Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, 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 Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD) (39/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (91 vs 39)
  • + Higher Performance score (94 vs 49)
  • + Higher Gaming score (86 vs 3)
[ WINNER ]
Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max
Apple

Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max

91/100
· $2499
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Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD)
Lenovo

Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD)

39/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD)
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
DeviceBenchmark Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 39.0 Poor
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 3.0 Poor
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 49.0 Poor
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD)
Battery Life Up to 22 hours video playback —
Battery Wh 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 135 / 170 W
Charging port position — Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 2:00 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 507 grams

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD)
Ports 3x Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, SDXC slot, MagSafe 3 —
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.1
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — Yes
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.0
Infrared sensor — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — No
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 — v6

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD)
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 2.32 kg (5.12 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD)
Refresh Rate 120 Hz ProMotion, 1600 nits peak HDR —
Screen Size 16.2 inches Liquid Retina XDR (3456 x 2234) —
Adobe RGB profile — 40.7%
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 800:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 39.4%
HDR support — No
PPI — 141 ppi
Refresh rate — 120 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time — 19 ms
Size — 15.6 inches
Sync technology — FreeSync
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 58%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, 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 Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD)
Base frequency — 3.3 GHz
Cores — 6
Fabrication process — 6 nm
Integrated GPU — AMD Radeon 660M
L3 Cache — 16 MB
Threads — 12
Turbo frequency — 4.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD)
Area — 958 cm2(148.5 inches2)
Colors — White, Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 359.6 x 266.4 x 21.8 mm14.16 x 10.49 x 0.86 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Plastic
Noise level (max. load) — 49.4 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 150°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~70.1%
Side bezels — 7.1 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 2.32 kg (5.12 lbs)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD)
Blender GPU — 1228
Solar Bay — 21781

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD)
FLOPS — 7.1 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1530 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1740 MHz
GPU performance — 7.1 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 4 GB
Memory speed — 12 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — Yes
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 40
Shading units (cores) — 2048
TGP — 85 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 64

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD)
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD)
Channels — 1x8 GB
Clock — 4800 MHz
Max. ram size — 64 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD)
Audio chip — Realtek ALC3287
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~77 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH7 15" (Gen 7, AMD)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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