M5 13-inch MacBook Air vs M5 14-inch MacBook Pro — compared

Apple's M5 MacBook Air and 14-inch MacBook Pro share the same core chip, but there are big differences in the display, cooling, and more. Here's how the specs compare.

M5 Max MacBook Pro Review: Preeminent Power In the Same Old Shell

If you don’t need the sheer power of the M5 Max chip, you can step down to the still-very-beefy M5 Pro chip. A 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 Pro starts at $2,200 for a 15-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 24GB of unified memory, and 1TB of storage. That’s $1,400 less than what the 14-inch M5 Max version starts at.

The Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M5) is still the best ultraportable I've ever used

The MacBook Air 13-inch (M5) gets a faster chip and hard drive, but also leaves what works well enough alone.

M5 14-inch MacBook Pro vs M5 13-inch MacBook Air: What’s the $600 difference?

MacBook Air is lighter at 2.7 pounds (1.24 kg) compared to the MacBook Pro at 3.4 pounds (1.55 kg). Lighter also means thinner. The MacBook Air is 0.44 inches (1.13 cm) thick compared to the MacBook Pro at 0.61 inches (1.55 cm).