M3 MBA 2024 Macbook Air 評測　AI 生成圖像、影片實試 | 廣東話 | 中/ENG CC

MBA has always been positioned as a lightweight document machine However, with the rise of generative AI in recent years the demand for document machines is getting higher and higher In addition to the need for smoothly using text AI to improve efficiency having the ability to generate images would be ideal And with the M3 MBA which is the third-generation Silicon architecture chip Will it be able to control this new document machine ecosystem? We primarily use it for Testing various AI tools Let's see how they perform If you don't want to miss the latest technology news Remember to subscribe to the unwire.hk YouTube channel And hit the notification bell The current generation M3 MBA and the previous generation look They are identical The four colors also follow the M2 MBA However, the official said a new coating has been used Using anodic sealing technology Greatly reducing fingerprints Indeed, after comparing, the M2 MBA is more prone to fingerprints and oil marks, although the new MBA is not yet able to completely avoid fingerprints, but it already looks much better in terms of appearance. In addition, the current generation can support up to two external monitors when the MBA is closed, which is great for those who want to edit videos on double monitors, or for the stock trading experts. Just plug in two large monitors when you get home, and it really enhances the user experience. The new device also supports WiFi 6E The download speed is twice as fast as the previous WiFi 6 As for the biggest upgrade of this generation Of course, it is the switch to the Apple M3 chip It is 60% faster than the M1 MBA It also has a faster and more efficient Neural Network Engine The official indicates that this corresponds to AI tool applications The effect is very obvious What we are testing this time is the 13 inch Equipped with an 8-core CPU 10 core GPU 16GB unified memory 512GB SSD storage M3 MBA The official price is HKD 11,999 Just mentioned Now more and more people will use AI tools to improve efficiency M3 MBA can handle most tasks excellently For example, students and office workers Can use MS Office Copilot Generating presentations or charts People who write creative copy ChatGPT can provide creative inspiration It can even write a first draft for them Influencers or internet media editors Can use Photoshop to generate and modify All kinds of photos The creative space is infinite With AI becoming more and more useful Humans can complete work faster and more conveniently However, to test the performance of new machines more accurately We will try to choose AI tools that are not connected to the internet In other words All computations are based on the performance of the new machine itself Not relying on cloud capabilities First, try using it to generate pictures I will use one of the most popular ones Picture generating tools Stable Diffusion generates pictures You should know that if you want to use an Intel or AMD PC usually To deal well with Stable Diffusion You must have an additional display card And it can only achieve this with sufficient cooling So naturally, the body won't be too lightweight and thin So we're using the MBA for the test In fact, we're pushing it to its limits We divided it into three levels Testing its ability to generate images Letting it generate a 1024x1024 image Setting the sampling rate to 20 It will take approximately 2 minutes and 25 seconds And setting the sampling rate to 50 It will take approximately 6 minutes 25 seconds Let's try to increase the difficulty level one last time Setting the sampling steps to 80 Similarly, generate a 1024x1024 image It will take about 10 minutes and 25 seconds From the actual test results Its processing speed for Stable Diffusion is not fast But its advantage is that under such thinness It still manages to perform AI computation and complex 3D image processing And also save power and not easy to overheat This is also the power of Silicon chips Compared with Intel's similarly lightweight and thin document machine It far surpasses in both usage and performance Basically, we can say that this type of product is completely phased out And some relatively easy AI photo editing tools For example, in Luminar Neo SuperSharp AI feature Especially for blurry or out-of-focus photos Undergoing sharpening processing In practice, each photo takes about 10 seconds As for video work We tried with a 2-minute 30-second video Upscale to 4K quality This job requires a high level of computer hardware We usually only will do it in Let a computer equipped with a high-end display card handle this work The result is that the M3 MBA completed it in 37 minutes If you want to use tools similar to ChatGPT Chat, ask questions, translate texts, etc. It can also be achieved with an M3 MBA I tried asking in FreeChat what AI is Then I asked it to try and simply explain it to me It can do all these things After asking a question, you usually have to wait about 5-10 seconds There will be a response But if you let it do translation Whether it's translating our own answers Or translate the text I provide Response time can be longer It takes an average of more than 15 seconds And trying out Mac Whisper translation A 5-minute recording It only takes about 7-8 seconds to complete Sometimes during meetings Want to instantly translate meeting records It's also very convenient and fast After actual testing and use of various AIs It can definitely do more AI work than I imagined Especially with many sampling steps Stable diffusion generates images With high hardware requirements It can do the same However, if you have been using these generation tools May question its speed But don't forget it's an MBA The main selling point is actually portability Heavy users tend to choose the MBP Even the Mac Studio So the MBA can do this kind of work Is actually for light users People who mainly use text AI Or one more choice for users who never used AI Having talked about AI Let's try the items that are usually tested Let’s use it to edit a video first Rendering a 4K30 sequence using FCPX Incorporating four layers of images The total length of the video is 11 minutes and 30 seconds Rendered using code H.264 That's around 1 minute 44 seconds The speed is quite fast Even if we don't discuss rendering speed During video editing It previews in real-time without any lag We have previously tested using the M3 Max MBP Playing different types of games At that time, whether it's in terms of smoothness The delicacy of the screen is quite satisfying Wonder if a low-end M3 chip can cope Can it still be used for gaming? This time we're trying it out "Death Stranding: Director’s Cut" If you choose to prioritize performance in your settings Basically quite smooth The average FPS is stable Maintained between 30 and 40 For an MBA, it's really good But if you focus on the screen Want to adjust to the highest quality setting FPS will probably be around 10-13 It may not be suitable anymore It's worth mentioning that This is the first MBA to support hardware ray tracing So its fluency performance has improved a lot from the previous generation Apart from playing games Quite a few people also like to watch movies and shows on MBA The current M3 MBA and Just like the previous 13-inch M2 MBA Also uses a 13.6 inch Liquid Retina Display Supports a billion colors It also supports sound Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio Watching movies provides quite a good audio-visual experience Let's let everyone experience it right now The battery life of the MBA has always been at 'nuclear power level' Mr. Shui is also a user of MBA He has tried intermittently to use it for light work Only needs to be charged once a week Even if used for three hours a day It can also go without charging for three days The current generation M3 MBA is the same We have tried playing movies continuously for 20 minutes Only uses 2% of battery As a super portable office machine The new MBA's performance is actually very powerful Aside from basic document work Most AI work can be completed Can satisfy 90% of Hong Kong office job demands Like marketing and copywriting This type of AI can be used with text Greatly increases efficiency in work If we switch to this new device It can also use graphical AI Conveying messages to customers more precisely For you, it's definitely a bonus Besides that I would recommend to those who are still using Intel MBA users should consider this After all, the Silicon chip has reached its third generation The AI itself supports macOS In many cases, only M-series chips are used And there will be more and more apps No longer supports Intel machines For users accustomed to Apple's ecosystem This is a good opportunity to keep up with the times

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Length: 9min 26sec (566 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 07 2024