The bottom mannequin 13-inch MacBook Air with the M3 chip, 256GB of storage, and 8GB of RAM has considerably quicker SSD speeds in comparison with the equal mannequin with the M2 chip, in accordance with benchmark outcomes shared at this time by YouTube channel Max Tech.
Max Tech’s teardown video confirms that Apple has returned to utilizing two 128GB storage chips for the brand new 13-inch MacBook Air with 256GB of storage, in comparison with a single 256GB chip within the equal mannequin with the M2 chip. This variation ends in quicker SSD learn and write speeds in assessments, as the 2 chips can course of requests in parallel.
Max Tech ran Blackmagic’s Disk Velocity Take a look at software with a 5GB file dimension take a look at on each the M2 and M3 fashions of the 13-inch MacBook Air with 256GB of storage and 8GB of RAM, they usually discovered the SSD within the M3 mannequin achieved as much as 33% quicker write speeds and as much as 82% quicker learn speeds in comparison with the SSD within the M2 mannequin.
The change very probably extends to the bottom mannequin 15-inch MacBook Air with the M3 chip, though Max Tech has but to tear down that mannequin.
Apple’s determination to change to a single 256GB chip for the bottom mannequin MacBook Air in 2022 was controversial, regardless that the slower SSD speeds are unlikely to be observed by the common MacBook Air consumer engaged on frequent day-to-day duties. However, prospects who buy an M3 mannequin not want to fret about configuring the laptop computer with no less than 512GB of storage in an effort to keep away from the slower speeds.
Two 128GB storage chips within the new base mannequin 13-inch MacBook Air (by way of Max Tech)
The brand new MacBook Air fashions with the M3 chip launched Friday. Apple continues to promote a 13-inch MacBook Air with the M2 chip and 256GB of storage for $999, so prospects who need most SSD efficiency ought to keep away from that mannequin.
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