Apple MacBook Air 13" M1 Gold 2020

★★★★☆ 4.2 (4)
CPU Apple M1
RAM 8 GB
Storage 128 GB
Screen 13" 2560x1600
GPU Apple M1
OS macOS
Weight 0.9 kg
Apple MacBook Air 13" M1 Gold 2020 laptop
50 Overall Score
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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong reliability (97th percentile) 97th
  • Strong portability (97th percentile) 97th
  • Strong screen (84th percentile) 84th

Cons

  • Below average storage (12th percentile)
  • Below average ram (14th percentile)
  • Below average social proof (24th percentile)

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 45.7
GPU 58.8
RAM 13.9
Ports 52.8
Screen 83.6
Portability 97.2
Storage 11.8
Reliability 97.4
Social Proof 24.4

Specifications

Full Specifications

Processor

CPU Apple M1
Cores 8
Frequency 3.2 GHz

Graphics

GPU Apple M1
Type Integrated
VRAM Type System Shared

Memory & Storage

RAM 8 GB
RAM Generation DDR4
Storage 1 128 GB
Storage 1 Type SSD
Storage 2 128 GB
Storage 2 Type HDD

Display

Size 13"
Resolution 2560x1600 (QHD)
Panel IPS

Connectivity

USB-C Ports 2
USB Ports 2
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0

Physical

Weight 0.9 kg / 2.0 lbs
OS macOS

vs Competition

Spec Apple MacBook Air 13" M1 ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403WW-G14.R95080 Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 HP OMEN Transcend MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition
CPU Apple M1 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX Intel Core Ultra 9 285H Intel Core Ultra 7 258V Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100
RAM (GB) 8 32 64 32 32 64
Storage (GB) 128 2000 2048 1024 1000 1024
Screen 13" 2560x1600 14" 2880x1800 16" 2560x1600 14" 2880x1800 13.3" 2880x1800 15" 2496x1664
GPU Apple M1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Intel Arc Graphics Qualcomm Adreno GPU
OS macOS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Pro Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Pro
Weight (kg) 0.9 1.6 4.9 1.6 1 1.7
Battery (Wh) - - - 71 - 66
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product CPUGPURAMPortsScreenPortabilityStorageReliabilitySocial Proof
Apple MacBook Air 13" M1 45.758.813.952.883.697.211.897.424.4
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403WW-G14.R95080 Compare 88.991.291.79196.474.989.259.898.3
Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 Compare 96.39298.799.795.57.297.580.687.1
HP OMEN Transcend Compare 88.292.790.59196.473.667.732.897.3
MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare 63.66580.880.891.696.472.459.888.2
Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition Compare 98.827.498.764.39157.580.380.679.7

Price

Value & Pricing

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Usage Scores

Overall (50.4)AI/LLM (21.5)Gaming (15.7)Portability (72.1)Creator (39)Student (55.9)Business (60)Developer (45)Entertainment (56.9)

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