Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401

[ 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 Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401 (50/100), 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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Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
ASUS

Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401

50/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 27.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 50.0 Below Average
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 59.0 Below Average
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
Battery Life Up to 22 hours video playback —
Battery Wh 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer —
Battery type — Li-Ion
Charge power — 100 / 200 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 Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
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 — v6E

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.46 kg (3.22 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
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 — 16:10
Coating — Matte
HDR support — No
PPI — 216 ppi
Refresh rate — 165 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Response time — 3 ms
Size — 14 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 Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
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 Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
Base frequency — 3.8 GHz
Cores — 8
Fabrication process — 4 nm
Integrated GPU — Radeon 780M
L3 Cache — 16 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 5.1 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
Area — 706 cm2(109.4 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 311 x 227 x 16.9-19.9 mm12.24 x 8.94 x 0.67-0.78 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic
Number of fans — 2
Screen-to-body ratio — ~80.5%
Side bezels — 4.8 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.46 kg (3.22 lbs)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
Blender GPU — 1834
Solar Bay — 26490

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
FLOPS — 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 96 bit
Memory size — 6 GB
Memory speed — ~16 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 2560
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 80

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.7 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 8533 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus TUF Gaming A14 FA401
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 2

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