Apple MacBook Air 15 (M2)

  • Launched: June 2023
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~83.9%
  • Dimensions: 340.4 x 237.6 x 11.5 mm (13.4 x 9.35 x 0.45 inches)
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Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Apple MacBook Air 15 (M2)
Performance
61
Gaming
18
Display
55
Battery Life
84
Connectivity
79
Portability
81
BestCheck Score
63

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Apple MacBook Air 15 (M2)

Case

Weight 1.51 kg (3.33 lbs)
Dimensions 340.4 x 237.6 x 11.5 mm 13.4 x 9.35 x 0.45 inches
Area 809 cm2 (125.3 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~83.9%
Side bezels 5.4 mm
Colors Black, Silver, Gold, Gray
Material Aluminum
Transformer No
Opening angle 130°
Cooling solution
Cooling system Passive
Vapor chamber No
Liquid metal No

Display

 
Size 15.3 inches
Type IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz
PPI 224 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10
Resolution 2880 x 1864 pixels
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Coating Glossy (Antireflective)
Ambient light sensor Yes
Display tests
Contrast 1326:1
sRGB color space 99.9%
Adobe RGB profile 98.9%
DCI-P3 color gamut 98.7%
Response time 24 ms
Max. brightness
500 nits

Battery

Capicity
Full charging time 2:50 hr
Battery type Li-Po
Replaceable No
Fast charging Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes
Charging port position Left
Charge power 35 / 70 W
Cable length 2 meters
Weight of AC adapter 116 / 165 grams

CPU

 
Base frequency 3.5 GHz
Cores 8 (4P + 4E)
Threads 8
Integrated GPU Apple M2 GPU
Fabrication process 5 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2580
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9752
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1517
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
8204

Graphics Card

 
TGP 15 W
Type Integrated
Fabrication process 5 nm
GPU base clock 500 MHz
GPU boost clock 1398 MHz
FLOPS 2.86 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory type LPDDR5
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory speed 6.4 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 1024
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32
GPU performance
2.86 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 2x4 GB
Clock 6400 MHz
Type LPDDR5
Upgradable No

Storage

 
Bus Custom
Storage type SSD (M2)
Channels 1x256 GB
Upgradable No

Sound

Speakers 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers)
Dolby Atmos Yes
Loudness ~85 dB
Microphones 3

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6
Bluetooth v5.3
Fingerprint Yes
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080
Ports
USB-A No
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 3
HDMI No
DisplayPort No
VGA No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) No
SD card reader No
Proprietary charging port Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Backlight Yes
Key travel 1 mm
Touchpad
Surface Glass
Windows Precision No