MacBook?Air Technical Specifications

MacBook Air 13-inch
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Model?1
Model?2
Model?3
Finish
Exteriors of four MacBook Air models, showcasing four different finishes

Sky?Blue Silver Starlight Midnight

Chip

Apple?M5?chip

  • 10?core CPU with 4?super cores and 6?efficiency cores
  • 8?core GPU
  • Neural Accelerators
  • Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
  • 16?core Neural?Engine
  • 153GB/s memory bandwidth

Media Engine

  • Hardware?accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes?RAW
  • Video decode engine
  • Video encode engine
  • ProRes encode and decode engine
  • AV1 decode

Configurable to:

M5 with 10?core?CPU and 10?core?GPU

Apple?M5?chip

  • 10?core?CPU with 4?super cores and 6?efficiency cores
  • 10?core GPU
  • Neural Accelerators
  • Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
  • 16?core Neural?Engine
  • 153GB/s memory bandwidth

Media Engine

  • Hardware?accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes?RAW
  • Video decode engine
  • Video encode engine
  • ProRes encode and decode engine
  • AV1 decode

Apple?M5?chip

  • 10?core?CPU with 4?super cores and 6?efficiency cores
  • 10?core GPU
  • Neural Accelerators
  • Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
  • 16?core Neural?Engine
  • 153GB/s memory bandwidth

Media Engine

  • Hardware?accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes?RAW
  • Video decode engine
  • Video encode engine
  • ProRes encode and decode engine
  • AV1 decode
Memory

16GB

16GB unified memory

Configurable to:

24GB or 32GB

16GB

16GB unified memory

Configurable to:

24GB or 32GB

24GB

24GB unified memory

Configurable to:

32GB

Storage1

512GB

512GB SSD

Configurable to:

1TB, 2TB or?4TB

1TB

1TB SSD

Configurable to:

2TB or?4TB

1TB

1TB SSD

Configurable to:

2TB or?4TB

Display

Liquid?Retina?display

  • 13.6-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology;2 2560x1664 native resolution at 224 pixels per?inch
  • 500?nits brightness

Colour

  • Support for 1 billion colours
  • Wide colour?(P3)
  • True?Tone technology
MacBook Air 13-inch, showcasing Liquid Retina display
Battery and Power3
  • Up to 18?hours video streaming
  • Up to 15?hours wireless?web
  • Built-in 53.8?watt?hour lithium?polymer battery
  • USB?C to MagSafe?3 Cable?(2m)
  • Supports charging via a USB?C power adapter or other USB PD power source
  • Minimum wattage required to charge the device:?30W
  • Fast-charge capable with 70W or higher USB PD power source
Charging and Expansion

MagSafe?3 charging port

3.5mm headphone jack

Two Thunderbolt?4 (USB-C) ports with support?for:

  • Charging
  • DisplayPort
  • Thunderbolt?4 (up to 40Gb/s)
  • USB?4 (up to 40Gb/s)
MacBook Air, closed, left side, showing MagSafe and two Thunderbolt ports MacBook Air, closed, right side, showing headphone jack MagSafe?3 3.5mm headphone jack Thunderbolt?4 (USB-C)
External Display Support
  • Supports up to two external displays:
  • Two displays up to a native resolution of 6K at 60Hz or 4K at?144Hz
  • One display up to a native resolution of 8K at 60Hz or 5K at 120Hz or 4K at?240Hz
  • Supports up to two external displays over a single Thunderbolt port
  • Simultaneously supports the built?in display at full native resolution
  • Thunderbolt?4 (USB?C) ports support native DisplayPort?1.4 speeds (up to HBR3) with DSC?capability
Video Playback
  • Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, AV1 and ProRes
  • HDR with Dolby?Vision, HDR10+/HDR10 and?HLG
Audio Playback

Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby?Atmos

Keyboard and Trackpad

Backlit Magic?Keyboard with:

  • 78 (ANSI) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12?full?height function keys
  • Touch?ID
  • Ambient light sensor
  • Force?Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure?sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure?sensitive drawing and Multi?Touch gestures
Wireless

