MacBook Air (M1, 2020) vs Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 3 (Intel)

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

12 differences
SpecificationMacBook Air (M1, 2020)Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 3 (Intel)
Display brightnessDiffers400 nits300 cd/m²
Display resolutionDiffers2560-by-1600 pixels1920 x 1200 pixels
RGB colour spaceDiffersWide color (P3)NTSC
Bluetooth versionDiffers5.05.3
Top Wi-Fi standardDiffersWi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers01
Processor familyDiffersApple M1Intel Core Ultra 7
Processor manufacturerDiffersAppleIntel
WeightDiffers1.29 kg1.61 kg
Maximum internal memoryDiffers16 GB32 GB
Operating system installedDiffersmacOSWindows 11 Pro
Battery capacityDiffers49.9 Wh64 Wh
Optical drive typeSameNoNo
Storage mediaSameSSDSSD
USB Type-C charging portSameYesYes
AC adapter includedSameYesYes
Anti-glare screennot knownnot knownYes
Colour gamutnot knownnot known45%
Display diagonalnot known13.3"not known
HD typenot knownnot knownWUXGA
LED backlightnot knownnot knownYes
Maximum refresh ratenot knownnot known60 Hz
Native aspect rationot knownnot known16:10
Panel typenot knownnot knownIPS
Touchscreennot knownnot knownNo
Antenna typenot knownnot known2x2
Bluetoothnot knownnot knownYes
Ethernet LANnot knownnot knownYes
Ethernet LAN data ratesnot knownnot known100,1000 Mbit/s
Mobile network connectionnot knownnot knownNo
Near Field Communication (NFC)not knownnot knownNo
Wi-Fi standardsnot knownnot knownWi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
WLAN controller manufacturernot knownnot knownIntel
WLAN controller modelnot knownnot knownIntel Wi-Fi 6E AX211
WWANnot knownnot knownNot installed
Combo headphone/mic portnot knownnot knownYes
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsnot knownnot known1
HDMI ports quantitynot knownnot known1
HDMI versionnot knownnot known2.1
Intel® Thunderbolt 4not knownnot knownYes
Thunderbolt 4 ports quantitynot knownnot known2
USB 2.0 ports quantitynot known0not known
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-C ports quantitynot known2not known
USB Sleep-and-Chargenot knownnot knownYes
Card reader integratednot knownnot knownNo
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 known1 TB
Total storage capacitynot known256 GBnot known
Front cameranot knownnot knownYes
Front camera HD typenot knownnot knownFull HD
Front camera resolutionnot knownnot known1920 x 1080 pixels
Infrared (IR) cameranot knownnot knownYes
Privacy cameranot knownnot knownYes
Privacy typenot knownnot knownPrivacy shutter
Audio chipnot knownnot knownSenary SN6147
Built-in microphonenot knownnot knownYes
Number of built-in speakersnot knownnot known2
Number of microphonesnot knownnot known2
Speaker powernot knownnot known2 W
Discrete graphics cardnot knownnot knownNo
On-board GPU manufacturernot knownnot knownIntel
On-board graphics cardnot knownnot knownYes
On-board graphics card familynot knownnot knownIntel Arc Graphics
On-board graphics card modelnot known7-core GPUnot known
Copilot keynot knownnot knownYes
Keyboard backlitnot knownnot knownYes
Keyboard languagenot knownnot knownEnglish
Numeric keypadnot knownnot knownYes
Pointing devicenot knownnot knownThinkPad UltraNav
AC adapter powernot knownnot known65 W
USB Power Delivery (USB PD)not knownnot knownYes
USB Type-C required charging power (max)not knownnot known65 W
USB Type-C required charging power (min)not knownnot known45 W
Processor coresnot knownnot known8
Processor modelnot knownApple M1not known
Processor threadsnot knownnot known8
Fingerprint readernot knownnot knownYes
Smart card readernot knownnot knownNo
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)not knownnot knownYes
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) versionnot knownnot known2.0
Windows Hellonot knownnot knownYes
Depthnot knownnot known249 mm
Height (front)not knownnot known1.01 cm
Height (rear)not knownnot known1.71 cm
Widthnot knownnot known356 mm
Display back cover materialnot knownnot knownAluminium
Form factornot knownnot knownClamshell
Housing materialnot knownnot knownAluminium
Introduction yearnot known2020not known
Internal memorynot known8 GBnot known
Memory clock speednot knownnot known8533 MHz
Memory form factornot knownnot knownOn-board
Bundled softwarenot knownnot knownLenovo AI Now
Microsoft Copilotnot knownnot knownYes
Operating system languagenot knownnot knownPolish, English
Cable lock slotnot knownnot knownYes
Cable lock slot typenot knownnot knownKensington
Motherboard chipsetnot knownnot knownIntel SoC
Product typenot knownnot knownLaptop
Thunderbolt ports quantitynot known2not known
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantitynot knownnot known1
Copilot+ PCnot knownnot knownYes
Certificationnot knownnot knownENERGY STAR,TCO,EPEAT Gold,RoHS
Packaging contentnot known30W USB-C Power Adapter, USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)not known
Worldwide AC compatibilitynot known100V to 240V ACnot known
Cables includednot knownUSB-Cnot known
Pixel Densitynot known227 pixels per inchnot known