MacBook Air 15 (M3, Early 2024) vs Lenovo IdeaPad 5i Pro 14 (Gen 7, Early 2022)

MacBook Air 15 (M3, Early 2024) $1,299
Lenovo IdeaPad 5i Pro 14 (Gen 7, Early 2022) $1,225
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,299
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,225
CPU
M3 (8C10G-FL)
CPU
Core i5-1240P
GPU
10-Core M3-FL
GPU
GeForce MX550
Memory
8GB
Memory
16GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
1TB
Display
15.3" LCD IPS 2880x1864 -
Display
14" LCD IPS 2240x1400 Touch
M3 (8C10G-FL)
8 Cores
8 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
Core i5-1240P
12 Cores
16 Threads
1.7GHz Clock
GB6S 3,130
77%
GB6M 9,510
36%
GB6S 2,000
49%
GB6M 7,500
28%
10-Core M3-FL
1280 Shaders
1398MHz
Shared Memory
GeForce MX550
1024 Shaders
1320MHz
2GB GDDR6
96GB/s Bandwidth
N/A
0%
FP32 3.58 TFLOPS
7%
1080p 32 FPS
27%
FP32 2.7 TFLOPS
5%
8GB
LPDDR5-6400
16GB
LPDDR5-4800
24 Tabs
5%
56 Tabs
11%
256GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 1.4GB/s Read
1TB
M.2-2280-M-S3
PCIe 4.0 x4
Up to 5.2GB/s Read
442 min 4K Video
11%
1,978 min 4K Video
49%
No Optical Drive
No Optical Drive
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LCD IPS
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LCD IPS
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500 Nits
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300 Nits
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60Hz
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60Hz
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2880x1864
5.4 Million Pixels
224 PPI
2240x1400
3.1 Million Pixels
189 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,700:1 Contrast
LED Backlight
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Scissor Switch
White Backlight
Scissor Switch
White Backlight
Force Touch Trackpad
Glass Surface
Multi-Touch Clickpad Trackpad
Plastic Surface
Not Included
Not Included
Not Included
Not Included
Fingerprint
Facial
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 1200Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 1200Mbps
Bluetooth 5.3
Bluetooth 5.2
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600 Series P+
Data
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2x USB-C 3.0 (5Gbps) + DP + PD
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDXC Card UHS-I
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Power
MagSafe 3
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External
External
35W
20.00V
1.75A
100W
20.00V
5.00A
USB-PD
3.00A 5V (15W)
3.00A 9V (27W)
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2.33A 15V (34.95W)
1.75A 20V (35W)
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USB-PD
2.00A 5V (10W)
2.00A 9V (18W)
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3.00A 15V (45W)
5.00A 20V (100W)
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Removable Cable
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USB-C
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1.0M (3 ft) Cable
66.5Wh
5833mAh
11.40V
Lithium-Ion Polymer
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56.5Wh
4905mAh
11.52V
Lithium-Ion
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Up to 16 Hours
Up to 10 Hours
Charge Time
Up to 50% in 30 min
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Up to 80% in 50 min
Up to 100% in 90 min
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macOS 13 Ventura
Windows
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Aluminum
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Cooler
1x Fans
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Display Side Boarder Size
3.5mm
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Display Side Boarder Size
5.0mm
Height
11.5 mm (0.5 in)
Width
340.4 mm (13.4 in)
Depth
237.6 mm (9.4 in)
Volume
0.93 L
Height
15.9 mm (0.6 in)
Width
312.2 mm (12.3 in)
Depth
221 mm (8.7 in)
Volume
1.10 L
Weight
1.51 kg (3.3 lb)
Weight + Charger
1.61 kg (3.6 lb)
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Weight
1.52 kg (3.4 lb)
Weight + Charger
1.9 kg (4.2 lb)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Storage
Not Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Upgradable
Power Supply
Upgradable
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1x M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4
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A2941
14IAP7
Gen 7
Change Comparison