Key Takeaways Apple released the M4 MacBook Air earlier this month. Several reviews suggest that upgrading is worth it. The latest version has a new M4 chip that improves speed and performance, which reviewers said is apparent when compared to older models.

Still, the new M4 MacBook Air is impressively powerful. I put it through GeekBench's CPU test and got great results: a 3,778 single-core score, and a 14,992 multi-core score. That's considerably faster than any earlier Mac when it comes to single-core operation, and roughly on par with an M2 Max when it comes to multi-core operation.

The price cut is going to sting for those who purchased the M3 MacBook Air in the last 12 months, but for everyone else, this is a win.