Apple computer, ENERGY STAR certified
Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M4)
16 GB notebook computer, model number A3240.
Memory
16 GB
Processor
Apple
Typical electricity use
8.4 kWh/yr
NPU installed
No
Of 980 certified notebook business computers, 44 have a lower typical electricity use than the MacBook Air 13-inch (M4) (8.4 kWh/yr).
Its certified typical electricity use of 8.4 kWh/yr costs about $1.09 a year at 13¢/kWh.
ENERGY STAR has certified this model 2 times, first in Oct 2025. The figures here are from the most recent certification.
- Maker
- Apple
- Model
- MacBook Air 13-inch (M4)
- Model number
- A3240
- Type
- Notebook
- Processor
- Apple
- CPU cores
- 10
- Memory
- 16 GB
- NPU installed
- No
- Storage
- SSD, M.2
- Screen
- 13.6 in
- Battery
- 0 Wh
- Operating system
- MacOS
- Marketed as a workstation
- No
- Typical electricity use
- 8.4 kWh/yr
- Power in sleep
- 0.3 W
- Power at long idle
- 0.7 W
- Power when off
- 0.1 W
- On the market since
- Mar 2025
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 24 Oct 2025
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: MC6T4, MW0W3, MW0Y3, MW123.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified business computers dataset, US EPA, record 4512697, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
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| Model | Type | Processor | Memory | Typical electricity use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 12IRU8 | Notebook | Raptor Lake I7-1355U | 16 GB | 13.3 kWh/yr |
| Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 16IRH8 | Notebook | I7-13700H | 16 GB | 13.1 kWh/yr |
| HP 16-ag | Notebook | Ryzen 7 | 16 GB | 12 kWh/yr |
| Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 14ITN9 | Notebook | N355 | 16 GB | 12.2 kWh/yr |
| Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15ITN9 | Notebook | N355 | 16 GB | 6.3 kWh/yr |
| HP 14-em | Notebook | Ryzen 7 | 16 GB | 11.2 kWh/yr |
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