MacBook Air (M3)
Scores
Single-core
3,066
+19.8% over MacBook Air (M2)
- Measured average
- Sample size not stated
- Retrieved 27 October 2026 from EveryMac, unsourced placeholder
Multi-core
11,763
+22.8% over MacBook Air (M2)
- Measured average
- Sample size not stated
- Retrieved 27 October 2026 from EveryMac, unsourced placeholder
GPU (Metal)
No data
Keynote claim, measured
Not measurable with Geekbench
“With M3, MacBook Air is up to 60 percent faster than the model with the M1 chip and up to 13x faster than the fastest Intel-based MacBook Air.”
Whole-system figure with no CPU or GPU named; the same release attributes it to app workloads. Whole-system figure with no CPU or GPU named; the same release attributes it to app workloads, and the configuration compared is not identified and is not in the dataset.
MacBook Air (M3) announcement, March 2024, Apple Newsroom, MacBook Air (M3) announcement, March 2024
MacBook Air single-core, by generation
| Device | Single-core | Change over the previous generation |
|---|---|---|
| MacBook Air (Early 2008) | No data | First in this line |
| MacBook Air (Mid 2009) | No data | |
| MacBook Air 13-inch (Late 2010) | 213 | No data |
| MacBook Air 13-inch (Mid 2011) | 434 | +103.8% |
| MacBook Air 13-inch (Mid 2012) | 495 | +14.1% |
| MacBook Air 13-inch (Mid 2013) | 708 | +43.0% |
| MacBook Air 13-inch (Early 2014) | 745 | +5.2% |
| MacBook Air 13-inch (Early 2015) | 784 | +5.2% |
| MacBook Air 13-inch (2017) | No data | |
| MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018) | No data | |
| MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2019) | No data | |
| MacBook Air (2020, Intel) | 1,142 | No data |
| MacBook Air (M1), 2020 | 2,351 | +105.9% |
| MacBook Air (M2), 2022 | 2,560 | +8.9% |
| MacBook Air (M3), 2024, this device | 3,066 | +19.8% |
| MacBook Air (M4), 2025 | 3,721 | +21.4% |
| MacBook Air (M5), 2026 | 4,168 | +12.0% |
Against other devices
- MacBook Air 13-inch (Early 2015)
3.91 timesslower
Single-core 784 vs 3,066. Multi-core 7.76 times slower, 1,516 vs 11,763.
1.36 timesfaster
Single-core 4,168 vs 3,066. Multi-core 1.44 times faster, 16,934 vs 11,763.
No data
No single-core score for MacBook Air (Early 2008). No multi-core score for MacBook Air (Early 2008).
about 1.53 timesfaster
Single-core about 4,695 vs 3,066. Multi-core about 1.06 times faster, about 12,521 vs 11,763.
1.34 timesfaster
Single-core 4,116 vs 3,066. Multi-core 1.30 times faster, 15,280 vs 11,763.