Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with the powerful M3 chip

Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by deskamess on Monday March 04, 2024 @06:47PM (#39597660)

Do you think the new M3 Air w/16 GB could be comparable CPU wise to the M1 Pro? I am guessing GPU wise (for inference like apps) it probably falls behind.

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by threeseed on Monday March 04, 2024 @07:18PM (#39597867)

CPU was never the problem with the Air it's the thermal system. Depending on what you're doing the device simply can't soak up enough heat and so it ends up throttling the CPU.

It takes a long operation e.g. compilation for 10-20 mins before it really starts to fall behind the Pro models.

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by deskamess on Monday March 04, 2024 @07:55PM (#39598142)

Thanks.

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