![]() ![]() The M2 Air's thermal throttling can occasionally slow it down enough to make it no faster than the M1 Air it replaces, though this is something many users will never encounter in their day-to-day use. ![]() It remains true that the peak temperatures of the M2 chip in both the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air can exceed the peak temperatures of the M1 chip during sustained workloads, including large photo and video export jobs. Multiple Ars commenters have pointed out that this is likely to be incorrect-thermal paste does appear to bridge the gap between the M2 and the strip of metal above it, and that metal strip is likely to serve as some kind of a heat spreader (in addition to an RF shield that helps avoid wireless interference). ![]() Update: Based on the iFixit teardown, a previous version of this article asserted that the M2 MacBook Air didn't include any kind of passive cooling for the M2 chip. Further Reading M2 MacBook Air teardown reveals accelerometer, minimal heat management ![]()
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