Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs Microsoft Surface Laptop Go

[ 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 Microsoft Surface Laptop Go (43/100), 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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Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
Microsoft

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go

43/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 18.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 43.0 Poor
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 30.0 Poor
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
Battery Life Up to 22 hours video playback —
Battery Wh 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 39 W
Charging port position — Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 1:10 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 218 grams

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
Ports 3x Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, SDXC slot, MagSafe 3 —
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — No
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 — 1x 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 Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.11 kg (2.45 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
Refresh Rate 120 Hz ProMotion, 1600 nits peak HDR —
Screen Size 16.2 inches Liquid Retina XDR (3456 x 2234) —
Adobe RGB profile — 65.7%
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 3:2
Coating — Glossy
Contrast — 1222:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 64.4%
HDR support — No
PPI — 149 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1536 x 1024 pixels
Response time — 35 ms
Size — 12.4 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 94.4%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
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 Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
Base frequency — 1.0 GHz
Cores — 4
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics G1
L3 Cache — 6 MB
Threads — 8
Turbo frequency — 3.6 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
Area — 572 cm2(88.7 inches2)
Colors — Silver, Gold, Blue
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 278.18 x 205.67 x 15.69 mm10.95 x 8.1 x 0.62 inches
Material — Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic
Noise level (max. load) — 44.2 dB
Number of fans — 1
Opening angle — 140°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~80%
Side bezels — 8 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.11 kg (2.45 lbs)

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
FLOPS — 0.5 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 300 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1050 MHz
GPU performance — 0.5 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 1.87 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR4X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 8
Shading units (cores) — 256
TGP — 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 16

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
Backlight — No
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
Channels — 2x2 GB
Clock — 1866 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Loudness — ~81.5 dB
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
Bus — PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — eMMC
Total slots — 1

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