Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max vs Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8

[ 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 Legion 9i Gen 8 (85/100), 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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Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8
Lenovo

Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8

85/100
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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 Legion 9i Gen 8
Battery Life 98.0 Excellent —
Display 98.0 Excellent —
Gaming 86.0 Very Good WINNER 80.0 Very Good
NanoReview Score 91.0 Excellent WINNER 85.0 Very Good
Performance 94.0 Excellent 95.0 Excellent WINNER
Portability 88.0 Very Good —

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8
Battery Life Up to 22 hours video playback —
Battery Wh 100 Wh Lithium-Polymer —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 330 W
Charging port position — Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 1:20 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 974 grams

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8
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 — Yes
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 3x USB 3.2
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard — v7

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 2.55 kg (5.62 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8
Refresh Rate 120 Hz ProMotion, 1600 nits peak HDR —
Screen Size 16.2 inches Liquid Retina XDR (3456 x 2234) —
Adobe RGB profile — 100%
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 16873:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI — 236 ppi
Refresh rate — 165 Hz
Resolution — 3200 x 2000 pixels
Response time — 3 ms
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — G-Sync
Touchscreen — No
Type — Mini LED
sRGB color space — 99.9%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8
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 Legion 9i Gen 8
Base frequency — 2.2 GHz
Cores — 24 (8P + 16E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
L3 Cache — 36 MB
Threads — 32
Turbo frequency — 5.6 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8
Area — 993 cm2(153.9 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 357.7 x 277.7 x 18.99-22.7 mm14.08 x 10.93 x 0.75-0.89 inches
Liquid metal — Yes
Material — Aluminum
Max. fan speed (RPM) — 5400 RPM
Noise level (max. load) — 54.8 dB
Number of fans — 3
Screen-to-body ratio — ~74.7%
Side bezels — 6.5 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.16 kg (4.8 lbs) 2.55 kg (5.62 lbs)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8
Blender GPU — 6208
Solar Bay — 92964

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8
FLOPS — 37.6 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1860 MHz
GPU boost clock — 2280 MHz
GPU performance — 37.6 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 192 bit
Memory size — 12 GB
Memory speed — ~18 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 80
Shading units (cores) — 7424
TGP — 175 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 232

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8
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 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8
Channels — 2x16 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 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8
Audio chip — Realtek ALC3306
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~82.8 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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