Apple‘s latest MacBook Air refresh brings the new M3 chip to the popular laptop line. Early benchmarks of the laptop have started to surface now, and they show a substantial performance improvement over the previous M2-powered generation.
In a recent Geekbench 6 benchmark, the MacBook Air with the M3 chip showcased significant performance gains. It achieved a single-core score of 3,157 and a multi-core score of 12,020, which is a respectable gain over the M2-powered model.
In comparison, the previous generation M2-powered Air scored approximately 2,600 in the single-core test and 10,000 in the multi-core test.
This translates to approximately a 21% single-core and an 18% multi-core performance increase compared to the M2 MacBook Air.
The key enhancement in the M3 generation lies in its GPU, although this aspect isn’t tested by Geekbench. Moreover, both the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro now feature the M3 chip. But the Pro’s active cooling system will likely allow it to sustain higher performance levels for longer durations.
The MacBook Pro also offers advantages like a superior display, longer battery life, and more ports. So if you are looking for a machine to handle tasks like 3D rendering and video editing extensively, the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 could be a battery buy.
The Apple M3 chip, announced last year, features an 8-core CPU and a GPU with up to 10 cores. Notably, it’s the first Apple chip to include hardware-accelerated ray-tracing graphics.
The updated MacBook Air models start at $1,099 in the US and will begin shipping on March 8th. The older M1 MacBook Air has been discontinued, while the M2 version remains available at a reduced price.
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