Apple MacBook Air 13.3″ with Retina Display, M1 Chip with 8-Core CPU and 7-Core GPU, 16GB Memory, 256GB SSD, Space Gray, Late 2020

Price: $1,179.93
(as of Jan 24, 2024 00:59:50 UTC – Details)

Power. It’s in the Air. Our thinnest, lightest notebook, completely transformed by the Apple M1 chip. CPU speeds up to 3.5x faster. GPU speeds up to 5x faster. Our most advanced Neural Engine for up to 9x faster machine learning. The longest battery life ever in a MacBook Air. And a silent, fanless design. This much power has never been this ready to go.

Small chip. Giant leap.
It’s here. Our first chip designed specifically for Mac. Packed with an astonishing 16 billion transistors, the Apple M1 system on a chip (SoC) integrates the CPU, GPU, Neural Engine, I/O, and so much more onto a single tiny chip. With incredible performance, custom technologies, and industry-leading power efficiency, M1 is not just a next step for Mac – it’s another level entirely.

CPU

8-core CPU Devours tasks. Sips battery.
M1 has the fastest CPU we’ve ever made. With that kind of processing speed, MacBook Air can take on new extraordinarily intensive tasks like professional-quality editing and action-packed gaming. But the 8-core CPU on M1 isn’t just up to 3.5x faster than the previous generation – it balances high-performance cores with efficiency cores that can still crush everyday jobs while using just a tenth of the power.

All-day battery life
Up to 18 hours of battery life. That’s 6 more hours, free of charge.

Thermal efficiency
@@ No fan.
@@ No noise.
@@ Just Air.

Machine learning
Up to 9x faster. Even for a 16-core Neural Engine, that’s a lot to process. Apps on MacBook Air can use machine learning (ML) to automatically retouch photos like a pro, make smart tools such as magic wands and audio filters more accurate at auto-detection, and so much more. That’s not just brain power – that’s the power of a full stack of ML technologies.

macOS Big Sur

The power of macOS Big Sur on M1.