MacBook Air (M1, 2020) vs Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15ABR8

The two products' specifications row by row. Rows where they differ are marked; a missing value is unknown, never equal.

11 differences
SpecificationMacBook Air (M1, 2020)Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15ABR8
Display brightnessDiffers400 nits300 cd/m²
Display resolutionDiffers2560-by-1600 pixels1920 x 1080 pixels
RGB colour spaceDiffersWide color (P3)NTSC
Processor familyDiffersApple M1AMD Ryzen™ 7
Processor manufacturerDiffersAppleAMD
Bluetooth versionDiffers5.05.2
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers02
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-C ports quantityDiffers21
Battery capacityDiffers49.9 Wh47 Wh
WeightDiffers1.29 kg1.62 kg
Operating system installedDiffersmacOSWindows 11 Home
Optical drive typeSameNoNo
Storage mediaSameSSDSSD
Top Wi-Fi standardSameWi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Maximum internal memorySame16 GB16 GB
USB Type-C charging portSameYesYes
AC adapter includedSameYesYes
Anti-glare screennot knownnot knownYes
Colour gamutnot knownnot known45%
Contrast ratio (typical)not knownnot known800:1
Display diagonalnot known13.3"not known
HD typenot knownnot knownFull HD
LED backlightnot knownnot knownYes
Native aspect rationot knownnot known16:9
Panel typenot knownnot knownIPS
Touchscreennot knownnot knownYes
Card reader integratednot knownnot knownYes
Compatible memory cardsnot knownnot knownMicroSD (TransFlash)
M.2 SSD sizenot knownnot known2242 (22 x 42 mm)
Number of SSDs installednot knownnot known1
NVMenot knownnot knownYes
SSD form factornot knownnot knownM.2
SSD interfacenot knownnot knownPCI Express 4.0
Total SSDs capacitynot knownnot known512 GB
Total storage capacitynot known256 GBnot known
L2 cachenot knownnot known4 MB
L3 cachenot knownnot known16 MB
Processor boost frequencynot knownnot known4.5 GHz
Processor cache typenot knownnot knownL2 & L3
Processor coresnot knownnot known8
Processor frequencynot knownnot known2 GHz
Processor modelnot knownApple M1not known
Processor threadsnot knownnot known16
Antenna typenot knownnot known2x2
Bluetoothnot knownnot knownYes
Ethernet LANnot knownnot knownNo
Mobile network connectionnot knownnot knownNo
Wi-Fi standardsnot knownnot known802.11a, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), 802.11b, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n), Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
WWANnot knownnot knownNot installed
Combo headphone/mic portnot knownnot knownYes
HDMI ports quantitynot knownnot known1
HDMI versionnot knownnot known1.4
USB 2.0 ports quantitynot known0not known
USB Type-C DisplayPort Alternate Modenot knownnot knownYes
Audio systemnot knownnot knownDolby Audio
Built-in microphonenot knownnot knownYes
Number of built-in speakersnot knownnot known2
Number of microphonesnot knownnot known2
Speaker powernot knownnot known1.5 W
Battery life (max)not knownnot known10 h
Battery technologynot knownnot knownLithium-Ion (Li-Ion)
Continuous video playback time (max)not knownnot known12 h
Fast chargingnot knownnot knownYes
Front cameranot knownnot knownYes
Front camera HD typenot knownnot knownHD
Front camera resolutionnot knownnot known1280 x 720 pixels
Privacy cameranot knownnot knownYes
Privacy typenot knownnot knownPrivacy shutter
Discrete graphics cardnot knownnot knownNo
On-board GPU manufacturernot knownnot knownAMD
On-board graphics cardnot knownnot knownYes
On-board graphics card familynot knownnot knownAMD Radeon Graphics
On-board graphics card modelnot known7-core GPUnot known
Internal memorynot known8 GBnot known
Memory channelsnot knownnot knownDual-channel
Memory clock speednot knownnot known3200 MHz
Memory form factornot knownnot knownOn-board
Maximum shipping altitudenot knownnot known3048 m
Operating relative humidity (H-H)not knownnot known8 - 95%
Operating temperature (T-T)not knownnot known5 - 35 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)not knownnot known5 - 95%
Storage temperature (T-T)not knownnot known5 - 43 °C
AC adapter frequencynot knownnot known50/60 Hz
AC adapter input voltagenot knownnot known100 - 240 V
AC adapter powernot knownnot known65 W
USB Power Delivery (USB PD)not knownnot knownYes
Fingerprint readernot knownnot knownNo
Password protectionnot knownnot knownYes
Password protection typenot knownnot knownHDD, Supervisor, User
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)not knownnot knownYes
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) versionnot knownnot known2.0
Form factornot knownnot knownClamshell
Housing materialnot knownnot knownPolycarbonate (PC), Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)
Introduction yearnot known2020not known
Product typenot knownnot knownLaptop
Keyboard backlitnot knownnot knownNo
Keyboard languagenot knownnot knownEnglish
Numeric keypadnot knownnot knownYes
Pointing devicenot knownnot knownTouchpad
Depthnot knownnot known235 mm
Heightnot knownnot known17.9 mm
Widthnot knownnot known359.3 mm
Bundled softwarenot knownnot knownOffice Trial
Operating system languagenot knownnot knownEnglish
Neural processor unit (NPU)not knownnot knownNo
Motherboard chipsetnot knownnot knownAMD SoC
Thunderbolt ports quantitynot known2not known
Certificationnot knownnot knownMIL-STD-810H TÜV Rheinland Low Blue Light
Compliance certificatesnot knownnot knownRoHS
Packaging contentnot known30W USB-C Power Adapter, USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)not known
Worldwide AC compatibilitynot known100V to 240V ACnot known
Sustainability certificatesnot knownnot knownENERGY STAR, EPEAT Silver, ErP
Cables includednot knownUSB-Cnot known