Apple is expected to unveil the M3 MacBook Air and OLED iPad Pro later this month. However, Apple announced the M3 MacBook Air at its press conference yesterday, and this product has a ton of upgrades compared to the previous version. Now, early benchmarks of the MacBook Air with the M3 chip have surfaced online, showing the performance boost it will bring from the M2 chip.
The results of geek experiments with the M3 MacBook Air were discovered by Mysmarprice, the 16GB unified memory version of the device. Apple says that the MacBook Air's M3 chip is 60% faster than the M1 chip. While the company's claims are impressive, the benchmark may show a completely different picture. If you're planning to upgrade from an M1 or M2 MacBook Air to an M3 MacBook Air, it's wise to check the performance ratio between the two devices through benchmarking.
According to the results of Geekbench 5, the M3 chip has a single-core score of 3157 and a multi-core score of 12020. The device can be seen on Geekbench 5 with the identifier "MAC15,3". This tells us that the benchmark is for the larger 153-inch M3 MacBook Air. However, we can say that the performance will be more or less similar to the 13-inch version of the device.
If you're not familiar, I can tell you that the MacBook Air, which also comes with the M2 chip, scored 2610 points for single-core and 10120 points for multi-core in the benchmark. This shows that the M3 chip has a performance improvement in both aspects of the MacBook Air compared to the previous generation M2 chip. Apple's latest version has a 20% improvement in single-core performance and an 18% improvement in multi-core performance.
*MacBook Air's M3 chip has an 8-core CPU and up to a 10-core GPU for enhanced computing and graphics performance. All in all, the chip also consumes less power, which can improve the device by extending battery life. In addition to performance, Apple has also upgraded the connectivity of the device, and now it supports Wi-Fi 6E. In addition, the device supports dual external displays, which is higher than the M3 MacBook Pro.
If you're interested in getting your hands on the latest machine, pre-orders for the equipment will begin in the United States on Friday, March 8. We will share more details about this machine once there are more details. Let us know in the comments if the M3 chip is worth upgrading from the M2 chip to the M3 chip.