Just a day after Apple announced the new MacBook Air with an M3 chip, performance tests of the new laptops appeared in the Geekbench results browser. And from what we’ve seen, it looks like the Air’s results are similar to other M3-based Macs.
Records for “Mac15.13” have Single-Core scores ranging from 3125 to 3165 and Multi-Core scores ranging from 11890 to 12056. These scores are a bit lower than the M3 MacBook Pro and M3 iMac, but not a lot. –about 10 to 15 points in each test. This is probably because the MacBook Air is fanless and may need to slow down a bit to maintain a suitable temperature during very intensive tasks. You probably won’t notice the difference.
Compared to the M2 MacBook Air, the M3 Air scores about 20% faster, which is also similar to what we saw when comparing the M2 and M3 MacBook Pros.
Geekbench allows users of the software to submit results to its online database. The Air results were there fore submitted by people with early access to the laptops and these recordings are accessible on the Geekbench website. However, since the MacBook Air M3 is not officially released yet, the Geekbench results are codenamed for the laptop.
Interestingly, all five Geekbench test submissions reviewed while writing this article showed that the Macs tested were running macOS 14.4, which is currently in the release candidate stage and should be installed in the new Airs when they begin to be released. shipped Friday. Additionally, test Macs had 16 GB of unified memory. The standard configuration of the MacBook Air is 8 GB.
The MacBook Air M3 is available for pre-order in 13- and 15-inch sizes. For more information, check out our MacBook Air superguide.
Macbook Air M3 13-inch (2024)
Price when reviewed:
$1299
Macbook Air M3 15-inch (2024)
Price when reviewed:
$1599
