Apple MacBook Air M2 now Rs 14,000 cheaper than newly launched MacBook Air M3

Both the M2 and M3 models have similar features, such as a sleek and lightweight design, a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display with True Tone technology, a 1080p FaceTime HD camera, and a convenient MagSafe 3 charging port. They also share two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports, a Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, and a Force Touch trackpad.

The main difference lies in the processing power and graphics capabilities. The newer MacBook Air M3 is equipped with an M3 chipset, which offers improved CPU, GPU, and NPU performance compared to the M2 chip.

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Another distinction between the two models is the Wi-Fi chip. The MacBook Air M3 comes with the newer Wi-Fi 6E standard, which is said to provide better connectivity and range, while the MacBook Air M2 comes with Wi-Fi 6.

How the two MacBook’s compare

Feature

MacBook Air M2 13

MacBook Air M3 13

CPU

8-core M2 chip

8-core M3 chip

GPU

Up to 10-core GPU

Up to 10-core GPU with Hardware-accelerated ray tracing

Unified Memory

Up to 24GB

Up to 24GB

Storage

Up to 2TB

Up to 2TB

Battery Life

Up to 18 hrs

Up to 18 hrs

Touch ID

Yes

Yes

Compute SoC

M2 chip

M3 chip

CPU Cores

8 cores (4 performance, 4 efficiency)

8 cores (4 performance, 4 efficiency)

GPU Cores

Up to 10 cores

Up to 10 cores with Hardware-accelerated ray tracing

Neural Engine

16-core

16-core

Memory Bandwidth

100GB/s

100GB/s

Media Engine

Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW

Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW, AV1 decode engine

Video Decode Engine

Yes

Yes

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