Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, M3, 2024)
The 2024 13-inch MacBook Air: the same fanless 11.3 mm body and 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display as the M2 model, now with the 3 nm M3 chip, Wi-Fi 6E and support for a second external display when the lid is closed. Sold with an 8- or 10-core GPU, 8 GB (16 GB from October 2024) up to 24 GB of unified memory and 256 GB to 2 TB of storage.
Memory
- Type
- Unified memory packaged with the M3 chip, 100 GB/s; LPDDR5-6400, 128-bit per Wikipedia
- Standard (Mar–Oct 2024)
- 8 GB; configurable to 16 GB or 24 GB
- Standard (from Oct 30, 2024)
- 16 GB; configurable to 24 GB
- Slots
- None; size is fixed at purchase
Storage
- Standard
- 256 GB SSD (8-core GPU models) or 512 GB SSD (10-core GPU models)
- Configurable
- 512 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB SSD
- Type
- Soldered Apple SSD
- Card reader
- None
Graphics
- GPU
- Integrated Apple M3 GPU, 8-core (standard) or 10-core (configurable; standard with 512 GB); hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading
- External displays
- One up to 6K at 60 Hz with the lid open; with the lid closed, a second external display up to 5K at 60 Hz
- Video output
- DisplayPort over the Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports
- Video playback
- HEVC, H.264, AV1 and ProRes; HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG
- Neural Engine
- 16-core
Networking
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), where supported
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.3
Power
- Adapter (8-core GPU)
- 30 W USB-C Power Adapter; 35 W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power Adapter configurable
- Adapter (10-core GPU, 512 GB)
- 35 W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power Adapter
- Fast charge
- With the 70 W USB-C Power Adapter
- Charging
- MagSafe 3 (USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable, 2 m, included) or either Thunderbolt / USB 4 port
- Line voltage
- 100–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz
- Cooling
- Fanless (passive)
Ports
- Left
- MagSafe 3 charging port, 2 × Thunderbolt / USB 4 (USB-C)
- Right
- 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
- Thunderbolt / USB 4
- Charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40 Gb/s), USB 4 (up to 40 Gb/s)
Display
- Panel
- 13.6-inch Liquid Retina, LED-backlit with IPS technology, 2560 × 1664 at 224 ppi; rounded top corners
- Brightness
- 500 nits
- Color
- 1 billion colors, wide color (P3), True Tone
- Refresh
- 60 Hz (Wikipedia)
- Default scaled resolution
- 1470 × 956 (Wikipedia)
- Camera
- 1080p FaceTime HD camera; advanced image signal processor with computational video
Battery
- Capacity
- 52.6 Wh lithium-polymer, built in
- Apple rating
- Up to 15 h wireless web, up to 18 h Apple TV app movie playback
Physical
- Dimensions
- 1.13 × 30.41 × 21.5 cm (H × W × D); 0.44 × 11.97 × 8.46 in
- Weight
- 1.24 kg (2.7 lb)
- Colors
- Silver, Starlight, Space Gray, Midnight (Midnight has an anodization seal to reduce fingerprints)
- Keyboard
- Backlit Magic Keyboard, 78 (US) / 79 (ISO) keys incl. 12 full-height function keys and inverted-T arrows; Touch ID; ambient light sensor
- Trackpad
- Force Touch trackpad
- Audio
- Four-speaker sound system, Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos; three-mic array with directional beamforming, Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum modes
- Acoustics
- Fanless; declared sound power 1.3 B at idle and during wireless web (ECMA-109)
- Environment
- Operating 10–35 °C, 0–90% RH non-condensing, tested up to 10,000 ft
- Part numbers
- MRXN3, MRXP3, MRXQ3, MRXR3, MRXT3, MRXU3, MRXV3, MRXW3, MXCR3, MXCT3, MXCU3, MXCV3 (Apple); 16 GB models from Nov 2024: MC8G4, MC8H4, MC8J4, MC8K4, MC8M4, MC8N4, MC8P4, MC8Q4 (Wikipedia)
Management
- Security
- Touch ID
Operating systems
- Shipped with
- macOS Sonoma 14.3 (Wikipedia)
- Newest compatible
- macOS 27 Golden Gate (Apple identification page)
- Windows
- No Boot Camp: Apple's Boot Camp requires a Mac with an Intel processor
Processors
- Apple M3 (8-core CPU)