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  3. Main Differences
  4. Design
    1. Style
    2. Build Quality
    3. Hinge
    4. Portability
    5. Serviceability
    6. In The Box
  5. Display
    1. Screen Specs
    2. Refresh Rate
    3. Contrast
    4. Brightness
    5. Reflections
    6. Black Uniformity
    7. Horizontal Viewing Angle
    8. Vertical Viewing Angle
    9. Out-Of-The-Box Color Accuracy
    10. Color Gamut
    11. Flicker
  6. Interface
    1. Keyboard
    2. Touchpad
    3. Speakers
    4. Webcam & Microphone
  7. Connectivity
    1. Ports
    2. Wireless Communication
  8. Configuration
    1. CPU
    2. GPU
    3. RAM
    4. Storage
  9. Performance
    1. Geekbench 5 (Synthetics)
    2. Cinebench R23 (CPU Rendering)
    3. Blender (3D Rendering)
    4. Basemark GPU (Game Scene)
    5. Storage Drive Performance
    6. Battery
    7. Borderlands 3
    8. Civilization VI
    9. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
    10. Counter-Strike 2
    11. Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
    12. Thermals And Noise
    13. Performance Over Time
  10. Additional Features And Software
    1. Software
    2. Extra Features
  11. Comments

Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (2021) vs Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2021)

Side-by-Side Comparison

Products

Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (2021)
Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2021)

Tested using Methodology v0.8

Updated Sep 24, 2024 01:13 PM

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Tested using Methodology v0.8.2

Updated Dec 14, 2023 12:24 PM

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Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (2021) Picture
Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2021) Picture
Size
15.6"
Operating System
Windows 11
Size
16"
Operating System
macOS

Variants

  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ004RUS) (Black - 4K/IPS/W-11855M/RTX A4000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ009VUS) (Black - 4K/IPS/W-11855M/RTX A4000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ004MUS) (Black - 4K/IPS/W-11855M/RTX A4000/64GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ0089US) (Black - 4K/IPS/W-11855M/RTX A4000/64GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ009WUS) (Black - 4K/IPS/W-11855M/RTX A5000/128GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ0034US) (Black - 4K/IPS/i7-11800H/RTX A2000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ0087US) (Black - 4K/IPS/i7-11800H/RTX A3000/64GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ004GUS) (Black - 4K/IPS/i7-11800H/RTX A3000/64GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ004NUS) (Black - 4K/IPS/i7-11800H/T1200/16GB/512GB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ0086US) (Black - 4K/IPS/i7-11800H/T1200/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ003JUS) (Black - 4K/IPS/i7-11850H/RTX A2000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ004QUS) (Black - 4K/IPS/i9-11950H/RTX A3000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ0088US) (Black - 4K/IPS/i9-11950H/RTX A3000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ009TUS) (Black - 4K/IPS/i9-11950H/RTX A4000/64GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ009UUS) (Black - 4K/IPS/i9-11950H/RTX A5000/128GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ004TUS) (Black - 4K/IPS/i9-11950H/RTX A5000/128GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ003EUS) (Black - 4K/IPS/i9-11950H/RTX A5000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ003KUS) (Black - 4K/OLED/i7-11850H/RTX A2000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ0045US ) (Black - 4K/OLED/i9-11950H/RTX A4000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ004SUS) (Black - FHD/300 nits/i5-11500H/T1200/16GB/512GB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ009QUS) (Black - FHD/300 nits/i5-11500H/T1200/16GB/512GB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ0085US) (Black - FHD/300 nits/i7-11800H/T1200/16GB/512GB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ009RUS) (Black - FHD/300 nits/i7-11800H/T1200/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ0046US) (Black - FHD/500 nits/W-11855M/RTX A2000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ0032US ) (Black - FHD/500 nits/i7-11800H/RTX A2000/16GB/512GB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ003WUS) (Black - FHD/500 nits/i7-11800H/RTX A2000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ001KGE ) (Black - FHD/500 nits/i7-11800H/RTX A2000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ001JGE) (Black - FHD/500 nits/i7-11800H/RTX A3000/32GB/512GB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ003YUS) (Black - FHD/500 nits/i7-11800H/RTX A4000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ0031US) (Black - FHD/500 nits/i7-11800H/T1200/16GB/512GB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ0084US) (Black - FHD/500 nits/i7-11800H/T1200/16GB/512GB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ003AUS) (Black - FHD/500 nits/i7-11850H/RTX A2000/16GB/512GB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ0044US) (Black - FHD/500 nits/i7-11850H/RTX A2000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ0030US) (Black - FHD/500 nits/i7-11850H/RTX A3000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ003PUS) (Black - FHD/500 nits/i7-11850H/RTX A4000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ003PCA) (Black - FHD/500 nits/i7-11850H/RTX A4000/32GB/1TB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ009SUS) (Black - FHD/500 nits/i9-11950H/RTX A2000/16GB/512GB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ004HUS) (Black - FHD/500 nits/i9-11950H/RTX A2000/16GB/512GB)
  • ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (20YQ003FUS) (Black - FHD/500 nits/i9-11950H/RTX A2000/32GB/1TB)
  • MacBook Pro 16 (MK1H3LL/A) (Silver - M1 Max/10‑core CPU/32‑core GPU/32GB/1TB)
  • MacBook Pro 16 (MK1F3LL/A) (Silver - M1 Pro chip/10‑core CPU/16‑core GPU/16GB/1TB)
  • MacBook Pro 16 (MK1E3LL/A) (Silver - M1 Pro/10‑core CPU/16‑core GPU/16GB/512GB)
  • MacBook Pro 16 (MK1A3LL/A) (Space Gray - M1 Max/10‑core CPU/32‑core GPU/32GB/1TB)
  • MacBook Pro 16 (MK193LL/A) (Space Gray - M1 Pro/10‑core CPU/16‑core GPU/16GB/1TB)
  • MacBook Pro 16 (‎MK183LL/A) (Space Gray - M1 Pro/10‑core CPU/16‑core GPU/16GB/512GB)

Review

See Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (2021) Review
See Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2021) Review
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Our Verdict

Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (2021)

Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2021)

Choosing between the Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 (2021) and the Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2021) depends on your operating system preference, the applications you use, and whether portability and user experience matter to you. The Apple is a more premium and portable device and generally offers a better user experience. However, the Lenovo might be a good option if you don't travel with the laptop and use it mainly with an external display and peripherals. The performance varies depending on which configuration you get; just keep in mind that the Apple's M1 Pro and Max SoCs have dedicated media encoders and decoders that improve performance significantly in applications that can take advantage of them, which synthetic benchmarks don't always show.

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