Microsoft is utilizing the brand new Snapdragon X Elite silicon in its newest Floor laptop computer (and 2-in-1) {hardware}. Now PhoneBuff is out with a battery check to see how the M3 Professional MacBook Professional performs towards the Floor 7.
The MacBook Pro vs Floor 7 isn’t fairly an apples-to-apples comparability however PhoneBuff picked the 2 as they’re each $2,000 laptops from every firm with most of the similar options.
These embody 14-inch shows with 120Hz refresh charges, related type issue, and the newest high-end silicon from Apple and Qualcomm.
However there are a number of variations that make the battery check nuanced. The MacBook Professional includes a larger decision show at 3024 x 1963 vs the Floor 7’s 2404 x 1536. And the Apple laptop computer has a 70 Wh battery whereas the Floor has a 54 Wh one. The MacBook Professional additionally has a 6-speaker sound system whereas the Floor has stereo audio system.
The M3 Pro MacBook Pro led the Floor 7 via the check with extra battery life till the gaming portion. Nevertheless, one other distinction is that the M3 Professional ran the Tomb Raider benchmark at 2-3x the body charge of the Floor laptop computer.
That ended up killing the MacBook Professional battery 7 minutes earlier than the Floor 7 died.
In the long run, PhoneBuff notes {that a} 7-minute distinction is throughout the margin of error and if the MacBook Professional hadn’t run such excessive body charges, it could have outlasted the Floor laptop computer by over half-hour.
However on the flip aspect, the Floor 7 did impressively nicely with a smaller 54 Wh battery. Try the total check under:
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