MSI Summit E16 AI Studio vs Apple MacBook Air 15 M3 (2024)
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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 MSI Summit E16 AI Studio
- Higher screen refresh rate: 165 versus 60 Hz
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Around 36% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Features a bigger (~23%) battery – 82 against 66.5 watt-hours
- Display has support for touch input
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Air 15 M3 (2024)
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 590 grams less (around 1.3 lbs)
- MacBook with the Apple M3 chip maintains its performance even when running on battery power.
- Thinner bezels and 5% higher screen-to-body ratio
- 19% sharper screen – 224 versus 189 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Much smaller footprint: 13% more compact case (125.4 vs 143.5 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs) | 1.51 kg (3.33 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 358 x 258.55 x 16.9-17.35 mm 14.09 x 10.18 x 0.67-0.68 inches |
340.4 x 237.6 x 11.5 mm 13.4 x 9.35 x 0.45 inches |
| Area | 926 cm2 (143.4 inches2) | 809 cm2 (125.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~80.2% | ~83.9% |
| Side bezels | 6.7 mm | 5.4 mm |
| Colors | Black | Black, Silver, Gold, Gray |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | Yes | No |
| Opening angle | 360° | 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 | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | No |
| PPI | 189 ppi | 224 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2880 x 1864 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | Yes | No |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
Screen space comparison
Summit E16 AI Studio
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
MacBook Air 15 M3 (2024)
15.3″ (16:10 ratio) = 105.2 in2
~9% more screen space
| Contrast | - | 1422:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 99.9% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 87.8% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 100% | 98.7% |
| Response time | - | 25 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | - | 2:50 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes, 140 W | Yes, 70 W |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 100 / 140 W | 35 / 70 W |
| Cable length | - | 2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | - | 184 / 298 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.4 GHz | 4.05 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.8 GHz | - |
| Cores | 16 (6P + 10E) | 8 (4P + 4E) |
| Threads | 22 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB | - |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) | Apple M3 GPU |
| Fabrication process | 7 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 | 45 W | 15 W |
| Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| GPU base clock | 1140 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1605 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| FLOPS | 8.2 TFLOPS | 3.5 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 6 GB | System Shared |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 96 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | ~16 Gbps | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 2560 | 1280 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 80 | 80 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 40 |
| GPU performance | 8.2 TFLOPS | 3.5 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 1865 | 148 |
| Solar Bay | 27583 | 12242 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 6400 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| 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 | 1 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) |
| Power | 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~85.1 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | 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 | 1x USB 3.2 | No |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 3 |
| 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 mm |
| Size | 13.1 x 8.2 cm | - |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | No |
Further details
Notes on Summit E16 AI Studio:
- You can connect an Ethernet cable via the USB-C adapter included in the package.
- The laptop has a proximity sensor, gyroscope, accelerometer, and magnetometer (compass).
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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