M3 MacBook Air Gets SSD Speed Boost With Dual Storage Chips, Benchmarks Show 33% Faster Writes Over M2 Model
• iFixit teardown reveals M3 MacBook Air now has two 128GB storage chips instead of one 256GB chip, improving SSD speeds • Testing shows M3 has 33% faster write speeds and 82% faster read speeds compared to M2 MacBook Air • Logic boards show the dual SSD storage chips on the M3 model vs single chip on M2 • Apple still sells slower M2 MacBook Air for $999 - be aware if buying the base model • Aside from SSD change, not much else different between M2 and M3 MacBook Air models