On our Handbrake (Universal) video conversion test, which transcodes a 4K video to 1080p, the MacBook Air finished the test in 9 minutes and 15 seconds and the MacBook Pro took 7:44 (on a Beta version of Handbrake that's optimized for Apple silicon). The old Intel MacBook Air Y-series Intel CPU mustered only 2,738. The Air soundly beat the 5,084 from the ZenBook 13 and the 5,319 from the XPS 13 (both tested with the Intel Core i7-1165G7 CPU and 16GB of RAM), on the comparable Geekbench 5.2 test. The Air scored 5,962 on the Geekbench 5.1 (Intel) multicore test, which was practically in a dead-heat with the 5,925 from the M1 MacBook Pro. This MacBook Air? It feels like a Pro.Īnd let's see how that shakes out in benchmarks - and I'll note that not all of our tests were done with Universal versions of apps, and Intel versions aren't optimized for the M1. Before this, I was a bit skeptical, even with Apple's boasts of 3.5x improved performance vs the Intel MacBook Air released earlier this year, because I've always pushed my MacBooks to the limit, and needed a MacBook Pro, and not an Air, to do my work. This includes when I connected an external monitor. Most of the time, the MacBook Air with M1 felt - performance-wise - like it was identical (if not faster) than the 2020 Core i5 MacBook Pro I've used to test Big Sur, or the 2017 Core i7 MacBook Pro work computer I relied upon. Oh, and in the background, 20GB of 4K video was being AirDrop transferred, while everything stayed smooth and stable.
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When I split its screen between 20 Chrome (Intel, not Universal) tabs and a 1080p YouTube video - plus Apple's Mail and Photos app, Pixelmator (again, an Intel app) and 1Password (Intel, again) in the background, I never saw anything close to a hiccup. The MacBook Air's performance - powered by the M1 processor and 16GB of RAM - is phenomenal. The latest report out of Bloomberg suggests a revamped MacBook Air will arrive sometime in 2022. But for those who are still waiting may be rewarded, the MacBook Air 2022 is rumored to have thinner bezels and MagSafe charging. The MacBook Air with M1 debuted on November 17, 2020. The $1,249 model is a little more stacked, with 512GB of SSD storage - plus an 8-core GPU. That model has an 8-core CPU and 7-core GPU, 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. The MacBook Air with M1 starts at $999 (opens in new tab), though educational customers can get it for $899. MacBook Air with M1 review: Price and release date
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