OMEN 16 (Mid 2022) vs MacBook Air 15 (M3, Early 2024) Full Specs

Summary

CPU Core i5-12500H12 Cores (4P+8E)	CPU M3 (8C10G-FL)8 Cores (4P+4E)
GPU GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop 80W2,048 Shaders, 4GB	GPU 10-Core M3-FL1,280 Shaders
Memory 16GBDDR5-4800	Memory 8GBLPDDR5-6400
Storage 512GBPCIe 4.0 x4	Storage 256GBPCIe 3.0 x4
Display 16.1" LCD IPS1920x1080 300Nits 60Hz Matte AR	Display 15.3" LCD IPS2880x1864 500Nits 60Hz Glossy AR
Other Upgrades -	Other Upgrades 35W 2x USB-C
Price $1,320 MAX	Price $1,299 MAX

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Peak OPS FP32 FP16 GPU Bandwidth

OMEN 162,200Core i5-12500H

x1

MacBook Air 153,130M3 (8C10G-FL)

x1.42

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System Arch

CPU

Core i5-12500H	M3 (8C10G-FL)
12 Cores(4P+8E) 16 Threads 2.5GHz	8 Cores(4P+4E) 8 Threads 4.05GHz

GPU

GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop 80W	10-Core M3-FL
2,048 Shaders 1.74GHz	1,280 Shaders 1.34GHz
4GB GDDR6 192GB/s	Shared Memory
Peak·FP32·FP16 228.1 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.42 TFLOPSFP16

Memory

16GBDDR5-4800	8GBLPDDR5-6400
2x SO-DIMM

Storage

512GBPCIe 4.0 x4	256GBPCIe 3.0 x4
6.9GB/s Read 5GB/s Write	1.4GB/s Read 1.3GB/s Write
2x M.2 PCIe 4.0x4

Display

16.1" LCD IPS1920x1080 300Nits 60Hz Matte AR Size Res 16.1"	15.3" LCD IPS2880x1864 500Nits 60Hz Glossy AR Size Res 15.3"
Panel & HDR LCD IPS	Panel & HDR LCD IPS
Area & Aspect Ratio 110.8 in² 16:9	Area & Aspect Ratio 106.6 in² 15.5:10
Brightness 300 nits 300 nits Peak	Brightness 500 nits 500 nits Peak
Refresh & VRR 60Hz	Refresh & VRR 60Hz
Response Time 40 ms	Response Time 33 ms
Resolution 1920x1080 2.1M Pixels 137 ppi	Resolution 2880x1864 5.4M Pixels 224 ppi
Backlight & Contrast LED 1K:1 contrast	Backlight & Contrast LED 1.7K:1 contrast
Viewing Angles 178° H 178° V	Viewing Angles 178° H 178° V
Color Depth 8-bit	Color Depth 10-bit
Color Coverage 94% sRGB 65% DCI-P3	Color Coverage 100% sRGB 99% DCI-P3
Coating & Lamination Matte AR	Coating & Lamination Glossy AR
Touchscreen No	Touchscreen No
Border Size -	Border Size 3.5mm (0.14")

Battery

Up to 5.5 hours	Up to 16 hours
Charge Time 0-50%: 30 min - -	Charge Time 0-50%: 30 min 0-80%: 50 min 0-100%: 90 min
83Wh 7168mAh 11.58V Lithium-Ion Polymer	66.5Wh 5833mAh 11.4V Lithium-Ion Polymer
User Replaceable No	User Replaceable No

Ports

Data 2x USB-C 3.1 DP PD 3x USB 3.0	Data 2x USB 4.0 -
Network 1x Ethernet 1G	Network -
Video 1x HDMI 2.1 1x Mini DisplayPort 1.4	Video -
Audio 1x Audio Jack	Audio 1x Audio Jack
Card Slots 1x SDXC Card UHS-I	Card Slots -

Connectivity

Wi-Fi 6E Bluetooth 5.2	Wi-Fi 6 Bluetooth 5.3
Infrared No	Infrared No

Power

Charger 280W DC 4.5x3mm	Charger 35W 2x USB-C
Max Power Draw 230W	Max Power Draw -
Output 280W 19.50V 14.36A	Output 35W 20.00V 1.75A
Input 3.75A	Input 1.00A
Protocol & Port DC 4.5x3mm DC 4.5x3mm	Protocol & Port 2x USB-C
USB-PD -	USB-PD 3.00A 5V (15W) 3.00A 9V (27W) 2.33A 15V (34.95W) 1.75A 20V (35W)

Audio

Speakers 2	Speakers 6
Microphones 2	Microphones 3

Input

Keyboard - Scissor Backlit Per-Key Lighting	Keyboard 78 Keys Scissor Backlit -
Trackpad Multi-Touch Clickpad Glass	Trackpad Force Touch Glass
Biometrics -	Biometrics Fingerprint Fingerprint

OS

Launch OS Windows

Launch OS macOS 14 Sonoma

Enclosure

Build Material Plastic, Aluminum	Build Material Aluminum
Height 22.6mm (0.89") Width 369.1mm (14.53") Depth 247.9mm (9.76")	Height 11.5mm (0.45") Width 340.4mm (13.4") Depth 237.6mm (9.35")
Weight 2.40kg	Weight 1.51kg
Weight + Charger 3.30kg	Weight + Charger 1.61kg
Volume 2.0686L	Volume 0.9301L
Decor Lights No	Decor Lights No
Fans 2	Fans -

Info

Release Date 2022-05-21	Release Date 2024-03-04
Warranty 1 year	Warranty 1 year
Description Mid 2022	Description M3, Early 2024
Model ID -	Model ID Mac15,13
Model Number 1 16t-k000	Model Number 1 A2941
Model Number 2 -	Model Number 2 EMC 8612

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