yes —
Storage type SSD (M2) —
Total slots 1 —

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-71T) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Weight 1.55 kg (3.42 lbs) 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs)

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 16 AI (SF16-71T) Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
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)

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