Apple 2024 MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop with M3 chip: Built for Apple Intelligence

Chip

• 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

Display

• Liquid Retina display
• 13.6-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology;1
• 2560-by-1664 native resolution at 224 pixels per inch
• 500 nits brightness
• Color
• Support for 1 billion colors
• Wide color (P3)
• True Tone technology

Memory

• 16GB
• 16GB unified memory
• Configurable to:
• 24GB

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 M3 with 8?core GPU)
• 35W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power Adapter (included with M3 with 10-core GPU and 512GB storage, configurable with M3 with 8?core GPU)
• USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable
• Fast-charge capable with 70W USB-C Power Adapter

Storage

• 256GB
• 256GB SSD
• Configurable to:
• 512GB, 1TB, or 2TB

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 40Gb/s)
• USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)

Display Support

• Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors 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 (U.S.) 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

Wireless

• Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
• Bluetooth 5.3

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
• Enhanced voice clarity in audio and video calls (M3)
• 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high?impedance headphones