In comparison to the Samsung flash storage used in the previous-generation 13-inch MacBook Air, iFixit said 'it's definitely an update.' A teardown of the 11-inch MacBook Air, which does not feature the faster flash storage, was equipped with SanDisk flash memory and a Marvell controller. The 13-inch MacBook Air saw average write speeds of 629.9MB/s and average read speeds of 1285.4MB/s.Īn iFixit teardown of the 13-inch MacBook Air conducted this morning suggests the notebook is using Samsung flash memory with a Samsung controller. IFixit decided to test Apple's 'two times faster' claim by comparing SSD speeds between a new 11-inch MacBook Air and a new 13-inch MacBook Air, with results that suggest the SSD in the 13-inch MacBook Air is indeed nearly twice as fast as the SSD in the MacBook Air.Īverage write speeds for the 11-inch MacBook Air using Black Magic's Disk Speed Test were 315MB/s, while average read speeds were 668MB/s. The 11-inch MacBook Air did not receive the same flash storage update. Both models received the same processor updates, but the 13-inch MacBook Air got an extra boost - new PCIe-based flash storage that Apple says is 'up to two times faster' than the flash storage used in the previous generation MacBook Air. Apple on Monday refreshed its MacBook Air lineup, adding Broadwell chips and Intel 6000 graphics.

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