MacBook Air Technical Specifications
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Apple M2 chip
- 8-core CPU with four performance cores and four efficiency cores
- 8-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
Apple M3 chip
- 8-core CPU with four performance cores and four 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
Configurable to:
M3 with 8‑core CPU and 10‑core GPU
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
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
Liquid Retina display
- 13.6-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology1;
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
16GB
16GB unified memory
Configurable to:
24GB
16GB
16GB unified memory
Configurable to:
24GB
16GB
16GB unified memory
Configurable to:
24GB
24GB
24GB unified memory
- 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 Compact 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
256GB 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
3.5-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)
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 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
- 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 3, AirPods 4, AirPods Pro, AirPods Pro 2 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
- Height: 1.13 cm (0.44 inch)
- Width: 30.41 cm (11.97 inches)
- Depth: 21.5 cm (8.46 inches)
- Weight: 1.24 kg (2.7 pounds)5
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.
Learn moreFeatures include:
- Voice Control
- VoiceOver
- Siri and Dictation
- Increase Contrast
- Reduce Motion
- Live Captions
- Switch Control
- Zoom
- 13-inch MacBook Air
- 30W USB-C Power Adapter
(M2 and M3 with 8-core GPU)
or
35W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power Adapter
(M2 and M3 with 10-core GPU and 512GB storage) - USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable
(2 m)
Products that you purchase in New Zealand are covered by New Zealand consumer law. For more details, click here.
Your MacBook Air also comes with 90 days of complimentary technical support and a one‑year limited warranty from Apple. To learn more about how Apple will service your Mac, click here.
Purchase AppleCare+ for Mac to get expert technical support and additional hardware coverage from Apple, including unlimited incidents of accidental damage protection, each subject to a service fee of NZ$169 for screen damage or external enclosure damage, or NZ$499 for other accidental damage. Coverage begins on your AppleCare+ purchase date. For more information, click here.
- Configure your MacBook Air with
these options at apple.com/nz: - M2 with 10-core GPU (M2 model)
- M3 with 10-core GPU (M3 model)
- 16GB or 24GB unified memory
- 512GB, 1TB or 2TB SSD
- 35W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power Adapter
- 70W USB-C Power Adapter
MacBook Air and the Environment
MacBook Air is designed with the following features to reduce its environmental impact:8
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 per cent recycled content, including:
- 100 per cent recycled aluminium in the enclosure
- 100 per cent recycled tin in the solder and gold in the plating of multiple printed circuit boards
- 100 per cent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, representing 99 per cent of the rare earth elements in the device
- 100 per cent recycled cobalt in the battery9 and magnets of the MagSafe connector
- 100 per cent recycled copper in the main logic board — an Apple first
- 90 per cent recycled steel in the battery tray, keyboard feature plate and trackpad beam plate
- 35 per cent or more recycled plastic in multiple components
13-inch MacBook Air with M2 chip
- Made with 40 per cent recycled content, including:
- 100 per cent recycled aluminium in the enclosure
- 100 per cent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, representing 99 per cent of the rare earth elements in the device
- 90 per cent recycled steel in the battery tray
- 35 per cent or more recycled plastic in multiple component
Energy-efficient
ENERGY STAR®–certified10
Smarter chemistry11
- Arsenic-free display glass
- Mercury-, BFR- and PVC‑free
Green manufacturing
- No established final assembly supplier sites generate any waste sent to landfill12
- Over 20 per cent of manufacturing electricity sourced from supplier clean energy projects13
Responsible packaging
- 100 per cent of virgin wood fibre comes from responsibly managed forests
- The 13‑inch MacBook Air with M3 chip uses 99 per cent fibre-based packaging, and the 13‑inch MacBook Air with M2 chip uses 96 per cent fibre-based packaging, due to our work to remove plastic from packaging14
Progress towards our 2030 goal
Reduced emissions for MacBook Air with M3 chip by over 40 per cent against our baseline15
Recycling
Apple takes a holistic view of materials management and waste minimisation.
Learn more about how to recycle your MacApple 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.
See Apple’s commitment
