Apple is expected to release the latest M4 MacBook Air in a few months. However, the public may not have to wait that long to gauge how the new device will perform. Â
Based on reports, the M4 Air recently leaked on the Geekbench Archives. The benchmark included test results, indicating a performance that could compete with the MacBook Pro 14.
More concretely, the unidentified device on the website was labeled as Mac16,12. Although it does not correspond to existing Mac codenames, it matches a Mac identifier that Apple accidentally leaked, which was linked to the M4 version.
In addition, the leaks featured a device that runs macOS 15.2 and a 10-core graphics processing unit (GPU). If this holds, it will be a significant upgrade from the previous M3 version featuring 8 GPU cores. At the same time, the upcoming laptop from the tech giant integrates 24GB of random access memory (RAM) in its arsenal.
According to a Techradar report, the benchmark could have been faked to serve a purpose. However, the details that surfaced somewhat align with what is generally expected from the all-new Apple hardware.
Moreover, a Geekbench Metal test was conducted to compare the alleged M4 MacBook Air and other laptop models from the California-based company.
“The MacBook Air M4 scored 33.5% higher on the Geekbench Metal test than the MacBook Air 13 M3, and it’s just 4.8% lower than the MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024),” Madeline Ricchiuto of MSN reported.
The M4 is not expected to beat the M4 Pro as the latter has an active cooling feature. On the other hand, this makes the M4 more impressive, since it was able to achieve great GPU performance even with its fanless design.
Furthermore, the device may also include an upgraded LCD and an enhanced webcam resolution. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman forecasts the M4 MacBook Air to be on sale by March.
