Apple MacBook Air 13.6" M4 Starlight 2025
The M4 chip and 24GB of unified memory deliver brisk, silent performance in a fanless aluminum chassis weighing 1.24kg. Its 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display at 500 nits remains crisp under bright light, while Thunderbolt/USB4 ports and macOS tie into Apple’s ecosystem. Best suited for road warriors, students, and business users who need a featherweight Mac with silent operation and no gaming muscle.
CPU Apple M4
RAM 24 GB
Storage 256 GB
Screen 13.6" 2560x1664
GPU Apple (10-Core)
OS macOS
Weight 1.2 kg
Battery 54 Wh
75 Overall Score
Price $1,199
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong compact (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong user sentiment (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong screen (85th percentile) 85th
Cons
- Below average social proof (2th percentile)
- Below average gpu (19th percentile)
- Below average storage (27th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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88/100Our AI sentiment read
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The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Apple M4 |
| Cores | 10 |
Graphics
| GPU | Apple (10-Core) |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 24 GB |
| RAM Generation | LPDDR5 |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Display
| Size | 13.6" |
| Resolution | 2560 (QHD) |
| Panel | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 60 Hz |
| Brightness | 500 nits |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 2 |
| USB Ports | 0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| Ethernet | No |
Physical
| Weight | 1.2 kg / 2.7 lbs |
| Battery | 54 Wh |
| OS | macOS |
vs Competition
| Spec | Apple MacBook Air 13.6" M4 | ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA403WW-G14.R95080 | Lenovo Legion Pro Series Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US | HP OmniBook X Flip 14-fk0033dx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Apple M4 | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V | AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 |
| RAM (GB) | 24 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 24 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 2000 | 1024 | 1000 | 1024 | 1024 |
| Screen | 13.6" 2560x1664 | 14" 2880x1800 | 16" 2560x1600 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 | 14" 1920x1200 |
| GPU | Apple (10-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU | Intel Arc | Intel Arc | AMD Radeon 860M |
| OS | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Battery (Wh) | 54 | - | 99 | - | 15 | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | User Sentiment | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple MacBook Air 13.6" M4 | 73.5 | 18.5 | 67.3 | 61 | 84.7 | 89.4 | 26.5 | 88.5 | 96.3 | 1.5 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA403WW-G14.R95080 Compare | 86.4 | 91.4 | 92.2 | 66.5 | 95.3 | 72.7 | 90 | 98.2 | 58.3 | 97.5 |
| Lenovo Legion Pro Series Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 Compare | 96.7 | 89.9 | 90.3 | 97.9 | 94.4 | 8.5 | 81.4 | 93.9 | 78.6 | 99.9 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.7 | 64 | 81.2 | 82.8 | 90 | 95.3 | 73.8 | 93.9 | 58.3 | 85.3 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US Compare | 66.9 | 64 | 81.2 | 66.5 | 94.8 | 85.5 | 81.4 | 0 | 78.6 | 96.3 |
| HP OmniBook X Flip 14-fk0033dx Compare | 74.9 | 60.2 | 84 | 82.8 | 71.7 | 77.5 | 69.4 | 98.2 | 31.9 | 96.3 |
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Other Configurations41
MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 16GB256GBSky Blue$1,099MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 16GB512GBSilver$1,153MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 24GB512GBMidnight$1,167MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 24GB1TBSky Blue$1,199MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 24GB512GBSilver$1,199MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"M416GB512GBSilver$1,199MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 24GB512GBMidnight$1,199MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 16GB512GBStarlight$1,199MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 24GB512GBStarlight$1,267
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MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 16GB256GBSilver$829MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 16GB256GBSky Blue$854MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 16GB512GBSky Blue$949MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 16GB512GBMidnight$950MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 16GB512GBSky Blue$950MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 16GB512GBSilver$999MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 16GB256GBMidnight$1,049MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 16GB512GBMidnight$1,058MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 16GB512GBStarlight$1,099MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 16GB256GBMidnight$1,099MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 16GB256GBStarlight$1,099MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 24GB1TBMidnight$1,349MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 32GB256GBSky Blue$1,399MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 24GB256GBStarlight$1,399MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 16GB512GBSky Blue$1,399MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 16GB1TBSky Blue$1,399MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 24GB512GBMidnight$1,399MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 24GB512GBSilver$1,499MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 32GB512GBStarlight$1,599MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 16GB1TBStarlight$1,599MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 32GB256GBMidnight$1,599MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 24GB1TBSilver$1,599MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 24GB1TBSky Blue$1,799MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 16GB2TBSilver$1,799MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 32GB1TBMidnight$1,799MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 32GB512GBSky Blue$1,799MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 32GB1TBMidnight$1,999MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 16GB2TBSky Blue$1,999MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 24GB2TBSilver$1,999MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 24GB2TBSilver$2,199MacBook Air 13.6" M413.6"Apple M4 32GB2TBSky Blue$2,199MacBook Air 15.3" M415.3"Apple M4 32GB2TBMidnight$2,399
