Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs HP ZBook Firefly 16 G11

[ 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 ZBook Firefly 16 G11 (47/100), 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 ZBook Firefly 16 G11
HP

HP ZBook Firefly 16 G11

47/100
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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 ZBook Firefly 16 G11
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 13.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 47.0 Poor
Performance 94.0 Excellent WINNER 53.0 Below Average
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP ZBook Firefly 16 G11
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
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 2:00 hr
Replaceable — No

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP ZBook Firefly 16 G11
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 — 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 — 2x USB 4.0
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP ZBook Firefly 16 G11
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.79 kg (3.95 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP ZBook Firefly 16 G11
Refresh Rate 120 Hz ProMotion, 1600 nits peak HDR —
Screen Size 16.2 inches Liquid Retina XDR (3456 x 2234) —
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 — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP ZBook Firefly 16 G11
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 ZBook Firefly 16 G11
Base frequency — 1.2 GHz
Cores — 14 (4P + 10E)
Fabrication process — 7 nm
Integrated GPU — Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
L3 Cache — 18 MB
Threads — 18
Turbo frequency — 4.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP ZBook Firefly 16 G11
Area — 900 cm2(139.5 inches2)
Colors — Silver
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 358.7 x 251 x 19.2 mm14.12 x 9.88 x 0.76 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 1
Screen-to-body ratio — ~82.4%
Side bezels — 7 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 1.79 kg (3.95 lbs)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP ZBook Firefly 16 G11
Blender GPU — 363
Solar Bay — 8058

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP ZBook Firefly 16 G11
FLOPS — 3.1-7 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 3.1-7 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 64 bit
Memory size — 4 GB
Memory speed — ~12 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 ZBook Firefly 16 G11
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP ZBook Firefly 16 G11
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 ZBook Firefly 16 G11
Dolby Atmos — No
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max HP ZBook Firefly 16 G11
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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