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MacBook Air and MacBook Pro M1 Chips Have Same 8-Core CPUs, No Upgrades Available

The newly announced MacBook Air (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macbook-air/) and MacBook Pro models that Apple announced today are equipped with the same 8-core M1 chip that also offers an integrated GPU, with Apple offering no CPU upgrades.





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There is, however, a GPU upgrade available for the ‌MacBook Air‌. By default, the ‌MacBook Air‌ ships with an M1 chip with a 7-core GPU, while the MacBook Pro has the same M1 chip with an 8-core GPU.





If you choose the $1,249 ‌MacBook Air‌ model with a 512GB SSD, it upgrades to an 8-core GPU instead of the default 7-core GPU, but there is no custom configuration option to choose the lower tier model with the upgraded 8-core GPU option.





Both the &zwnj;MacBook Air&zwnj; and the MacBook Pro can be customized with more RAM and more storage space. The Mac mini (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/mac-mini/) also has the same M1 chip with 8-core GPU as the MacBook Pro with no GPU/CPU upgrade option available. The new models are available today and will start shipping out next week. <div class="linkback">Related Roundups: Mac mini (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/mac-mini/), MacBook Air (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macbook-air/)</div><div class="linkback">Buyer's Guide: Mac Mini (Buy Now) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Mac_Mini), MacBook Air (Buy Now) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#MacBook_Air), 13" MacBook Pro (Buy Now) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#MacBook_Pro_13)</div>
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