Choosing a 13” MacBook for Mobile Development

Hello everyone,

I’d like to ask an advice about getting a 13” MacBook.

I’m a Flutter developer creating apps for iOS & Android, so the heaviest workload I can imagine will consist of running Xcode and Android Studio while debugging an app (including Simulator and Android Emulator), having Safari with ~20 tabs open while surfing the web, maybe having some other productivity apps open such as Trello, GitHub Desktop, etc. simultaneously.

With that in mind, I’m considering getting a machine with 16GB of RAM.

Which of the four (M1 Air, M1 Pro, M2 Air, M2 Pro) do you think is *enough* for my needs? They’re all pretty powerful from my perspective so I’m having a problem at picking one. What’s your recommendation?

Or is it that all of them suit my needs and are performant enough, so it’s only a question of relative speed and snappiness?

Also, can M1 Pro be more performant than M2 Air in my scenario?

Thanks for your answers in advance!