Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro Gen 6 (16" AMD) vs Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2021)
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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
Case
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro Gen 6 (16" AMD)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Can run popular games at about 20-28% higher FPS
- Display has support for touch input
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2021)
- Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
- Features a much bigger (~33%) battery – 100 against 75 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Around 19% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Better webcam recording quality
- 34% sharper screen – 254 versus 189 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Provides 25% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 400 nits
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs) | 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 356 x 245.9 x 19.9 mm 14.02 x 9.68 x 0.78 inches |
355.7 x 248.1 x 16.8 mm 14 x 9.77 x 0.66 inches |
| Area | 875 cm2 (135.7 inches2) | 882 cm2 (136.8 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~84.8% | ~86.2% |
| Side bezels | 5.7 mm | 3.4 mm |
| Colors | Gray | Silver, Gray |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 135° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
| Noise level | - | 37.4 dB |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 16.2 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | Mini LED |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| PPI | 189 ppi | 254 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1600 pixels | 3456 x 2234 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touchscreen | Yes | No |
| Coating | Glossy | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Contrast | - | 25700:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 88% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 99.1% |
| Response time | - | 67 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left, Right |
| Charge power | 95 / 135 W | 140 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | - | 353 gramm |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 3.3 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Cores | 6 | 10 |
| Threads | 12 | 10 |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | - |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 7 | Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 5 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 80 W | 30 W |
| Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 8 nm | 5 nm |
| GPU base clock | 1530 MHz | 450 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1740 MHz | 1296 MHz |
| FLOPS | 7.12 TFLOPS | 5.2 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 4 GB | System Shared |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory speed | 12 Gbps | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 2048 | 2048 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 64 | 128 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 40 | 64 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 4x4 GB |
| Clock | 3200 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | LPDDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | Custom |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 1 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 4.2 |
| Power | 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | - | 84.7 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5 |
| Fingerprint | No | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | No |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.2 | 3x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 1.4 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | No | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 1 mm |
| Size | - | 15.5 x 9.9 cm |
| Surface | - | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | No |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can be different depending on the laptop’s particular configuration or region.
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