MacBook Air 15″ (2026) · M5 · 16 GB / 512 GB
CPU index
203
×2.03 vs M1
GPU index
253
×2.53 vs M1
Memory
16
GB unified
Storage
512
512 GB
Bandwidth
153
GB/s
This MacBook Air 15″ configuration uses the M5 (10-CPU/10-GPU) with 16 GB unified memory and 512 GB storage. On MacDiff its CPU index is 203 (×2.03 vs the entry-level M1 Air) and its GPU index is 253 (×2.53). The origin of the scale is the 2020 MacBook Air M1 at 100/100 — MacDiff’s own relative units, not Geekbench or Apple scores.
This is the only MacBook Air 15″ configuration in the MacDiff catalog right now.
Family: MacBook Air. Released 2026. Apple date: 2026-03-11. Compare it with other Macs on the compare tool, or read how the index is built on the methodology page.
Configurations
| Chip | CPU / GPU | CPU | GPU | Mem | Bandwidth | Storage | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M5 (10-CPU/10-GPU)this page | 203 | 253 | 16 GB | 153 GB/s | 512 GB | $1299 | Compare |
Specifications
Apple published figures for this configuration. Not MacDiff scores.
Chassis
- Weight
- 1.51 kg
- Size
- 340.4 × 237.6 × 11.5 mm
Ports
- Thunderbolt
- 2× Thunderbolt 4
- USB-C (not Thunderbolt)
- None
- USB-A
- None
- HDMI
- None
- MagSafe
- MagSafe 3
- Headphone jack
- 3.5 mm, high-impedance
- SD card
- None
- Ethernet
- None
- Charging
- MagSafe 3 and Thunderbolt
Display
- Panel
- 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display
- Resolution
- 2880x1864
- Density
- 224 ppi
- SDR brightness
- 500 nits
- Color
- P3
- True Tone
- Yes
- Nano-texture
- No
- External displays
- 2 — Two displays up to 6K at 60Hz or 4K at 144Hz; one display up to 8K at 60Hz or 5K at 120Hz or 4K at 240Hz
Camera
- Camera
- 12MP Center Stage
- Center Stage
- Yes
- Desk View
- Yes
Audio
- Speakers
- 6
- Microphones
- 3
- Spatial Audio
- Yes
- Dolby Atmos
- Yes
- Audio
- Six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers. Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos. Three-mic array with directional beamforming.
Wireless
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
- Bluetooth
- 6
Keyboard and trackpad
- Backlit keyboard
- Yes
- Touch ID
- Yes
- Touch Bar
- No
- Force Touch trackpad
- Yes
Battery and power
- Battery
- 66.5 Wh
- Video playback
- Up to 18 hours (Apple)
- Wireless web
- Up to 15 hours (Apple)
- Fast charge
- Yes
- Charge cable
- USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m)
- Power adapter
- 40W
Chip
- CPU layout
- 4 super + 6 efficiency
- Neural Engine
- 16-core
- Media engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW; video decode engine; video encode engine; ProRes encode and decode engine; AV1 decode
- Neural Engine index
- 420
- Media engine index
- 343
- Hardware ray tracing
- Yes
- Memory bandwidth
- 153 GB/s
In the box
- macOS at launch
- macOS Tahoe
- Cable
- USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m)
Related in MacBook Air
FAQ — MacBook Air 15″ on MacDiff
What is the CPU index of this MacBook Air 15″?
This configuration (M5 (10-CPU/10-GPU)) has a CPU index of 203, about ×2.03 the MacBook Air M1 baseline of 100 on MacDiff.
What is the GPU index?
GPU index 253 (≈ ×2.53 vs M1). Indices are relative references, not raw Geekbench scores.
How does it compare to the MacBook Air M1?
Relative to the fixed MacDiff baseline (100/100), this page shows roughly ×2.03 CPU and ×2.53 GPU for the selected memory/storage config. Use Compare to stack it against other Macs.