Apple MacBook Air 13 M5 (2026)
- Launched: March 2026
- Screen-to-body ratio: ~82%
- Dimensions: 304.1 x 215 x 11.3 mm (11.97 x 8.46 x 0.44 inches)
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Review
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Tests and Specifications
Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Apple MacBook Air 13 M5 (2026)
| Weight |
1.23 kg (2.71 lbs) |
| Dimensions |
304.1 x 215 x 11.3 mm
11.97 x 8.46 x 0.44 inches |
| Area |
654 cm2 (101.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio |
~82% |
| Side bezels |
5.6 mm |
| Colors |
Black, Silver, Gold, Blue |
| Material |
Aluminum |
| Transformer |
No |
| Opening angle |
130° |
Cooling solution
| Cooling system |
Passive |
| Vapor chamber |
No |
| Liquid metal |
No |
| Size |
13.6 inches |
| Type |
IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate |
60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate |
No |
| PPI |
225 ppi |
| Aspect ratio |
16:10 |
| Resolution |
2560 x 1664 pixels |
| HDR support |
Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology |
No |
| Touchscreen |
No |
| Coating |
Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor |
Yes |
Display tests
| Contrast |
1437:1 |
| sRGB color space |
100% |
| Adobe RGB profile |
86.8% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut |
98.1% |
| Response time |
20 ms |
| Battery type |
Li-Po |
| Replaceable |
No |
| Fast charging |
Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) |
Yes |
| Charging port position |
Left |
| Charge power |
35 / 40 / 70 W |
| Cable length |
2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter |
116 / 80 / 167 grams |
| Base frequency |
4.61 GHz |
| Cores |
10 (4P + 6E) |
| Threads |
10 |
| Integrated GPU |
Apple M5 GPU (8-core) |
| Fabrication process |
3 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3970
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
16404
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
199
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
1103
| Type |
Integrated |
| Fabrication process |
3 nm |
| GPU boost clock |
1620 MHz |
| FLOPS |
3.3 TFLOPS |
| Memory size |
System Shared |
| Memory type |
LPDDR5X |
| Memory bus |
128 bit |
| Memory speed |
9.6 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) |
1024 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) |
64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) |
32 |
| GPU performance |
3.3 TFLOPS |
| Blender GPU |
1744 |
| Solar Bay |
17484 |
| Channels |
2x8 GB |
| Clock |
9600 MHz |
| Type |
LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable |
No |
| Bus |
Custom |
| Storage type |
SSD (M2) |
| Channels |
2x256 GB |
| Upgradable |
No |
| NVMe |
Yes |
| Speakers |
2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) |
| Dolby Atmos |
Yes |
| Loudness |
~82.1 dB |
| Microphones |
3 |
| Wi-Fi standard |
v7 |
| Bluetooth |
v6.0 |
| Fingerprint |
Yes |
| Infrared sensor |
No |
| Optical drive |
No |
| Webcam |
Above the display |
| Webcam resolution |
1920 x 1080 |
Ports
| USB-A |
No |
| USB Type-C |
2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt |
Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI |
No |
| DisplayPort |
No |
| VGA |
No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) |
Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) |
No |
| SD card reader |
No |
| Proprietary charging port |
Yes |
Keyboard
| Keyboard type |
Island |
| Numpad |
No |
| Backlight |
Yes |
| Key travel |
1 mm |
Touchpad
| Surface |
Glass |
| Windows Precision |
No |
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