Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch with PROLED XDR Display vs ThinkPad P16v Gen 3 Intel Mobile Workstation · 64 GB / 2 TB

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MacBook Pro 16-inch with PROLED XDR Display

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ThinkPad P16v Gen 3 Intel Mobile Workstation · 64 GB / 2 TB

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Choose the MacBook Pro 16-inch with PROLED XDR Display if

Smoother motion (120 vs 60 Hz)
Lighter in the hand (1,820 vs 2,100 g)

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ThinkPad P16v Gen 3 Intel Mobile Workstation · 64 GB / 2 TB

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At a glance

Key differences

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Why pick theMacBook Pro 16-inch with PROLED XDR Display2 wins

+100%Smoother motion120 vs 60 Hz

−280 gLighter in the hand1,820 vs 2,100 g

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Why pick theThinkPad P16v Gen 3 Intel Mobile Workstation · 64 GB / 2 TB0 wins

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Full specs

Side-by-side specifications

Display2 differences

Screen size

16.3"

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Refresh rate

120 Hz

60 Hz

Performance1 difference

Chipset

M5 Pro (18-core CPU/20-core GPU, 307GB/s) or M5 Max (18-core CPU with 32-core GPU at 460GB/s or 40-core GPU at 614GB/s)

Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H vPro® Processor (E-cores up to 4.50 GHz P-cores up to 5.40 GHz)

Memory1 difference

Storage

M5 Pro: 1TB · 2TB or 4TB SSD · M5 Max: 2TB

2 TB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe Gen5 Performance TLC Opal

Battery1 difference

Capacity

100Wh Li-polymer · M5 Pro up to 24 h video streaming / 17 h web · M5 Max up to 22 h video / 16 h web

90Whr

Body2 differences

Weight

1820 g

2100 g

Colors

Space Black, Silver

Eclipse Black

Software & Launch1 difference

Operating system

macOS 27 Golden Gate

Windows 11 Pro 64

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