Comparison
MacBook Air 13-inch vs MacBook Air 15-inch
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Performance
Processor
Apple M5
MacBook Air 13-inch
Verified71% confidence
Apple M5
MacBook Air 15-inch
Verified69% confidence
Same value
Sources for this row
MacBook Air 13-inch:
www.apple.com/macbook-air/specs (Primary documentation), retrieved 2026-09-02
MacBook Air 15-inch:
Extracted: ...odel 1 Model 2 Model 3 Product image Finish Sky Blue , Silver , Starlight , Midnight Price Chip Apple M5 chip 10-core CPU with 4 super cores and 6 efficiency cores 10-core GPU Neural Accelerator...
www.apple.com/macbook-air/specs (Primary documentation), retrieved 2026-09-02
Memory (base) (GB)
16 GB
MacBook Air 13-inch
Verified71% confidence
16 GB
MacBook Air 15-inch
Verified71% confidence
Same value
Sources for this row
MacBook Air 13-inch:
www.apple.com/macbook-air/specs (Primary documentation), retrieved 2026-09-02
MacBook Air 15-inch:
www.apple.com/macbook-air/specs (Primary documentation), retrieved 2026-09-02
Portability and display
Battery, video streaming (h)
18 h
MacBook Air 13-inch
Verified71% confidence
18 h
MacBook Air 15-inch
Verified71% confidence
Same value
Sources for this row
MacBook Air 13-inch:
www.apple.com/macbook-air/specs (Primary documentation), retrieved 2026-09-02
MacBook Air 15-inch:
www.apple.com/macbook-air/specs (Primary documentation), retrieved 2026-09-02
Display size (in)
13.6 in
MacBook Air 13-inch
Verified71% confidence
15.3 in
MacBook Air 15-inch
Verified71% confidence
Different values
Sources for this row
MacBook Air 13-inch:
www.apple.com/macbook-air/specs (Primary documentation), retrieved 2026-09-02
MacBook Air 15-inch:
www.apple.com/macbook-air/specs (Primary documentation), retrieved 2026-09-02
Weight (lb)
2.7 lb
MacBook Air 13-inch
Verified71% confidence
3.3 lb
MacBook Air 15-inch
Verified71% confidence
Different values
Sources for this row
MacBook Air 13-inch:
MacBook Air Technical Specifications (Primary documentation), retrieved 2026-09-01
MacBook Air 15-inch:
MacBook Air Technical Specifications (Primary documentation), retrieved 2026-09-01
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