MacBook Air 13″ (2020) · M1 · 8 GB / 256 GB
CPU index
100
×1.00 vs M1
GPU index
100
×1.00 vs M1
Memory
8
GB unified
Storage
256
256 GB
Bandwidth
68
GB/s
Role
Baseline
Atlas reference 100/100
This MacBook Air 13″ configuration uses the M1 (8-CPU/7-GPU) with 8 GB unified memory and 256 GB storage. On MacDiff its CPU index is 100 (×1.00 vs the entry-level M1 Air) and its GPU index is 100 (×1.00). The origin of the scale is the 2020 MacBook Air M1 at 100/100 — MacDiff’s own relative units, not Geekbench or Apple scores.
MacDiff lists 2 configurations of the MacBook Air 13″. CPU indices on this model run 100–100 and GPU indices run 100–108. This page is the entry config listed for this model.
Family: MacBook Air. Released 2020. Apple date: 2020-11-17. Compare it with other Macs on the compare tool, or read how the index is built on the methodology page.
Configurations
| Chip | CPU / GPU | CPU | GPU | Mem | Bandwidth | Storage | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 (8-CPU/7-GPU)this page | 100 | 100 | 8 GB | 68 GB/s | 256 GB | $999 | Compare | |
| M1 (8-CPU/8-GPU) | 100 | 108 | 8 GB | 68 GB/s | 256 GB | $1249 | Compare |
Specifications
Apple published figures for this configuration. Not MacDiff scores.
Chassis
- Weight
- 1.29 kg
- Size
- 304.1 × 212.4 × 4.1–16.1 mm
Ports
- Thunderbolt
- 2× Thunderbolt 3
- USB-C (not Thunderbolt)
- None
- USB-A
- None
- HDMI
- None
- MagSafe
- None
- Headphone jack
- 3.5 mm
- SD card
- None
- Ethernet
- None
- Charging
- Thunderbolt
Display
- Panel
- 13.3-inch Retina display
- Resolution
- 2560x1600
- Density
- 227 ppi
- SDR brightness
- 400 nits
- Color
- P3
- True Tone
- Yes
- Nano-texture
- No
- External displays
- 1 — One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz
Camera
- Camera
- 720p FaceTime HD
- Center Stage
- No
- Desk View
- No
Audio
- Speakers
- 2
- Microphones
- 3
- Spatial Audio
- No
- Dolby Atmos
- Yes
- Audio
- Stereo speakers. Support for Dolby Atmos playback. Three-mic array with directional beamforming.
Wireless
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
Keyboard and trackpad
- Backlit keyboard
- Yes
- Touch ID
- Yes
- Touch Bar
- No
- Force Touch trackpad
- Yes
Battery and power
- Battery
- 49.9 Wh
- Video playback
- Up to 18 hours (Apple)
- Wireless web
- Up to 15 hours (Apple)
- Fast charge
- No
- Charge cable
- USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)
- Power adapter
- 30W
Chip
- CPU layout
- 4 performance + 4 efficiency
- Neural Engine
- 16-core
- Media engine
- media encode and decode engines
- Neural Engine index
- 100
- Media engine index
- 100
- Hardware ray tracing
- No
- Memory bandwidth
- 68 GB/s
In the box
- macOS at launch
- macOS Big Sur
- Cable
- USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)
Notes
A 128GB SSD option existed for education institutions only (7-core GPU bin).
Related in MacBook Air
FAQ — MacBook Air 13″ on MacDiff
What is the CPU index of this MacBook Air 13″?
This configuration (M1 (8-CPU/7-GPU)) has a CPU index of 100, about ×1.00 the MacBook Air M1 baseline of 100 on MacDiff.
What is the GPU index?
GPU index 100 (≈ ×1.00 vs M1). Indices are relative references, not raw Geekbench scores.
How does it compare to the MacBook Air M1?
Relative to the fixed MacDiff baseline (100/100), this page shows roughly ×1.00 CPU and ×1.00 GPU for the selected memory/storage config. Use Compare to stack it against other Macs.