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Device family · Mac
MacBook Air
Thin-and-light Apple silicon notebooks built around the base M-series chips. Compare each configuration’s chip and available gaming-performance context.
MacBook Air performance over time
Metal GPU performance
A synthetic view of GPU compute throughput. Higher is better.
Base
Chip-wide fallback
CPU single-core performance
Useful context for frame pacing, game logic, and CPU-limited titles.
Base
CPU multi-core performance
Useful context for simulation-heavy games and parallel workloads.
Base
MacBook Air configurations
| Device | Chip | Year | CPU single | CPU multi | Metal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacBook Air (13-inch, M5, 2026) | M5 | 2026 | — | — | 69,546–70,683chip-wide |
| MacBook Air (15-inch, M5, 2026) | M5 | 2026 | — | — | 69,546–70,683chip-wide |
| MacBook Air (13-inch, M4, 2025) | M4 | 2025 | 3,202 | 15,051 | 51,729–51,841chip-wide |
| MacBook Air (15-inch, M4, 2025) | M4 | 2025 | 3,206 | 15,091 | 51,729–51,841chip-wide |
| MacBook Air (13-inch, M3, 2024) | M3 | 2024 | — | — | 44,667–46,117chip-wide |
| MacBook Air (15-inch, M3, 2024) | M3 | 2024 | — | — | 44,667–46,117chip-wide |
| MacBook Air (15-inch, M2, 2023) | M2 | 2023 | 2,346 | 9,668 | 40,530–40,757chip-wide |
| MacBook Air (M2, 2022) | M2 | 2022 | 2,356 | 9,686 | 40,530–40,757chip-wide |
| MacBook Air (M1, 2020) | M1 | 2020 | 2,164 | 8,185 | 27,235–27,272chip-wide |
Chips used by MacBook Air
Benchmark context
Device averages come from the Geekbench 7 Mac and iOS charts captured 2026-09-02. “Chip-wide” uses the Metal processor chart when no device-level average is available.