Lenovo Legion 7i (Gen 7, Mid 2022) vs MacBook Pro 15 (Retina, Mid 2012)

Lenovo Legion 7i (Gen 7, Mid 2022) $2,080
MacBook Pro 15 (Retina, Mid 2012) $2,199
Base Price (MSRP)
$2,080
Base Price (MSRP)
$2,199
CPU
Core i7-12800HX
CPU
Core i7-3615QM
GPU
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop 125W
GPU
GeForce GT 650M Mac+
Memory
16GB
Memory
8GB
Storage
512GB
Storage
256GB
Display
16" LCD IPS 2560x1600 -
Display
15.4" LCD IPS 2880x1800 -
Core i7-12800HX
16 Cores
24 Threads
2GHz Clock
Core i7-3615QM
4 Cores
8 Threads
2.3GHz Clock
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop 125W
5888 Shaders
1485MHz
8GB GDDR6
448GB/s Bandwidth
GeForce GT 650M Mac+
384 Shaders
900MHz
1GB GDDR5
80.3GB/s Bandwidth
1080p 124 FPS
103%
FP32 17.49 TFLOPS
35%
N/A
0%
FP32 0.69 TFLOPS
1%
16GB
DDR5-4800
8GB
DDR3L-1600
56 Tabs
11%
24 Tabs
5%
512GB
M.2-2280-M-S3
PCIe 4.0 x4
Up to 6GB/s Read
256GB
Proprietary Apple 7+17 Pin
SATA 3
Up to 520MB/s Read
954 min 4K Video
24%
442 min 4K Video
11%
No Optical Drive
No Optical Drive
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16"
LCD IPS
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LCD IPS
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500 Nits
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300 Nits
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165Hz
Variable
60Hz
Variable
2560x1600
4.1 Million Pixels
189 PPI
2880x1800
5.2 Million Pixels
221 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,200:1 Contrast
LED Backlight
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Scissor Switch
RGB Backlight
Per Key Lighting
Number Pad
78 Keys
Scissor Switch
White Backlight
Multi-Touch Clickpad Trackpad
Glass Surface
Multi-Touch Clickpad Trackpad
Plastic Surface
Not Included
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Not Included
Fingerprint
No Biometrics
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 2400Mbps
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
3 Stream
Up to 450Mbps
Bluetooth 5.2
Bluetooth 4.0
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Integrated Chipset
HM77
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2x Thunderbolt 1 (10Gbps)
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Network
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1x Ethernet (2.5Gbps)
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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Power
Lenovo Slim-tip
Power
MagSafe 2
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External
300W
20.00V
15.00A
85W
20.00V
4.25A
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2.0M (7 ft) Cable
MagSafe 2
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1.8M (6 ft) Cable
100Wh
6510mAh
15.36V
Lithium-Ion
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95Wh
8676mAh
10.95V
Lithium-Ion Polymer
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Up to 5 Hours
Up to 7 Hours
Charge Time
Up to 50% in 10 min
Up to 70% in 30 min
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Up to 100% in 80 min
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Windows
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Windows
macOS 10.15 Catalina (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Aluminum
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Cooler
2x Fans
Vapour Chamber
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Cooler
2x Fans
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Height
19.4 mm (0.8 in)
Width
358.1 mm (14.1 in)
Depth
263.5 mm (10.4 in)
Volume
1.83 L
Height
18 mm (0.7 in)
Width
358.9 mm (14.1 in)
Depth
247.1 mm (9.7 in)
Volume
1.60 L
Weight
2.53 kg (5.6 lb)
Weight + Charger
3.4 kg (7.5 lb)
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2.02 kg (4.5 lb)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Upgradable
Power Supply
Upgradable
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2x M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4
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Memory Slots
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2x SO-DIMM
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16IAX7
Gen 7
A1398
EMC 2512
MacBookPro10,1
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