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A premium Apple MacBook Air 15 M3 (2024) laptop with long battery life. Suited for demanding professional and gaming workloads.
| Performance | 64 /100 |
| Gaming | 23 /100 |
| Display | 54 /100 |
| Battery Life | 86 |
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| Portability | 81 /100 |
| QuickComparisons Score | 66 /100 |
| Launched | March 2024 |
| Screen-to-body ratio: | ~83.9% |
| Dimensions: | 340.4 x 237.6 x 11.5 mm (13.4 x 9.35 x 0.45 inches) |
| Size | 15.3 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD |
| Refresh Rate | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No |
| PPI | 224 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2880 x 1864 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | No |
| Touchscreen | No |
| Coating | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes |
| Display tests | — |
| Contrast | 1422:1 |
| sRGB color space | 99.90% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 87.80% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 98.70% |
| Response time | 25 ms |
| Max. brightness | 500 nits |
| Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2958 |
| Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 11376 |
| Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core) 206 | 135 |
| Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core) | 697 |
| Weight | 1.51 kg (3.33 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 340.4 x 237.6 x 11.5 mm 13.4 x 9.35 x 0.45 inches |
| Area | 809 cm 2 (125.3 inches 2 ) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~83.9% |
| Side bezels | 5.4 mm |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gold, Gray |
| Material | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No |
| Opening angle | 130° |
| Cooling system | Passive |
| Vapor chamber | No |
| Liquid metal | No |
| Number of fans | — |
| Noise level (max. load) | — |
| CPU name | Apple M3 |
| Base frequency | 4.05 GHz |
| Cores | 8 (4P + 4E) |
| Threads | 8 |
| Integrated GPU | Apple M3 GPU |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm |
| GPU name | Apple M3 GPU (10-core) |
| Type | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm |
| GPU boost clock | 1380 MHz |
| FLOPS | 3.5 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 1280 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 80 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 40 |
| GPU performance | 3.5 TFLOPS |
| Blender GPU | 146 |
| Solar Bay | 12321 |
| RAM size | 8GB |
| Channels | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 6400 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5 |
| Upgradable | No |
| Storage size | 256GB |
| Bus | Custom |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | No |
| NVMe | Yes |
| Capacity | 66.5 Wh |
| Full charging time | 2:50 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No |
| Fast charging | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes, 70 W |
| Charging port position | Left |
| Charge power | 35 / 70 W |
| Cable length | 2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 184 / 298 grams |
| Wi-Fi | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | No |
| Optical drive | No |
| Webcam | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | No |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 3 |
| HDMI | No |
| DisplayPort | No |
| VGA | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No |
| SD card reader | No |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes |
| [Keyboard] | — |
| Keyboard type | Island |
| Numpad | No |
| Backlit | Yes |
| Key Travel | 1 mm |
| [Touchpad] | — |
| Size | — |
| Surface | Glass |
| Windows Precision | No |
| Speakers | 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes |
| Loudness | ~85.1 dB |
| Microphones | 3 |
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