Apple MacBook Air M2 now Rs 14,000 cheaper than newly launched MacBook Air M3

Apple has launched its latest MacBook Air M3 in India, starting at a price of Rs 1,14,900. Alongside this announcement, the company has also reduced the price of the previous-generation model, the MacBook Air M2. The M2 now starts at Rs 99,900, making it Rs 14,000 cheaper than the new M3-powered MacBook Air.

Both the M2 and M3 models have similar features, such as a sleek and lightweight design, a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display with True Tone technology, a 1080p FaceTime HD camera, and a convenient MagSafe 3 charging port. They also share two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports, a Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, and a Force Touch trackpad.

The main difference lies in the processing power and graphics capabilities. The newer MacBook Air M3 is equipped with an M3 chipset, which offers improved CPU, GPU, and NPU performance compared to the M2 chip.


Another distinction between the two models is the Wi-Fi chip. The MacBook Air M3 comes with the newer Wi-Fi 6E standard, which is said to provide better connectivity and range, while the MacBook Air M2 comes with Wi-Fi 6.

How the two MacBook’s compare

Feature	MacBook Air M2 13	MacBook Air M3 13
CPU	8-core M2 chip	8-core M3 chip
GPU	Up to 10-core GPU	Up to 10-core GPU with Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
Unified Memory	Up to 24GB	Up to 24GB
Storage	Up to 2TB	Up to 2TB
Battery Life	Up to 18 hrs	Up to 18 hrs
Touch ID	Yes	Yes
Compute SoC	M2 chip	M3 chip
CPU Cores	8 cores (4 performance, 4 efficiency)	8 cores (4 performance, 4 efficiency)
GPU Cores	Up to 10 cores	Up to 10 cores with Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
Neural Engine	16-core	16-core
Memory Bandwidth	100GB/s	100GB/s
Media Engine	Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW	Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW, AV1 decode engine
Video Decode Engine	Yes	Yes
Video Encode Engine	Yes	Yes
ProRes Encode/Decode Engine	Yes	Yes