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 MacBook Air 15 (M2).
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Tests and Specifications
Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Apple MacBook Air 15 (M2)
| 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 |
| Size |
15.3 inches |
| Type |
IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate |
60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate |
No |
| 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 |
| Full charging time |
2:50 hr |
| Battery type |
Li-Po |
| Replaceable |
No |
| Fast charging |
Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) |
Yes, 70 W |
| Charging port position |
Left |
| Charge power |
35 / 70 W |
| Cable length |
2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter |
189 / 208 grams |
| 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)
2494
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9936
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
122
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
569
| TGP |
15 W |
| Type |
Integrated |
| Fabrication process |
5 nm |
| GPU base clock |
500 MHz |
| GPU boost clock |
1398 MHz |
| FLOPS |
2.9 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 |
2.9 TFLOPS |
| Blender GPU |
287 |
| Solar Bay |
6590 |
| Channels |
2x4 GB |
| Clock |
6400 MHz |
| Type |
LPDDR5 |
| Upgradable |
No |
| Bus |
Custom |
| Storage type |
SSD (M2) |
| Channels |
1x256 GB |
| Upgradable |
No |
| NVMe |
Yes |
| Speakers |
2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) |
| Dolby Atmos |
Yes |
| Loudness |
~85 dB |
| Microphones |
3 |
| 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 |
Keyboard
| Keyboard type |
Island |
| Numpad |
No |
| Backlight |
Yes |
| Key travel |
1 mm |
Touchpad
| Surface |
Glass |
| Windows Precision |
No |
Comparison with competitors
