Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3402)

[ 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 Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3402) (60/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (91 vs 60)
  • + Higher Performance score (94 vs 40)
  • + Higher Gaming score (86 vs 7)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3402)
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
DeviceBenchmark Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 60.0 Average
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 7.0 Poor
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 40.0 Poor
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3402)
Battery Life Up to 22 hours video playback —
Battery Wh 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer —
Battery type — Li-Ion
Charge power — 65 W
Charging port position — Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 1:50 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 221 grams

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3402)
Ports 3x Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, SDXC slot, MagSafe 3 —
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.3
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — No
USB Type-C — 2x USB 3.2
USB-A — 1x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1920 x 720
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3402)
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.35 kg (2.98 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3402)
Refresh Rate 120 Hz ProMotion, 1600 nits peak HDR —
Screen Size 16.2 inches Liquid Retina XDR (3456 x 2234) —
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy
Contrast — 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, HDR10
PPI — 243 ppi
Refresh rate — 90 Hz
Resolution — 2880 x 1800 pixels
Response time — 1 ms
Size — 14 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — OLED
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3402)
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 Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3402)
Base frequency — 2.3 GHz
Cores — 6
Fabrication process — 7 nm
Integrated GPU — AMD Radeon Vega 7
L3 Cache — 16 MB
Threads — 12
Turbo frequency — 4.3 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3402)
Area — 692 cm2(107.3 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 313.6 x 220.6 x 16.9 mm12.35 x 8.69 x 0.67 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 52.5 dB
Number of fans — 1
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~82.2%
Side bezels — 6.1 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.35 kg (2.98 lbs)

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3402)
FLOPS — 1.6 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 300 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1800 MHz
GPU performance — 1.6 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 4.27 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR4X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 8
Shading units (cores) — 448
TGP — 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 28

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3402)
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.4 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3402)
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 4266 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3402)
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Loudness — ~81.7 dB
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3402)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 1

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