Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”

[ 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 HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16” (48/100), 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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HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”
HP

HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”

48/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 21.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 48.0 Poor
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 51.0 Below Average
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”
Battery Life Up to 22 hours video playback —
Battery Wh 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer —
Battery type — Li-Po
Cable length — 1 meters
Charge power — 65 / 100 W
Charging port position — Left, Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”
Ports 3x Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, SDXC slot, MagSafe 3 —
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.4
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — Yes
Fingerprint — Optional
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Optional
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — No
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 3x USB 4.0
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 2592 x 1944
Wi-Fi standard — v7

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.69 kg (3.73 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”
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 — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
HDR support — No
PPI — 142 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 62.5%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”
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 HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”
Base frequency — 1.5 GHz
Cores — 12 (2P + 10E)
Fabrication process — 3 nm
Integrated GPU — Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
L3 Cache — 12 MB
Threads — 14
Turbo frequency — 4.8 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”
Area — 902 cm2(139.8 inches2)
Colors — Silver
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 359.4 x 251 x 1.7 mm14.15 x 9.88 x 0.07 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 174°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~82.3%
Side bezels — 7.4 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.69 kg (3.73 lbs)

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”
Blender GPU — 996
FLOPS — 5.8-9.2 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 5.8-9.2 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 64 bit
Memory size — 6 GB
Memory speed — ~16 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 2048
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 64

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”
Backlight — Optional
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”
Channels — 1x8 GB
Clock — 5600 MHz
Max. ram size — 64 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”
Dolby Atmos — No
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x1W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16”
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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