MacBook Air 15 (M3, Early 2024) vs MacBook Pro 15 (Early 2013)

MacBook Air 15 (M3, Early 2024) $1,299
MacBook Pro 15 (Early 2013) $2,199
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,299
Base Price (MSRP)
$2,199
CPU
M3 (8C10G-FL)
CPU
Core i7-3635QM
GPU
10-Core M3-FL
GPU
GeForce GT 650M Mac+
Memory
8GB
Memory
8GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
256GB
Display
15.3" LCD IPS 2880x1864 -
Display
15.4" LCD IPS 2880x1800 -
M3 (8C10G-FL)
8 Cores
8 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
Core i7-3635QM
4 Cores
8 Threads
2.4GHz Clock
GB6S 3,130
77%
GB6M 9,510
36%
GB6S 550
14%
GB6M 1,845
7%
10-Core M3-FL
1280 Shaders
1398MHz
Shared Memory
GeForce GT 650M Mac+
384 Shaders
900MHz
1GB GDDR5
80.3GB/s Bandwidth
N/A
0%
FP32 3.58 TFLOPS
7%
N/A
0%
FP32 0.69 TFLOPS
1%
8GB
LPDDR5-6400
8GB
DDR3L-1600
24 Tabs
5%
24 Tabs
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256GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 1.4GB/s Read
256GB
Proprietary Apple 7+17 Pin
SATA 3
Up to 520MB/s Read
442 min 4K Video
11%
442 min 4K Video
11%
No Optical Drive
No Optical Drive
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15.3"
LCD IPS
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15.4"
LCD IPS
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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
2880x1800
5.2 Million Pixels
221 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,700:1 Contrast
LED Backlight
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900:1 Contrast
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78 Keys
Scissor Switch
White Backlight
78 Keys
Scissor Switch
White Backlight
Force Touch Trackpad
Glass Surface
Multi-Touch Clickpad Trackpad
Plastic Surface
Not Included
Not Included
Not Included
Not Included
Fingerprint
No Biometrics
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 1200Mbps
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
3 Stream
Up to 450Mbps
Bluetooth 5.3
Bluetooth 4.0
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Integrated Chipset
HM77
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2x Thunderbolt 1 (10Gbps)
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1x HDMI 1.4
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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Power
MagSafe 3
Power
MagSafe 2
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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 2
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1.8M (6 ft) Cable
66.5Wh
5833mAh
11.40V
Lithium-Ion Polymer
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95Wh
8676mAh
10.95V
Lithium-Ion Polymer
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Up to 16 Hours
Up to 7 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
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Windows
macOS 10.15 Catalina (Latest)
Windows 10 (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
18 mm (0.7 in)
Width
358.9 mm (14.1 in)
Depth
247.1 mm (9.7 in)
Volume
1.60 L
Weight
1.51 kg (3.3 lb)
Weight + Charger
1.61 kg (3.6 lb)
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Weight
2.02 kg (4.5 lb)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Memory
Not 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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A2941
A1398
EMC 2673
MacBookPro10,1
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