Finish | Silver |
Chip | Apple M3 chip  8-core CPU with four performance cores and four 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         |
Display | Liquid Retina display      13.6-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology;     2560-by-1664 native resolution at 224 pixels per inch      500 nits brightness          Colour  Support for 1 billion colours        Wide colour (P3)             True Tone technology    |
Memory | 16GBÂ Â Â Â |
Battery and Power | 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      |
Storage | 512GB SSDÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â |
Charging and Expansion | MagSafe 3 charging port              3.5-mm headphone jack              Two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports with support  for: Charging             DisplayPort        Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40 Gbps)  USB 4 (up to 40 Gbps)   |
Display Support | 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           |
Video Playback | Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, AV1 and ProRes              HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG |
Audio Playback | Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos       |
Keyboard and Trackpad | Backlit Magic Keyboard with:     78 (US) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys and four 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            |
Wireless | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Bluetooth 5.3Â Â Â |
Camera | 1080p FaceTime HD camera        Advanced image signal processor with computational video         |
Audio | 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 (M3)       Enhanced voice clarity in audio and video calls (M3)        3.5-mm headphone jack with advanced support for high‑impedance headphones |
Operating Requirements | Line voltage: 100V to 240V AC   Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz             Operating temperature: 10° to 35° C (50° to 95° F)            Storage temperature: –25° to 45° C (–13° to 113° F)         Relative humidity: 0% to 90% noncondensing     Operating altitude: Tested up to 3,000  metres (10,000 feet)         Maximum storage altitude: 4,500 metres (15,000 feet)   Maximum shipping altitude: 10,500 metres (35,000 feet)              |
Size and Weight | Height: 1.13 cm (0.44 inch)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Width: 30.41 cm (11.97 inches) Depth: 21.5 cm (8.46 inches)Â Â Â Â Â Weight: 1.24 kg (2.7 pounds)Â Â Â Â Â |
Operating System | macOSÂ |
