The Apple MacBook Air (2025) 13.6″ is categorized as a productivity laptop and adopts a fanless design that keeps operation completely silent. It measures 304 mm wide, 215 mm deep, and just 11 mm thick, with a total volume of 718.96 cm³ and a weight of 1,240 g, making it a notably slim and light machine. A backlit keyboard is included, while the build does not feature weather sealing or ruggedized construction. Operating temperatures are supported between 10 °C and 35 °C. The laptop holds a French Repairability Index score of 6.8 out of 10, reflecting a moderate level of assessed repairability under that framework.
The display measures 13.6″ and uses an IPS LCD panel with LED backlighting, delivering a resolution of 2560 x 1664 px at a pixel density of 224 ppi. Brightness is rated at a typical 500 nits, and the screen includes an anti-reflection coating to reduce glare. The refresh rate runs at 60Hz, and the panel does not support touch input. The system can drive up to 2 external displays simultaneously alongside the built-in screen.
The system is equipped with 32 GB of DDR5 unified memory, with the architecture supporting a maximum of 24 GB in certain configurations, and operates fully in 64-bit mode with multithreading enabled across 10 CPU threads. The 10-core CPU runs four performance cores at 4.05 GHz alongside six efficiency cores at 2.75 GHz, all built on a 3 nm semiconductor process. Storage comes in the form of a 2,048 GB NVMe SSD using flash technology, offering fast access speeds suited to the rest of the platform's capabilities.
Wired connectivity is built around two Thunderbolt 4 ports, each also supporting USB 4 at 40 Gbps, while USB Type-C is present as the physical connector standard. There are no USB-A ports, no HDMI or DisplayPort outputs, no mini DisplayPort, no VGA connector, no RJ45 Ethernet port, and no external memory card slot. Wireless connectivity covers Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) with backwards compatibility through Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, and Wi-Fi 4, paired with Bluetooth 5.3. AirPlay is also supported for wireless display and audio streaming.
The battery carries a capacity of 53.8 Wh and is rated for up to 18 hours of battery life. Charging is handled through a MagSafe power adapter, and the device also supports sleep-and-charge functionality, allowing connected devices to be charged even when the laptop is not actively in use.
Audio output is handled by stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos support, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack is also present. The front-facing camera resolves at 12MP, and the system includes a three-microphone array along with voice command support. Security features include a fingerprint scanner, though 3D facial recognition is not available. No stylus is included, and the device does not have an optical disc drive, S/PDIF output, or any motion and location sensors such as a gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, or GPS. Ray tracing and DLSS are likewise not supported.
The chip is classified for use in both laptop and desktop form factors and is built with 28,000 million transistors. It employs big.LITTLE technology alongside Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP), allowing the CPU to assign workloads across performance and efficiency cores simultaneously. Memory runs at up to 6,400 MHz with a maximum bandwidth of 120 GB/s, though ECC memory is not supported. Integrated graphics are included within the chip. On the security side, the processor features TrustZone and NX bit support for hardware-level protection.
