Apple MacBook Air (15-inch, M3, 2024)
The 2024 15-inch MacBook Air: the same fanless body and 15.3-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 a fixed 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
- Configurable
- 512 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB SSD
- Type
- Soldered Apple SSD; PCIe 4.0-based, up to 3.3 GB/s read (Wikipedia)
- Card reader
- None
Graphics
- GPU
- Integrated Apple M3 GPU, 10-core (Apple G15G, GPU Family 9 per Wikipedia); 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 (18 TOPS FP16 per Wikipedia)
Networking
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), where supported
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.3
Power
- Adapter
- 35 W Dual USB-C Compact Power Adapter (standard)
- Optional adapter
- 70 W USB-C Power Adapter, required for fast charge
- 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 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
- 15.3-inch Liquid Retina, LED-backlit with IPS technology, 2880 × 1864 at 224 ppi; rounded top corners
- Brightness
- 500 nits
- Color
- 1 billion colors, wide color (P3), True Tone
- Refresh
- 60 Hz (Wikipedia)
- Camera
- 1080p FaceTime HD camera; advanced image signal processor with computational video
Battery
- Capacity
- 66.5 Wh lithium-polymer, built in
- Apple rating
- Up to 15 h wireless web, up to 18 h Apple TV app movie playback
Physical
- Dimensions
- 1.15 × 34.04 × 23.76 cm (H × W × D); 0.45 × 13.40 × 9.35 in
- Weight
- 1.51 kg (3.3 lb)
- Colors
- Silver, Starlight, Space Gray, Midnight
- Keyboard
- Backlit Magic Keyboard, 78 (U.S.) / 79 (ISO) keys incl. 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted-T arrangement; Touch ID; ambient light sensor
- Trackpad
- Force Touch trackpad
- Audio
- Six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers; Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers, dynamic head tracking with AirPods 3, AirPods 4, AirPods Pro, AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods Max; three-mic array with directional beamforming, Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum modes, enhanced voice clarity in calls
- 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
- MRYM3xx/A, MRYN3xx/A, MRYP3xx/A, MRYQ3xx/A, MRYR3xx/A, MRYT3xx/A, MRYU3xx/A, MRYV3xx/A, MXD13xx/A, MXD23xx/A, MXD33xx/A, MXD43xx/A (Apple identify page); model number A3114 (Wikipedia)
Management
- Security
- Touch ID
Operating systems
- Shipped with
- macOS Sonoma (Wikipedia)
- Newest compatible
- macOS 27 Golden Gate (Apple identify page / Wikipedia)
- Windows
- No Boot Camp: Apple's Boot Camp requires a Mac with an Intel processor
Processors
- Apple M3 (8-core CPU)