M3 MacBook Air 8GB vs 16GB RAM - Apple FIXED the base model?

Just how BAD is the base 8GB RAM M3 MacBook Air? Let's see how much the $200 upgrade helps!

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Timestamps ⬇️
8GB vs 16GB RAM - 00:00
Ram Usage While Idle - 00:17
Dual NAND SSD - 00:29
Geekbench 6 CPU & GPU - 01:13
Web Browser 3.0 Speed Test - 01:19
5 Safari Tabs Speed Test - 01:31
Blender 3D Rendering - 02:01
Lightroom Classic Photo Editing - 03:24
Google Chrome 15 Tabs - 05:12
20 Tabs Lightroom Export Results - 06:08
Using Chrome While Exporting - 07:38
Speedometer 3.0 Multitasking - 09:02
Lightroom Export While Multitasking - 09:40
Final Cut Pro Video Editing - 10:20
Which MacBook should you buy? - 10:51

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[JonWatkins]

There is no reason in 2024 for apple to be doing 8gb as standard, 16gb should be the new base at NO EXTRA FEE

[jeffrey]

Moral of the story: more RAM is better 😃👍

[dragonballjiujitsu]

No modern computer should come with less than 16GB of RAM. Pushing out machines with 8GB in 2024 is like dropping a 5400RPM rotating rust drive in a desktop machine for the boot drive.

[jyotitva]

How Max Tech reads the viewers demand is amazing. Really makes me stick to one tech channel in the ocean of this niche.

[matthewleppan]

This was the most helpful video I’ve watched. Been looking at reviews for well over a week and this was the game change video

[ldyqmfu]

That is exactly the type of review I needed! 16gb on my future M3 Air indeed 🙂
Thank you

[BarisPalabiyik]

External monitors eats from the RAM too, it should be discussed too, I use my M2 Air with a huuge monitor connected, I couldn't do many tasks properly with external monitor on 8 gigs.

[VideoStoryCreator]

This is an interesting result to see the significant difference. Just out of curiosity, how does the M1 Air compare to the M3 Air (at the base 8GB model for each)?

[kirkn]

great video - would be interesting to see how much heat they were producing during those tests

[quikesteve]

Could you do a video comparing battery drain between browsers like Chrome vs Safari or Opera? I notice in my 14" M1 Pro that any browser other than Safari drains the battery twice as fast. Keep up the good work.

[dris]

You have to remember that for the M1/2/3 chips, the ram shown is shared with GPU memory. So 8GB is only really around 4GB-6GB of memory for programs.

[gjwbgpb]

Thanks man. Clear explanation. I needed this.

[danielguzman]

I really liked this comparison, thank you. I wonder How does the base M3 MacBook Pro (8GB - 512GB) perform against the 16GB - 256GB M3 MacBook Air... Maybe the best SSD surpasses the extra RAM in multitasking? or Base macbook air vs base macbook pro with this test.

[kevinaraneda]

Muchas gracias por el video Max... es JUSTAMENTE LO QUE ESTABA BUSCANDO. Necesito renovar mi Macbook Pro mid 2012 y tenia la duda sobre configurar 16ram/256 o 8ram/512... creo que ya esta mas que claro, que 16 ejecutará mejor en un par de años

[jacopoalberto]

This video is exactly what I was looking for. I love it! Thank you so much

[ZeroDay_tv]

That was really an educating Video
Thank you far the comparison ❤

[PatrickSteil]

Would love to see similar test between 16 and 24Gb models.

How much do you have to push the 16gb for it to slow down compared to 24Gb.

My 16Gb M1 is awesome :)

[tipsyjack]

Can you do the same RAM comparisons between the M1, M2 and M3 base configurations? If someone, like me, is wanting to upgrade from the M1 to M3 is it worth it since the SSD speeds are faster on the M1? Thanks and keep up the good work!

[airtightbox]

Okay, so what are the storage performance differences between 512GB and 1TB, on a system with 16GB RAM?

[LL-qmsl]

Are there any significant performance differences between the 13' and 15' models?