MacBook Air M1 Chip

Power. It’s in the Air.

Our thinnest, lightest notebook, is completely transformed by the Apple M1 chip. CPU speeds up to 3.5x faster. GPU speeds up to 5x faster. Our most advanced Neural Engine for up to 9x faster machine learning. The longest battery life ever in a MacBook Air. And a silent, fanless design. This much power has never been this ready to go with MacBook Air M1 .

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MacBook Air M1 8‑Core CPU and 7‑Core GPU 256GB SSD

8-core CPU Devours tasks. Sips battery.

M1 has the fastest CPU we’ve ever made. With that kind of processing speed, MacBook Air can take on new extraordinarily intensive tasks like professional-quality editing and action-packed gaming. But the 8‑core CPU on M1 isn‘t just up to 3.5x faster than the previous generation2 — it balances high-performance cores with efficiency cores that can still crush everyday jobs while using just a tenth of the power.

MacBook Air M1 8‑Core CPU and 7‑Core GPU 256GB SSD

MacBook Air M1 Small Chip. Giant Leap

It’s here. Our first chip was designed specifically for Mac. Packed with an astonishing 16 billion transistors, the Apple M1 system on a chip (SoC) integrates the CPU, GPU, Neural Engine, I/O, and so much more onto a single tiny chip. With incredible performance, custom technologies, and industry-leading power efficiency, M1 is not just the next step for Mac — it’s another level entirely.

MacBook Air M1 Machine Learning

Up to 9x faster. Even for a 16‑core Neural Engine, that’s a lot to process. Apps on MacBook Air can use machine learning (ML) to automatically retouch photos like a pro, make smart tools such as magic wands and audio filters more accurate at auto‑detection, and so much more. That’s not just brainpower — that’s the power of a full stack of ML technologies.

MacBook Air M1 Specifications

 Apple M1 chip with 8‑core CPU, 7‑core GPU, and 16‑core Neural Engine

8GB unified memory

256GB SSD storage

Retina display with True Tone

Magic Keyboard

Touch ID

Force Touch trackpad

Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports.