Apple MacBook Pro 16″ (M4 Pro or M4 Max) vs Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Gen 10 Aura Edition (16IAH10)

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MacBook Pro 16″ (M4 Pro or M4 Max) compared with Yoga Pro 9i Gen 10 Aura Edition (16IAH10)

	AppleMacBook Pro 16″ (M4 Pro or M4 Max)	LenovoYoga Pro 9i Gen 10 Aura Edition (16IAH10)
Overview
Released
Released	November 2024	June 2025
Display
Screen size
Screen size	16.2″	16″
Resolution
Resolution	3456 × 2234 (better)	2880 × 1800 or 3200 × 2000
Panel
Panel	Mini-LED	OLED
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	120 Hz	120 Hz
Brightness
Brightness	1,000 nits	500 nits or 1,000 nits
HDR peak brightness
HDR peak brightness	1,600 nits	1,100 nits or 1,600 nits
Touchscreen
Touchscreen	No	No or Yes
Display type
Display type	Liquid Retina XDR display	16-inch 2.8K OLED or 3.2K tandem OLED, 16:10; touch and non-touch options; no pen support
Pixel density
Pixel density	254 ppi	–
Colour range
Colour range	Wide colour (P3); 1 billion colours	Standard OLED covers 100% sRGB and DCI-P3; tandem OLED additionally covers 100% Adobe RGB
Screen finish
Screen finish	Standard, or nano-texture as an option	Glossy; touch screens have anti-fingerprint glass
Display features
Display features	1,000,000:1 contrast; 1,000 nits sustained full-screen XDR brightness; ProMotion up to 120 Hz, with fixed 47.95, 48, 50, 59.94 and 60 Hz rates; True Tone	Dolby Vision, Eyesafe, X-Rite factory calibration, average Delta E below 1; current PSREF gives standard OLED 1100 nits HDR/500 SDR and tandem OLED 1600 HDR/1000 SDR
Performance
Processor
Processor	Apple M4 Pro or Apple M4 Max	Intel Core Ultra 7 255H or Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
CPU cores
CPU cores	14 or 16	16
CPU threads
CPU threads	–	16
Graphics
Graphics	20-core GPU, 32-core GPU or 40-core GPU	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU
AI engine (NPU)
AI engine (NPU)	–	13 TOPS
Memory
Memory	24 GB, 36 GB, 48 GB or 128 GB (better)	32 GB or 64 GB
Storage
Storage	512 GB to 8 TB (better)	1 TB to 2 TB
CPU
CPU	M4 Pro: 14-core CPU with 10 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores; M4 Max: 14-core CPU with 10 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores, or 16-core CPU with 12 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores	Intel Core Ultra 7 255H or Core Ultra 9 285H; 16 cores and 16 threads
GPU
GPU	20-core (M4 Pro), 32-core or 40-core (M4 Max) GPU with hardware-accelerated ray tracing; Media Engine with H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW acceleration and AV1 decode, with two video encode and two ProRes engines on M4 Max	RTX 5050, 5060 or 5070 Laptop GPU; each 8 GB GDDR7 and 100 W TGP (Lenovo PSREF)
AI engine
AI engine	16-core Neural Engine	Intel AI Boost NPU, up to 13 TOPS
Memory type
Memory type	Unified memory; M4 Pro takes 24GB or 48GB; M4 Max takes 36GB (14-core CPU) or 48GB, 64GB or 128GB (16-core CPU)	32 or 64 GB soldered LPDDR5X-8400; dual-channel; no memory slots
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	273 GB/s (M4 Pro), 410 GB/s (M4 Max with 32-core GPU) or 546 GB/s (M4 Max with 40-core GPU)	–
Storage type
Storage type	SSD, configurable up to 4 TB (M4 Pro) or 8 TB (M4 Max)	Two M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 slots, one 2242 and one 2280; Lenovo lists 1 TB drives, including configurations with two installed 1 TB drives
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 24 hours	Up to 14 hours
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	99.6 Wh (better)	84 Wh
Weight
Weight	2.14 kg	1.92 kg (better)
Thickness
Thickness	16.8 mm (better)	17.9 mm
Width × depth
Width × depth	355.7 × 248.1 mm	362.72 × 253.69 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	M4 Pro up to 24 hours video streaming and 17 hours wireless web; M4 Max up to 21 hours video streaming and 14 hours wireless web; 100-watt-hour (99.6 Wh actual) lithium-polymer battery	84 Wh; up to 14 hours local 1080p video at 150 nits or 5.5 hours MobileMark 30 at 250 nits (Lenovo)
Charger
Charger	140 W USB-C Power Adapter included	170 W or 245 W slim-tip adapter; USB-C power delivery at 65–100 W
Fast charging
Fast charging	With the included 140 W USB-C Power Adapter	Rapid Charge Express, 15 minutes for up to 3 hours of use (Lenovo)
Materials
Materials	100% recycled aluminium enclosure; 40% recycled content overall	Aluminium top and bottom; starting weight 1.92 kg without touch or 2.07 kg with touch
Colours
Colours	Space Black, Silver	Luna Grey; Tidal Teal
Connections
Ports
Ports	3 × Thunderbolt 5, HDMI, SD card slot, MagSafe 3, headphone jack	2 × Thunderbolt 4, 2 × USB-A, HDMI, SD card slot, headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6E	Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.3	5.4
Webcam
Webcam	12MP Center Stage	5MP with IR and electronic shutter
Operating system
Operating system	macOS	Windows
Port detail
Port detail	3 × Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) with charging, DisplayPort 2.1, Thunderbolt 5 and USB 4 (up to 120 Gb/s); HDMI (up to 8K 60 Hz or 4K 240 Hz) with multichannel audio output; SDXC card slot; MagSafe 3; 3.5 mm headphone jack with high-impedance headphone support	2 × Thunderbolt 4 with DisplayPort 2.1 and USB PD 65–100 W; 2 × USB-A 5 Gbps, one Always On; HDMI 2.1 up to 8K 60 Hz; SD reader; 3.5 mm combo audio; slim-tip power
External displays
External displays	M4 Pro up to two at 6K 60 Hz over Thunderbolt, or one at 6K 60 Hz over Thunderbolt and one at 4K 144 Hz over HDMI, or one at 8K 60 Hz or 4K 240 Hz over HDMI; M4 Max up to four (three at 6K 60 Hz over Thunderbolt and one at 4K 144 Hz over HDMI), or three (two at 6K 60 Hz plus one at 8K 60 Hz or 4K 240 Hz over HDMI); all alongside the built-in display	–
Keyboard
Keyboard	Backlit Magic Keyboard, 78 (US) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys	Backlit keyboard with numeric keypad
Trackpad
Trackpad	Force Touch trackpad	Glass Precision TouchPad, 95 × 150 mm
Speakers
Speakers	High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers; wide stereo; Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos	Six 2 W speakers, four woofers and two tweeters; Dolby Atmos and Smart Amplifier
Microphones
Microphones	Studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming	Four-microphone array
Biometrics
Biometrics	Touch ID	IR camera for Windows Hello; no fingerprint reader
In the box
In the box	16-inch MacBook Pro, 140 W USB-C Power Adapter, USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m), polishing cloth (nano-texture display only)	–