Only a day after Apple introduced the new MacBook Air with an M3 chip, benchmarks of the brand new laptops have appeared within the Geekbench outcomes browser. And primarily based on what we’ve seen, it appears just like the Air outcomes are like that of different M3-based Macs.
Data for “Mac15,13” have Single-Core scores starting from 3125 to 3165, and Multi-Core scores starting from 11890 to 12056. These scores are a smidge decrease than that of the M3 MacBook Professional and the M3 iMac, however not a lot–about 10 to fifteen factors in every take a look at. That’s probably as a result of the MacBook Air is fanless and should should throttle down a little bit to take care of a correct temperature throughout very intensive duties. You probably wouldn’t be capable to discover the distinction.
In comparison with the M2 MacBook Air, the M3 Air scores are about 20 p.c sooner, which can be much like what we noticed when evaluating the M2 and M3 MacBook Professional.
Geekbench permits customers of the software program to submit outcomes to its on-line database, so the Air outcomes had been submitted by individuals who have early entry to the laptops and people data are accessible on the Geekbench web site. Nonetheless, because the M3 MacBook Air isn’t formally launched but, the Geekbench outcomes are labeled with the laptop computer’s codename.
Curiously, the 5 Geekbench take a look at submissions examined through the writing of this text confirmed that the examined Macs ran macOS 14.4, which is presently within the launch candidate stage and is predicted to be put in within the new Airs once they begin to ship on Friday. Additionally, the take a look at Macs had 16GB of unified reminiscence. The MacBook Air’s commonplace configuration is 8GB.
The M3 MacBook Air is out there for pre-order in each 13- and 15-inch sizes. For extra info, take a look at our MacBook Air superguide.
13-inch MacBook Air M3 (2024)
Value When Reviewed:
$1,099 (base)
15-Inch MacBook Air M3 (2024)
Value When Reviewed:
$1,299 (base)
