Apple MacBook Air (15-inch, M5)
The 2026 15-inch MacBook Air: the fanless M5 chip with Neural Accelerators in its GPU, Apple's new N1 wireless chip (Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, Thread), a bumped 512 GB base SSD, and a 40 W Dynamic Power Adapter. Sold with a fixed 10-core GPU, 16 GB to 32 GB of unified memory and 512 GB to 4 TB of storage.
Memory
- Type
- Unified memory packaged with the M5 chip, 153.6 GB/s; LPDDR5X-9600, 128-bit per Wikipedia
- Standard
- 16 GB; configurable to 24 GB or 32 GB
- Slots
- None; size is fixed at purchase
Storage
- Standard
- 512 GB SSD
- Configurable
- 1 TB, 2 TB or 4 TB SSD
- Type
- Soldered Apple SSD, PCIe 5.0-based, up to 6.6 GB/s read (Wikipedia)
- Card reader
- None
Graphics
- GPU
- Integrated Apple M5 GPU, 10-core (Apple G17G, GPU Family 10 per Wikipedia); Neural Accelerators in each GPU core; hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading
- External displays
- Up to two external displays over a single Thunderbolt port, simultaneously with the built-in display: two displays up to 6K at 60 Hz or 4K at 144 Hz, or one display up to 8K at 60 Hz, 5K at 120 Hz or 4K at 240 Hz
- Video output
- Thunderbolt 4 digital video output; native DisplayPort 1.4 (up to HBR3) with DSC over USB-C
- Video playback
- HEVC, H.264, AV1 and ProRes; HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10+/HDR10 and HLG
- Neural Engine
- 16-core (38 TOPS INT8 per Wikipedia)
Networking
- Wireless chip
- Apple N1 wireless networking chip
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be), where supported
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 6
- Other
- Thread networking technology
Power
- Adapter
- 40 W Dynamic Power Adapter with 60 W Max (standard)
- Optional adapter
- 35 W Dual USB-C Compact Power Adapter or 70 W USB-C Power Adapter
- Fast charge
- With a 70 W or higher USB PD power source
- Charging
- MagSafe 3 (USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable, 2 m, included) or either Thunderbolt 4 port
- Line voltage
- 100–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz
- Cooling
- Fanless (passive)
Ports
- Left
- MagSafe 3 charging port, 2 × Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C)
- Right
- 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
- Thunderbolt 4
- Charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40 Gb/s), USB 4 (up to 40 Gb/s)
Display
- Panel
- 15.3-inch Liquid Retina, LED-backlit with IPS technology, 2880 × 1864 at 224 ppi; rounded top corners
- Brightness
- 500 nits
- Color
- 1 billion colors, wide color (P3), True Tone
- Refresh
- 60 Hz (Wikipedia)
- Camera
- 12MP Center Stage camera with Desk View support; 1080p HD video recording; advanced image signal processor with computational video
Battery
- Capacity
- 66.5 Wh lithium-polymer, built in
- Apple rating
- Up to 15 h wireless web, up to 18 h video streaming
Physical
- Dimensions
- 1.15 × 34.04 × 23.76 cm (H × W × D); 0.45 × 13.40 × 9.35 in
- Weight
- 1.51 kg (3.3 lb)
- Colors
- Sky Blue, Silver, Starlight, Midnight
- Keyboard
- Backlit Magic Keyboard, 78 (ANSI) / 79 (ISO) keys incl. 12 full-height function keys; Touch ID; ambient light sensor
- Trackpad
- Force Touch trackpad
- Audio
- Six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers; Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers, dynamic head tracking with supported AirPods, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max; three-mic array with directional beamforming, Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum modes for enhanced voice clarity in calls
- Environment
- Operating 10–35 °C, 0–90% RH non-condensing, tested up to 10,000 ft
- Part numbers
- MDVQ4, MDV94, MDVD4, MDVH4, MDVT4, MDVA4, MDVE4, MDVK4, MDVU4, MDVC4, MDVF4, MDVN4 (Wikipedia, 15-inch M5 column); model number A3448 (Wikipedia)
Management
- Security
- Touch ID
Operating systems
- Shipped with
- macOS Tahoe 26.3 (Wikipedia)
- Newest compatible
- macOS Golden Gate 27.0 (Wikipedia)
- Windows
- No Boot Camp: Apple's Boot Camp requires a Mac with an Intel processor
Processors
- Apple M5 (10-core CPU)