Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs HP Victus 15 (2023 AMD)

[ 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 Victus 15 (2023 AMD) (32/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (91 vs 32)
  • + Higher Performance score (94 vs 44)
  • + Higher Gaming score (86 vs 17)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP Victus 15 (2023 AMD)
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
DeviceBenchmark Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 32.0 Poor
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 17.0 Poor
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 44.0 Poor
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP Victus 15 (2023 AMD)
Battery Life Up to 22 hours video playback —
Battery Wh 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 150 / 200 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 1:50 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 640 grams

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP Victus 15 (2023 AMD)
Ports 3x Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, SDXC slot, MagSafe 3 —
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.3
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — Yes
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — No
USB Type-C — 1x USB 3.2
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP Victus 15 (2023 AMD)
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 2.29 kg (5.05 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP Victus 15 (2023 AMD)
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 — 16:9
Coating — Matte
HDR support — No
PPI — 141 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1080 pixels
Size — 15.6 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 60%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP Victus 15 (2023 AMD)
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 Victus 15 (2023 AMD)
Base frequency — 3.3 GHz
Cores — 6
Fabrication process — 7 nm
Integrated GPU — Radeon RX Vega 7
L3 Cache — 16 MB
Threads — 12
Turbo frequency — 4.2 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP Victus 15 (2023 AMD)
Area — 913 cm2(141.5 inches2)
Colors — White, Black, Silver, Blue
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 357.9 x 255 x 23.5 mm14.09 x 10.04 x 0.93 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Plastic
Number of fans — 2
Screen-to-body ratio — ~73.5%
Side bezels — 6.3 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 2.29 kg (5.05 lbs)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP Victus 15 (2023 AMD)
Blender GPU — 378

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP Victus 15 (2023 AMD)
FLOPS — 3.2 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1380 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1560 MHz
GPU performance — 3.2 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 4 GB
Memory speed — ~12 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — Yes
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 1024
TGP — 50 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 64

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP Victus 15 (2023 AMD)
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.8 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP Victus 15 (2023 AMD)
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 4800 MHz
Max. ram size — 16 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP Victus 15 (2023 AMD)
Dolby Atmos — No
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP Victus 15 (2023 AMD)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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