MacBook Air 15 (M3, Early 2024) vs MacBook Pro 15 (Early 2010)

MacBook Air 15 (M3, Early 2024) $1,299
MacBook Pro 15 (Early 2010) $1,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,299
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
CPU
M3 (8C10G-FL)
CPU
Core i5-520M
GPU
10-Core M3-FL
GPU
GeForce GT 330M Mac
Memory
8GB
Memory
4GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
128GB
Display
15.3" LCD IPS 2880x1864 -
Display
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M3 (8C10G-FL)
8 Cores
8 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
Core i5-520M
2 Cores
4 Threads
2.4GHz Clock
GB6S 3,130
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GB6M 9,510
36%
GB6S 360
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GB6M 695
3%
10-Core M3-FL
1280 Shaders
1398MHz
Shared Memory
GeForce GT 330M Mac
48 Shaders
500MHz
256MB GDDR3
25.3GB/s Bandwidth
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0%
FP32 3.58 TFLOPS
7%
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FP32 0.11 TFLOPS
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8GB
LPDDR5-6400
4GB
DDR3-1066
24 Tabs
5%
8 Tabs
2%
256GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 1.4GB/s Read
128GB
2.5"
SATA 2
Up to 190MB/s Read
442 min 4K Video
11%
186 min 4K Video
5%
No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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LCD IPS
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15.4"
LCD TN
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500 Nits
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300 Nits
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60Hz
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60Hz
Variable
2880x1864
5.4 Million Pixels
224 PPI
1440x900
1.3 Million Pixels
110 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,700:1 Contrast
LED Backlight
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Scissor Switch
White Backlight
78 Keys
Scissor Switch
White Backlight
Force Touch Trackpad
Glass Surface
Multi-Touch Clickpad Trackpad
Plastic Surface
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Fingerprint
No Biometrics
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3
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 1200Mbps
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
Bluetooth 5.3
Bluetooth 2.1
Infrared
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HM55
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
2x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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Power
MagSafe 3
Power
MagSafe
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Security
Kensington Lock
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External
External
35W
20.00V
1.75A
85W
20.00V
4.25A
USB-PD
3.00A 5V (15W)
3.00A 9V (27W)
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2.33A 15V (34.95W)
1.75A 20V (35W)
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Removable Cable
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MagSafe L
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1.8M (6 ft) Cable
66.5Wh
5833mAh
11.40V
Lithium-Ion Polymer
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77.5Wh
7078mAh
10.95V
Lithium-Ion Polymer
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Up to 16 Hours
Up to 3.5 Hours
Charge Time
Up to 50% in 30 min
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Up to 80% in 50 min
Up to 100% in 90 min
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macOS 13 Ventura
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows
macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Aluminum
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Cooler
2x Fans
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Display Side Boarder Size
3.5mm
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Height
11.5 mm (0.5 in)
Width
340.4 mm (13.4 in)
Depth
237.6 mm (9.4 in)
Volume
0.93 L
Height
24.1 mm (0.9 in)
Width
364 mm (14.3 in)
Depth
249 mm (9.8 in)
Volume
2.18 L
Weight
1.51 kg (3.3 lb)
Weight + Charger
1.61 kg (3.6 lb)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Storage
Not Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Upgradable
Power Supply
Upgradable
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2x SO-DIMM
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A2941
A1286
EMC 2353
MacBookPro6,2
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