Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 16 Gen 10 (16" 2025) vs Apple MacBook Air 15 M4 (2025)
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Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 16 Gen 10 (16" 2025)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
- Features a bigger (~26%) battery – 84 against 66.5 watt-hours
- Provides 120% higher max. screen brightness: 1100 vs 500 nits
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Air 15 M4 (2025)
- Easier to carry: weighs 210 grams less (around 0.46 lbs)
- MacBook with the Apple M4 (10-Core) chip maintains its performance even when running on battery power.
- Around 41% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Smaller footprint: 10% more compact case (125.4 vs 138.9 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.72 kg (3.79 lbs) | 1.51 kg (3.33 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 356.8 x 251 x 15.95 mm 14.05 x 9.88 x 0.63 inches |
340.4 x 237.6 x 11.5 mm 13.4 x 9.35 x 0.45 inches |
| Area | 896 cm2 (138.8 inches2) | 809 cm2 (125.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82.9% | ~83.9% |
| Side bezels | 6.1 mm | 5.4 mm |
| Colors | Gray | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 130° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Passive |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | - |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 15.3 inches |
| Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| PPI | 212 ppi | 224 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2880 x 1800 pixels | 2880 x 1864 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | - | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Glossy | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | No | Yes |
Screen space comparison
IdeaPad Pro 5 16 Gen 10 (16" 2025)
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
MacBook Air 15 M4 (2025)
15.3″ (16:10 ratio) = 105.2 in2
~9% more screen space
| Contrast | 1000000:1 | 1641:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 88.3% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 100% | 98.7% |
| Response time | 1 ms | 24 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 2:44 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes, 70 W |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 100 / 170 W | 35 / 70 W |
| Cable length | - | 2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 385 grams | 188 / 208 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.0 GHz | 4.46 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.8 GHz | - |
| Cores | 6 (3P + 3E) | 10 (4P + 6E) |
| Threads | 12 | 10 |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | - |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 840M | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 3 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 105 W | 18 W |
| Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| GPU base clock | - | 500 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | - | 1470 MHz |
| FLOPS | 14 TFLOPS | 3.8 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 8 GB | System Shared |
| Memory type | GDDR7 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | ~24 Gbps | 7.5 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 2560 | 1280 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 80 | 80 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 40 |
| GPU performance | 14 TFLOPS | 3.8 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 2759 | 1018 |
| Solar Bay | 39630 | 15130 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 8000 MHz | 7500 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | Custom |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) |
| Power | 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~85.8 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | No | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | No |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | No |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1 mm |
| Size | 13.5 x 8.0 cm | - |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | No |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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