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76 | Performance | 76 |
26 | Gaming | 47 |
53 | Display |
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85 | Battery Life | 66 |
70 | Connectivity | 72 |
94 | Portability | 71 |
69 | QuickComparisons Score | 63 |
| March 2025 | Launched | March 2026 |
| ~82% | Screen-to-body ratio: | ~88.3% |
| 304.1 x 215 x 11.3 mm (11.97 x 8.46 x 0.44 inches) | Dimensions: | 344 x 244.5 x 18.95-19.95 mm (13.54 x 9.63 x 0.75-0.79 inches) |
| 13.6 inches | Size | 16 inches |
| IPS LCD | Type | OLED |
| 60 Hz | Refresh Rate | 240 Hz |
| No | Adaptive refresh rate | Yes |
| 225 ppi | PPI | 189 ppi |
| 16:10 | Aspect ratio | 16:10 |
| 2560 x 1664 pixels | Resolution | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| Yes, Dolby Vision | HDR support | Yes, HDR10 |
| No | Sync technology | G-Sync |
| No | Touchscreen | No |
| Glossy (Antireflective) | Coating | Glossy |
| Yes | Ambient light sensor | — |
| — | Display tests | — |
| 1494:1 | Contrast | 1000000:1 |
| 99.90% | sRGB color space | 100% |
| 93.40% | Adobe RGB profile | 90.20% |
| 99.40% | DCI-P3 color gamut | 100% |
| — | Response time | 1 ms |
| 500 nits | Max. brightness | 500 nits |
| 3622 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2892 |
| 14223 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 13458 |
| 166 | Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core) 206 | 120 |
| 933 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core) | 928 |
| 1.24 kg (2.73 lbs) | Weight | 1.87 kg (4.12 lbs) |
| 304.1 x 215 x 11.3 mm 11.97 x 8.46 x 0.44 inches | Dimensions | 344 x 244.5 x 18.95-19.95 mm 13.54 x 9.63 x 0.75-0.79 inches |
| 654 cm 2 (101.3 inches 2 ) | Area | 841 cm 2 (130.4 inches 2 ) |
| ~82% | Screen-to-body ratio | ~88.3% |
| 5.6 mm | Side bezels | -0.3 mm |
| Black, Silver, Gold, Blue | Colors | White, Blue |
| Aluminum | Material | Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic |
| No | Transformer | No |
| 130° | Opening angle | 180° |
| Passive | Cooling system | Active |
| No | Vapor chamber | No |
| No | Liquid metal | No |
| — | Number of fans | 2 |
| — | Noise level (max. load) | 53 dB |
| Apple M4 (10-Core) | CPU name | AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 |
| 4.46 GHz | Base frequency | 2.0 GHz |
| 10 (4P + 6E) | Cores | 8 (4P + 4E) |
| 10 | Threads | 16 |
| Apple M4 GPU (10-core) | Integrated GPU | Radeon 860M |
| 3 nm | Fabrication process | 4 nm |
| Apple M4 GPU (10-Core) | GPU name | GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop 8GB |
| Integrated | Type | Dedicated |
| 3 nm | Fabrication process | 4 nm |
| 1470 MHz | GPU boost clock | — |
| 3.8 TFLOPS | FLOPS | 18.4 TFLOPS |
| System Shared | Memory size | 8 GB |
| LPDDR5X | Memory type | GDDR7 |
| 128 bit | Memory bus | 128 bit |
| 7.5 Gbps | Memory speed | ~24 Gbps |
| 1280 | Shading units (cores) | 3328 |
| 80 | Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 104 |
| 40 | Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 48 |
| 3.8 TFLOPS | GPU performance | 18.4 TFLOPS |
| 1008 | Blender GPU | — |
| 14372 | Solar Bay | — |
| 16GB | RAM size | 32GB |
| 2x8 GB | Channels | 2x16 GB |
| 7500 MHz | Clock | 8533 MHz |
| LPDDR5X | Type | LPDDR5X |
| No | Upgradable | No |
| 256GB | Storage size | 512GB |
| Custom | Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| SSD (M2) | Storage type | SSD (M2) |
| 1x256 GB | Channels | 1x512 GB |
| No | Upgradable | Yes |
| Yes | NVMe | Yes |
| 53.8 Wh | Capacity | 84 Wh |
| 2:40 hr | Full charging time | — |
| Li-Po | Battery type | Li-Po |
| No | Replaceable | No |
| Yes | Fast charging | Yes |
| Yes, 70 W | Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes, 100 W |
| Left | Charging port position | Left, Bottom |
| 30 / 35 / 70 W | Charge power | 245 W |
| 2 meters | Cable length | — |
| 170 / 183 / 207 grams | Weight of AC adapter | 722 grams |
| v6E | Wi-Fi | v7 |
| v5.3 | Bluetooth | v5.4 |
| Yes | Fingerprint | No |
| No | Infrared sensor | Yes |
| No | Optical drive | No |
| Above the display | Webcam | Above the display |
| 1920 x 1080 | Webcam resolution | 2560 x 1440 |
| No | USB-A | 3x USB 3.2 |
| 2x USB 4.0 | USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt | No |
| No | HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| No | DisplayPort | No |
| No | VGA | No |
| Yes | Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes |
| No | Ethernet (RJ45) | No |
| No | SD card reader | Yes |
| Yes | Proprietary charging port | Yes |
| — | [Keyboard] | — |
| Island | Keyboard type | Island |
| No | Numpad | Yes |
| Yes | Backlit | Yes |
| 1 mm | Key Travel | 1.6 mm |
| — | [Touchpad] | — |
| — | Size | 13.5 x 8.0 cm |
| Glass | Surface | Glass |
| No | Windows Precision | Yes |
| 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) | Speakers | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) |
| Yes | Dolby Atmos | No |
| ~77 dB | Loudness | ~79 dB |
| 3 | Microphones | 2 |
