Laptop recovery MacBook air with the M3 processors was something quite expected among many Apple fans and users, however, before buying any of these devices, it would probably be necessary to take into account the profile of the products and the use they want to give them, as YouTube Max Tech found that the performance of the 15-inch model is 33% lower than that of the MacBook Pro 14 inches with the same processor.

The main reason why the MacBook Air with the M3 performs worse than the MacBook Pro with the same processor is not hard to guess: using passive dispersion the first one. The fact that the MacBook Air lacks a fan to increase dissipation causes it to heat up and therefore ultimately offer poorer performance. In fact, Max Tech found out The processor reached 114 degrees Celsius and the GPU 102.9 degrees during testing.

How could it be otherwise Reaching such high temperatures causes heat suffocation, a defense mechanism that activates when a component exceeds the temperatures it can theoretically withstand, and which consists of reducing power to avoid overheating. If he heat suffocation It has a bad reputation, but if it wasn’t there, the situation would be even worse, so if it is activated, one has to wonder if the dispersal mechanisms are doing their job well, which may be due to the fact that they are not up to date, the heights, they are in a bad state , they don’t work well or they just don’t work at all.

Although both laptop models have the same processor, an Apple M3 with eight CPU-level cores and ten GPU-level cores, the MacBook Air’s poorer heat dissipation results in 33% lower performance than the MacBook Pro. a test Max Tech conducted with 3D Mark, in which the Air scored 5,916 and the Pro scored 7,933.

Another point to consider is that The MacBook Air chassis is made entirely of aluminum, so it conducts heat more and reaches temperatures between 45 and 46 degrees. This means that the laptop is especially hot to the touch when under full load.

From the material published by Max Tech, it can be concluded that the MacBook Air with the M3 processor is not a device specifically designed for demanding tasks, so in this context, the MacBook Pro is a better choice. On the other hand, the fact that the Air series is not up to the task of performing heavy tasks may not justify the exorbitant prices of the laptops that make it up, but we already know in which league Apple plays.