Apple MacBook Air 15-inch M2 Chip (16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) vs Apple MacBook Air 13-inch M3 (8GB Unified Memory, 256GB SSD)
What separates them
These two differ on 12 recorded specifications. The Apple MacBook Air 15-inch M2 Chip (16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) is ₹55,000 dearer. They are different kinds of product — laptops against laptop — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Apple MacBook Air 15-inch M2 Chip (16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) vs Apple MacBook Air 13-inch M3 (8GB Unified Memory, 256GB SSD)
Apple
Apple MacBook Air 15-inch M2 Chip (16GB RAM, 512GB SSD)
₹1,54,900
Two hard limits on the M2 that no listing states plainly.
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Apple MacBook Air 13-inch M3 (8GB Unified Memory, 256GB SSD)
₹99,900
The MacBook Air 13 M3 is silent, bright at 500 nits, and lasts around 15 hours on light work. The base configuration's two real limits are a soldered 8 GB of memory with no upgrade path, and a single-chip 256 GB SSD that is slower than the 512 GB option.
Full details →Who the Apple MacBook Air 15-inch M2 Chip is for
Buy it if: Anyone wanting genuine all-day silent battery life for writing, browsing and light creative work.
Avoid it if: Anyone needing two external monitors, or sustained heavy rendering.
Who the Apple MacBook Air 13-inch M3 is for
Buy it if: Writers, students and developers wanting a silent, genuinely portable machine with excellent battery life and a bright display.
Avoid it if: Anyone doing long video exports, running virtual machines, or who expects to need more than 8 GB — the memory cannot be upgraded later.
Specifications, side by side
12 of 14 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Apple MacBook Air 15-inch M2 Chip | Apple MacBook Air 13-inch M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹1,54,900 | ₹99,900 |
| Battery | 66.5 Wh, genuinely 15 hours of light work | 52.6 Wh |
| Brightness | 500 nits sustained | 500 nits sustained full-screen |
| Display size | 15.3 inch | 13.6 in |
| Form factor | 15 inch fanless ultrabook | 13.6-inch laptop |
| Memory | 16 GB unified, soldered -- not upgradeable at any point | 8 GB unified, soldered |
| Panel type | Liquid Retina IPS, 2880 x 1864, 60 Hz | IPS Liquid Retina |
| Ports | 2 x Thunderbolt / USB 4, MagSafe 3, headphone. No HDMI, no card reader | 2x Thunderbolt 3, MagSafe 3, 3.5 mm |
| Processor | Apple M2, 8 core CPU, 10 core GPU | Apple M3, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU |
| Storage | 512 GB SSD, soldered | 256 GB SSD, single NAND chip |
| Sustained TDP | About 20 W. Fanless, so long heavy loads throttle where a fanned M2 Pro does not | 20 W |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 year Apple limited warranty |
| Weight | 1.51 kg | 1.24 kg |
| External displays | One only. The M2 cannot drive two external monitors | not published |
| Refresh rate | not published | 60 Hz |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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