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Apple MacBook Air 15.3" M5 Sky Blue 2026
The M5 chip’s 10-core CPU and next-gen GPU with Neural Accelerators drive fluid multitasking and AI tasks on a 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display with P3 wide color. Its fanless aluminum unibody delivers 18-hour battery life and a 12MP Center Stage camera, with seamless iPhone mirroring and Thunderbolt 4 connectivity. This is best for students and mobile professionals who need all-day productivity and a vivid large screen in a 6.08kg portable design.
CPU Apple M5
RAM 16 GB
Storage 1000 GB
Screen 15.3" 2880x1864
GPU Apple M5 10-core
OS Mac OS
Weight 6.1 kg
Battery 66 Wh
75 Overall Score
Price $1,243
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About This Laptop
The M5 chip’s 10-core CPU and next-gen GPU with Neural Accelerators drive fluid multitasking and AI tasks on a 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display with P3 wide color. Its fanless aluminum unibody delivers 18-hour battery life and a 12MP Center Stage camera, with seamless iPhone mirroring and Thunderbolt 4 connectivity. This is best for students and mobile professionals who need all-day productivity and a vivid large screen in a 6.08kg portable design.
- CPU Apple M5
- RAM 16 GB
- Storage 1000 GB
- Screen 15.3" 2880x1864
- GPU Apple M5 10-core
- OS Mac OS
- Weight kg 6.1
- Battery wh 66
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong reliability (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong screen (91th percentile) 91th
- Strong cpu (82th percentile) 82th
Cons
- Below average compact (13th percentile) 13th
- Below average gpu (18th percentile) 18th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Apple M5 |
| Cores | 10 |
Graphics
| GPU | Apple M5 10-core |
| Type | integrated |
| VRAM Type | Unified |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | Not provid |
| Storage | 1000 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Display
| Size | 15.3" |
| Resolution | 2880 |
| Panel | IPS |
| Brightness | 500 nits |
| Color Gamut | Wide color (P3) |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 2 |
| USB Ports | 0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 x 2 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 6 |
Physical
| Weight | 6.1 kg / 13.4 lbs |
| Battery | 66 Wh |
| OS | Mac OS |
Value & Pricing
vs Competition
| Spec | Apple MacBook Air 15.3" M5 | ASUS ROG Flow Z13 GZ302 | Lenovo Legion Pro Series Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US | HP OmniBook X Flip 14-fk0033dx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Apple M5 | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V | AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 128 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 24 |
| Storage (GB) | 1000 | 1024 | 1024 | 1000 | 1000 | 1024 |
| Screen | 15.3" 2880x1864 | 13.4" 2560x1600 | 16" 2560x1600 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 | 14" 1920x1200 |
| GPU | Apple M5 10-core | AMD Radeon 8060S | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU | Intel Arc | Intel Arc | AMD Radeon 860M |
| OS | Mac OS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 6.1 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Battery (Wh) | 66 | 70 | 99 | - | 15 | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple MacBook Air 15.3" M5 | 81.6 | 18.4 | 38.6 | 48.4 | 91.4 | 13.1 | 64.5 | 96.1 | 99.1 |
| ASUS ROG Flow Z13 GZ302 Compare | 95.1 | 79.8 | 99.9 | 78.6 | 89.5 | 92.9 | 81.5 | 58.2 | 99.1 |
| Lenovo Legion Pro Series Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 Compare | 96.6 | 89.7 | 90.6 | 98 | 94.6 | 8.4 | 81.5 | 78.5 | 99.1 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.7 | 64 | 81.4 | 83.8 | 90.2 | 95.4 | 73.8 | 58.2 | 87.3 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US Compare | 66.9 | 64 | 81.4 | 68 | 93.5 | 85.3 | 73.8 | 78.5 | 94.2 |
| HP OmniBook X Flip 14-fk0033dx Compare | 74.7 | 60.2 | 84.2 | 83.8 | 71.6 | 77 | 81.5 | 31.7 | 94.2 |
Usage Scores
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Other Configurations27
MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"M516GB512GBSky Blue$1,149MacBook Air 13.6" M513.6"Apple M5 16GB512GBMidnight$1,199MacBook Air 13.6" M513.6"Apple M5 24GB512GBMidnight$1,299MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"Apple M5 24GB512GBMidnight$1,299MacBook Air 13.6" M513.6"M516GB1000GBStarlight$1,299MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"Apple M5 16GB512GBMidnight$1,299MacBook Air 13.6" M513.6"Apple M5 24GB1000GBMidnight$1,300MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"Apple M5 16GB512GBMidnight$1,319MacBook Air 13.6" M513.6"Apple M5 32GB512GBMidnight$1,499
Show all 27 configurations
MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"Apple M5 16GB1TBMidnight$1,519MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"M524GB1000GBSilver$1,549MacBook Air 13.6" M513.6"Apple M5 32GB1TBStarlight$1,699MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"Apple M5 32GB512GBSilver$1,699MacBook Air 13.6" M513.6"Apple M5 16GB2TBSky Blue$1,699MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"Apple M5 24GB1TBMidnight$1,719MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"Apple M5 32GB1TBMidnight$1,899MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"Apple M5 16GB2TBSilver$1,899MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"Apple M5 24GB2TBSilver$2,099MacBook Air 13.6" M513.6"Apple M5 32GB2TBMidnight$2,099MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"Apple M5 32GB2TBStarlight$2,299MacBook Air 13.6" M513.6"Apple M5 16GB4TBSilver$2,299MacBook Air 13.6" M513.6"Apple M5 24GB4TBSky Blue$2,499MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"Apple M5 16GB4TBSky Blue$2,499MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"Apple M5 24GB4TBSilver$2,699MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"Apple M5 24GB4TBMidnight$2,699MacBook Air 13.6" M513.6"Apple M5 32GB4TBMidnight$2,699MacBook Air 15.3" M515.3"Apple M5 32GB4TBSky Blue$2,899
