Apple iMac 21.5" i3 3.6 (2019)
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Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.8 (Mid 2012)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
1,299 $ / 1,499 € Price from 1,199 $ / 1,249 €
Q1/2019 Release date Q2/2012

Processor

Intel Core i3-8100 Name Intel Core i5-3427U
Intel Manufacturer Intel
4 / 4 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
3.60 GHz Frequency 1.80 (2.80) GHz
14 nm Structure 22 nm
Coffee Lake Architecture Ivy Bridge U
Q4/2017 Release date Q2/2012

Memory

8 - 32 GB Memory Size 4 - 8 GB
DDR4 2400 Memory Type DDR3L 1600
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

AMD Radeon Pro 555X Name Intel HD Graphics 4000
Dedicated Type Internal
0.91 GHz Frequency 0.35 (1.15) GHz
4.00 GB Memory Size 0.50 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type LPDDR3
14 nm Structure 22 nm
Q3/2018 Release date Q1/2011

Graphic card 2

Intel UHD Graphics 630 Name --
Internal Type --
0.35 (1.10) GHz Frequency --
1.50 GB Memory Size --
-- Memory Type --
14 nm Structure --
Q4/2017 Release date --

Screen

21.5 inch Size 13.3 inch
4096 x 2304 @ 60 Hz (219 ppi) Resolution 1440 x 900 (128 ppi)
16:9 Ratio 16:10
IPS Technology TN
500 nits Max. Brightness --
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
4096 x 2304 @ 60z 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

256 GB Size 128 - 512 GB
SSD Type SSD
PCIe Interface PCIe
No Upgradeable? No
Optional 1TB Fusion Drive 2. drive --
SDXC Card reader SD

Battery

-- Type Lithium-Polymer
-- Capacity 50.00 Wh
-- Battery life 7.00 h
-- Charging MagSafe 2 @ 45 W

Network

802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
1 Gbit LAN --
Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0
-- Cellular --

Camera

0.9 MP, 720p Front camera 0.9 MP, 720p
-- Back camera 1 --
-- Back camera 2 --
-- Back camera 3 --

Ports

-- HDMI --
-- DVI --
-- DistplayPort 1x Mini DisplayPort
2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2) Thunderbolt 1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 1)
4x USB 3.0 USB 2x USB 3.0
2x (Thunderbolt 3) USB-C --
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing

450 mm Height 17 mm
528 mm Width 325 mm
175 mm Depth 227 mm
5,480 g Weight 1,350 g
-- Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A2116 Part-no A1466
iMac19,2 Ident-No: MacBookAir5,2
3195 EMC-No: 2559
-- Security features --
Link to manufacturer data sheet Link to manufacturer

Benchmark results

Geekbench 6 - Single Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Geekbench 6 - Multi Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Geekbench 5 - Single Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Geekbench 5 - Multi Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Cinebench R23 - Single Core

Cinebench R23 is the latest version of Maxon's render benchmark. It is based on the Cinema 4D application, which is used to generate 3D shapes. We use the single-core as well as the multi-core test.




Cinebench R23 - Multi Core

Cinebench R23 is the latest version of Maxon's render benchmark. It is based on the Cinema 4D application, which is used to generate 3D shapes. We use the single-core as well as the multi-core test.




FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS) - FP32 (TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS. TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second. The larger this number, the faster the graphics card is.




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