Apple MacBook Air M3 13-inch

Finish

• Silver

• Starlight

• Space Gray

• Midnight

Chip

Apple M3 chip

• 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores

• 8-core GPU, 10-core GPU

• Hardware-accelerated ray tracing

• 16-core Neural Engine

• 100GB/s memory bandwidth

• Media Engine

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

• Video decode engine

• Video encode engine

• ProRes encode and decode engine

• AV1 decode

• Configurable to:

• M3 with 8‑core CPU and 10‑core GPU

Display

Liquid Retina display

• 13.6-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology;¹ 2560-by-1664 native resolution at 224 pixels per inch

• 500 nits brightness

Color

• Support for 1 billion colors

• Wide color (P3)

• True Tone technology

Memory

• 16GB unified memory

• Configurable to:

• 24GB

• 8GB unified memory

• Configurable to:

• 16GB or 24GB

Battery and Power²

• Up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback

• Up to 15 hours wireless web

• 52.6-watt‑hour lithium‑polymer battery

• 30W USB-C Power Adapter (included with M2 and M3 with 8‑core GPU)

• 35W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power Adapter (included with M2 and M3 with 10-core GPU and 512GB storage, configurable with M2 and M3 with 8‑core GPU)

• USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable

• Fast-charge capable with 70W USB-C Power Adapter

Storage³

• 256GB SSD

• Configurable to:

• 512GB, 1TB, or 2TB

Charging and Expansion

• MagSafe 3 charging port

• 3.5 mm headphone jack

• Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for:

• Charging

• DisplayPort

• Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)

• USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)

Display Support

M3

Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors and:

• One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz

• Close the MacBook Air lid to use a second external display with up to 5K resolution at 60Hz

Video Playback

• Supported formats include HEVC,H.264, AV1, and ProRes

• HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG

Audio Playback

• Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC,Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos

Keyboard and Trackpad

Backlit Magic Keyboard with:

• 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted-T arrangement

• Touch ID

• Ambient light sensor

• Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure-sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing, and Multi-Touch gestures

Wireless

M3

• Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)⁴

• Bluetooth 5.3

Camera

• 1080p FaceTime HD camera

• Advanced image signal processor with computational video

Audio

• Four-speaker sound system

• Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers

• Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using AirPods 3, AirPods 4, AirPods Pro, AirPods Pro 2, and AirPods Max

• Three-mic array with directional beamforming

• Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes

• Enhanced voice clarity in audio and video calls (M3)

• 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high‑impedance headphones

Operating Requirements

• Line voltage: 100V to 240V AC

• Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz

• Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)

• Storage temperature: –13° to 113° F (–25° to 45° C)

• Relative humidity: 0% to 90% noncondensing

• Operating altitude: tested up to 10,000 feet

• Maximum storage altitude: 15,000 feet

• Maximum shipping altitude: 35,000 feet

Size and Weight

• Height: 0.44 inch (1.13 cm)

• Width: 11.97 inches (30.41 cm)

• Depth: 8.46 inches (21.5 cm)

• Weight: 2.7 pounds (1.24 kg)⁵

Operating System

macOS

macOS is the most advanced desktop operating system in the world. macOS Sequoia helps you be productive and creative in new ways — with Apple Intelligence,⁶ iPhone Mirroring, window tiling, major updates to Safari, and more.