Apple?N1 wireless networking chip

  • Wi?Fi?7 (802.11be)4
  • Bluetooth?6
  • Thread networking technology
Camera
  • 12MP Center?Stage camera with support for Desk?View
  • 1080p?HD video recording
  • Advanced image signal processor with computational video
Audio
  • Four-speaker sound system
  • Support for Spatial?Audio when playing music or video with Dolby?Atmos on built-in speakers
  • Spatial?Audio with dynamic head tracking when using supported models of AirPods, AirPods?Pro and AirPods?Max5
  • Three-mic array with directional beamforming
  • Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes for enhanced voice clarity in audio and video?calls
  • 3.5mm headphone jack with advanced support for high?impedance headphones
Operating Requirements
  • Line voltage: 100V to 240V?AC
  • Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz
  • Operating temperature: 10° to 35°?C (50° to 95°?F)
  • Storage temperature: –25° to 45°?C (–13° to 113°?F)
  • Relative humidity: 0% to 90% non?condensing
  • Operating altitude: tested up to 3,000?metres (10,000?feet)
  • Maximum storage altitude: 4,500?metres (15,000?feet)
  • Maximum shipping altitude: 10,500?metres (35,000?feet)
Size and Weight
  • Height: 1.13?cm (0.44?inches)
  • Width: 30.41?cm (11.97?inches)
  • Depth: 21.5?cm (8.46?inches)
  • Weight: 1.23?kg (2.7 pounds)6
MacBook Air 13-inch exterior, closed, Apple logo centred
Depth: 21.5?cm (8.46?inches)
Width: 30.41?cm (11.97?inches)
Front view of 13-inch MacBook Air, closed
Height: 1.13?cm (0.44?inches)
Operating System

macOS

macOS is the world’s most advanced desktop operating system. It includes easy?to?use and powerful features that help you be more productive and creative, Apple Intelligence, and seamless ways to use iPhone with?Mac.

Apple Intelligence7

Apple?Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself and get things done effortlessly. With groundbreaking privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data — not even Apple.

Accessibility

Accessi-bility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new MacBook?Air. With built?in support for vision, hearing, mobility and learning, you can create and do amazing things.

Features include:

  • Zoom
  • Increase Contrast
  • Reduce Motion
  • Switch Control
  • Closed Captions
  • Text to Speech
Built-in Apps8
In the Box
  • 13-inch MacBook?Air
  • USB-C to MagSafe?3 Cable?(2m)
  • Power adapter sold separately
13-inch MacBook Air and USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable
Limited
Warranty and Service

Your Mac comes with 90 days of free telephone technical support and a one-year limited warranty. For more information, click here.

MacBook?Air and the Environment

MacBook?Air is designed to reduce environmental impact:9

See the MacBook?Air Product Environmental Report (PDF)- opens in new?tab

Progress towards Apple?2030

  • Apple 2030 is our commitment to be carbon neutral for our entire carbon footprint. Our plan to decarbonise products is rigorous and focuses on transitioning to low?carbon electricity, designing with recycled and low?carbon materials and prioritising lower?carbon ways of shipping products, like sea?freight.

Materials

MacBook?Air is made with 55% recycled content,10 including:

  • 100% recycled aluminium in the enclosure and trackpad gel plate
  • 100% recycled cobalt and 95% recycled lithium in the?battery
  • 100% recycled gold plating in all Apple?designed printed circuit boards and all connectors
  • 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets
  • 100% recycled tin solder in all Apple-designed printed circuit boards
  • 90% recycled steel in the keyboard feature plate and trackpad beam

Energy

  • 50% of manufacturing electricity for MacBook?Air is sourced from low-carbon electricity11
  • ENERGY?STAR? certified12

Packaging

  • 100%?fibre-based packaging13

Waste

No established final assembly sites generate waste sent to landfill as part of Apple’s Zero Waste Programme14

Smarter chemistry15