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MacBook Air 15-inch (M5)

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Apple M5

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Chip

Apple M5

Display

15.3″

Memory

16–32 GB

Storage

512–4096

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Overview

Type
Notebook
Announced
—
Released
—
Colours
Midnight, Silver, Sky Blue, Starlight

Chip & performance

Chip
Apple M5
CPU cores
10
GPU cores
10
Neural Engine
16 cores

Memory & storage

Unified memory
16–32 GB
Memory bandwidth
153 GB/s
Storage
512GB – 4TB

Display

Type
Liquid Retina (LED-backlit IPS)
Size
15.3″
Resolution
2880-by-1864
Pixel density
224 ppi
Peak brightness
500 nits
ProMotion
No
Nano-texture option
No

Battery & power

Video playback
Up to 18 hrs
Capacity
66.5 Wh
Power adapter
40W Dynamic Power Adapter (60W Max)

Ports & connectivity

Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt 4
Thunderbolt ports
2
HDMI
No
USB-A ports
0
SDXC card slot
No
Ethernet
—
MagSafe
Yes
Headphone jack
Yes
Max external displays
2
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6
Camera
12MP Center Stage camera

Physical

Dimensions
—
Weight
1510 g
Touch ID
Yes
Touch Bar
No

Software

macOS
Supported on the current OS

Field-level sources

Individual specifications can carry their own evidence and verification — not one blanket source. Some values are Apple-published, others come from regulatory filings or teardowns, and some are explicitly not disclosed.

chip.nameApple M5Apple-confirmed
chip.cpuCores10Apple-confirmed
chip.gpuCoresBase10Apple-confirmed
chip.gpuCoresMax10Apple-confirmed
chip.neuralEngineCores16Apple-confirmed
memory.baseGb16 GBApple-confirmed
memory.maxGb32 GBApple-confirmed
memory.bandwidthGBs153 GB/sApple-confirmed
macStorage.baseGb512 GBApple-confirmed
macStorage.maxGb4096 GBApple-confirmed
display.technologyLiquid Retina (LED-backlit IPS)Apple-confirmed
display.sizeInches15.3 inApple-confirmed
display.resolution2880-by-1864Apple-confirmed
display.pixelsPerInch224 ppiApple-confirmed
display.maxBrightnessNits500 nitsApple-confirmed
display.proMotionfalseApple-confirmed
display.nanoTextureOptionfalseApple-confirmed
battery.videoHours18 hrsApple-confirmed
battery.capacityWh66.5 WhApple-confirmed
powerAdapter40W Dynamic Power Adapter (60W Max)Apple-confirmed
ports.thunderboltThunderbolt 4Apple-confirmed
ports.thunderboltCount2Apple-confirmed
ports.usbA0Apple-confirmed
ports.hdmifalseApple-confirmed
ports.sdxcfalseApple-confirmed
ports.magsafetrueApple-confirmed
ports.headphonetrueApple-confirmed
externalDisplaysMax2Apple-confirmed
camera12MP Center Stage cameraApple-confirmed
wifiWi-Fi 7 (802.11be)Apple-confirmed
bluetoothBluetooth 6Apple-confirmed
touchIdtrueApple-confirmed
touchBarfalseApple-confirmed
weightGrams1510 gApple-confirmed

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