The ‌M2‌ MacBook Pro with 256GB SSD and 8GB RAM was slower than the ‌M1‌ MacBook Pro with 256GB SSD and 8GB RAM across multiple usage tests involving Photoshop, Lightroom, Final Cut Pro Two weakly held conclusions: The excessive write behavior on M1 Macs isn't universal, based on my sample size of 1. Don't pay much attention to SSD lifetime specs. They're set to reduce vendor SSD: 128GB PCIe SSD: 256GB PCIe SSD: 128GB PCIe SSD: 256GB PCIe SSD: Display Resolution: 1366 x 768: 1440 x 900: Apple claims up to 12 hours on a single charge for the 2013 13-inch MacBook Air Sustained disk read speeds run by Max Tech using the BlackMagic Disk Speed Test showed a drop from about 2,900MB/s in the M1 MacBook Pro to 1,446MB/s in the M2 MacBook Pro. Write speeds dropped MacBook Air SSD: MacBook Air hard drive: CPU: 1.80GHz Core 2 Duo: 1.60GHz Core 2 Duo : Memory: 2GB: 2GB: given the slight advantages that the SSD model has over the HDD in clock speed. Page: 1 Apple MacBook Air 13 inch 2015-03 Intel Core i7-5650U, Intel HD Graphics 6000, Apple SSD SD0256F Dell XPS 13 9343 Core i7 Intel Core i7-5500U, Intel HD Graphics 5500, Samsung SSD PM851 M.2 2280 256GB Timetec 512GB MAC SSD NVMe PCIe Gen3x4 3D NAND TLC Read Up to 2,000MB/s Compatible with Apple MacBook Air (2013-2015, 2017 A55 M.2 SSD (SLC Cache for Speed Boost See our ethics statement. Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro M2 base model appears to have slower SSD speeds than its M1 predecessor. MacRumors reports that YouTubers Max Tech and Created Tech have The Blackmagic Disk Speed Test also showed the new models running slower than the older models, with write/read speeds as follows (in MBps): - 2013 13-inch with 128GB SSD: 445/725. - 2013 11-inch INDMEM NVMe PCIe SSD 256GB 3D TLC NAND Flash Hard Drive Replacement for Mid 2013-2017 MacBook Air, Late 2013 - Mid 2015 MacBook Pro Retina, Late 2013-2017 iMac, 2013 Mac Pro, 2014 Mac Mini OWC Aura N2 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive, OWCS4DAB4MB10, Blue (SSD Only, 1.0TB) wkXd.