Speed tests on the new MacBook Air refresh have revealed an interesting discrepancy. TLD Today benchmarked the 128GB SSDs shipping in the 11in MacBook Air and 13in MacBook Air models and found the smaller model is packing a drive that achieves much faster read/write speeds. The 128GB Samsung SM128C SSD in the 11in MacBook Air delivered 246 MB/s writing and 264 MB/s reading data while the 128GB Toshiba TS128C SSD in the 13in model gave speeds of 156 MB/s and 208 MB/s.
Engadget followed up the discovery with its own tests and verified the difference. It found that 256GB Samsung drive in its older MacBook Air delivered similar speeds to the new 11in MacBook Air but that the 13in MacBook Air was substantially slower. In day-to-day usage, the drop in speed is likely to be unnoticeable but it’s still interesting to discover the difference between models. You can see TLD Today’s demonstration of how some MacBook Air SSDs are speedier than others by clicking through…
