MacBook Air Technical Specifications
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Silver, Starlight, Space Grey, Midnight
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Apple M2 chip
- 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
- 8-core or 10-core GPU
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 100GB/s memory bandwidth
Media Engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW
- Video decode engine
- Video encode engine
- ProRes encode and decode engine
Configurable to:
M2 with 8-core CPU and 10‑core GPU
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Apple M3 chip
- 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
- 8-core GPU
- Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 100GB/s memory bandwidth
Media Engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW
- Video decode engine
- Video encode engine
- ProRes encode and decode engine
- AV1 decode engine
Configurable to:
M3 with 8‑core CPU and 10‑core GPU
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Apple M3 chip
- 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
- 10-core GPU
- Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 100GB/s memory bandwidth
Media Engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW
- Video decode engine
- Video encode engine
- ProRes encode and decode engine
- AV1 decode engine
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Apple M3 chip
- 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
- 10-core GPU
- Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 100GB/s memory bandwidth
Media Engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW
- Video decode engine
- Video encode engine
- ProRes encode and decode engine
- AV1 decode engine
Liquid Retina display
- 13.6-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology;1
2560x1664 native resolution at 224 pixels per inch - 500 nits brightness
Colour
- Support for 1 billion colours
- Wide colour (P3)
- True Tone technology
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8GB
8GB unified memory
Configurable to:
16GB or 24GB
8GB
8GB unified memory
Configurable to:
16GB or 24GB
8GB
8GB unified memory
Configurable to:
16GB or 24GB
16GB
16GB unified memory
Configurable to:
24GB
- Up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback
- Up to 15 hours wireless web
- 52.6-watt‑hour lithium‑polymer battery
- 30W USB‑C Power Adapter (included with M2 and M3 with 8‑core GPU)
- 35W Dual USB‑C Port Power Adapter (included with M2 and M3 with 10-core GPU and 512GB storage, configurable with M2 and M3 with 8‑core GPU)
- USB‑C to MagSafe 3 Cable
- Fast-charge capable with 70W USB‑C Power Adapter
256GB or 512GB
256GB or 512GB SSD
Configurable to:
512GB, 1TB or 2TB
256GB
256GB SSD
Configurable to:
512GB, 1TB or 2TB
512GB
512GB SSD
Configurable to:
1TB or 2TB
512GB
512GB SSD
Configurable to:
1TB or 2TB
MagSafe 3 charging port
3.5mm headphone jack
Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for:
- Charging
- DisplayPort
- Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)
- USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
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M2
- Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colours and:
- One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz
M3
- Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colours and:
- One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz
- Close the MacBook Air lid to use a second external display with up to 5K resolution at 60Hz
- Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, AV1 and ProRes
- HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG
Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC,
Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos
Backlit Magic Keyboard with:
- 78 (US) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted “T” arrangement
- Touch ID
- Ambient light sensor
- Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure-sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing and Multi-Touch gestures
- 1080p FaceTime HD camera
- Advanced image signal processor
with computational video
- Four-speaker sound system
- Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers
- Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro and AirPods Max
- Three-mic array with directional beamforming
- Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes
- Enhanced voice clarity in audio and video calls (M3)
- 3.5mm headphone jack with advanced support for high‑impedance headphones
- Height: 1.13 cm (0.44 inches)
- Width: 30.41 cm (11.97 inches)
- Depth: 21.5 cm (8.46 inches)
- Weight: 1.24 kg (2.7 pounds)5
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Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new MacBook Air. With built-in support for vision, hearing, mobility and learning, you can create and do amazing things.
Features include:
- VoiceOver
- Increase Contrast
- Reduce Motion
- Switch Control
- Zoom
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- 13-inch MacBook Air
- 30W USB‑C Power Adapter
(M2 and M3 with 8-core GPU)
or
35W Dual USB‑C Port Power Adapter
(M2 and M3 with 10-core GPU and 512GB storage) - USB‑C to MagSafe 3 Cable
(2m)
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Your Mac comes with 90 days of free telephone technical support and a one-year limited warranty. For more information, click here.
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MacBook Air and the Environment
MacBook Air is designed with the following features to reduce its environmental impact:7
See the 13-inch MacBook Air with M3 chip Product Environmental Report (PDF) See the 13-inch MacBook Air with M2 chip Product Environmental Report (PDF)Made with better materials
13-inch MacBook Air with M3 chip
- Made with 50% recycled content, including:
- 100% recycled aluminium in the enclosure
- 100% recycled tin in the solder and gold in the plating of multiple printed circuit boards
- 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, representing 99% of the rare earth elements in the device
- 100% recycled cobalt in the battery8 and magnets of the MagSafe connector
- 100% recycled copper in the main logic board — an Apple first
- 90% recycled steel in the battery tray, keyboard feature plate and trackpad beam plate
- 35% or more recycled plastic in multiple components
13-inch MacBook Air with M2 chip
- Made with 40% recycled content, including:
- 100% recycled aluminium in the enclosure
- 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, representing 99% of the rare earth elements in the device
- 90% recycled steel in the battery tray
- 35% or more recycled plastic in multiple components
Energy efficient
ENERGY STAR® certified9
Smarter chemistry10
- Arsenic-free display glass
- Mercury-, BFR- and PVC-free
Green manufacturing
- No established final assembly supplier sites generate any waste sent to landfill11
- Over 20% of manufacturing electricity sourced from supplier clean energy projects12
Responsible packaging
- 100% of virgin wood fibre comes from responsibly managed forests
- The 13‑inch MacBook Air with M3 chip uses 99% fibre‑based packaging, and the 13‑inch MacBook Air with M2 chip uses 96% fibre‑based packaging, due to our work to remove plastic from packaging13
Progress towards our 2030 goal
Reduced emissions for MacBook Air with M3 chip by over 40% against our baseline14
Apple and the Environment
Today, Apple is carbon neutral for global corporate operations, and we are focused on our Apple 2030 goal to make every product carbon neutral.