Apple MacBook 12" m3 1.1 (Early 2016)
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Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.8 (2017)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Rosegold, Space Grey, Gold, Silver Colours Silver
1,299 $ / 1,449 € Price from 999 $ / 1,099 €
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2017

Processor

Intel Core m3-6Y30 Name Intel Core i5-5350U
Intel Manufacturer Intel
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
1.10 (2.20) GHz Frequency 1.80 (2.90) GHz
14 nm Structure 14 nm
Skylake Y Architecture Broadwell U
Q3/2015 Release date Q1/2015

Memory

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
LPDDR3 1866 Memory Type LPDDR3 1600
-- Memory Bandwith --
No Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

Intel HD Graphics 515 Name Intel HD Graphics 6000
Internal Type Internal
0.30 (0.85) GHz Frequency 0.30 (1.00) GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 1.50 GB
LPDDR3 Memory Type LPDDR3
14 nm Structure 14 nm
Q3/2015 Release date Q1/2015

Screen

12.0 inch Size 13.3 inch
2304 x 1440 (226 ppi) Resolution 1440 x 900 (128 ppi)
16:10 Ratio 16:10
IPS Technology TN
320 nits Max. Brightness 350 nits
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
3840 x 2160 @ 30 Hz 1. external display 3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz
-- 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

256 GB Size 128 - 512 GB
SSD Type SSD
PCIe Interface PCIe
No Upgradeable? No
-- 2. drive --
-- Card reader SDXC

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
41.00 Wh Capacity 54.00 Wh
11.00 h Battery life 12.00 h
USB-C @ 29 W Charging MagSafe 2 @ 45 W

Network

802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11ac
-- LAN --
Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0
-- Cellular --

Camera

0.2 MP, 480p Front camera 0.9 MP, 720p
-- Back camera 1 --
-- Back camera 2 --
-- Back camera 3 --

Ports

-- HDMI --
-- DVI --
-- DistplayPort 1x Mini DisplayPort
-- Thunderbolt 1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 2)
-- USB 2x USB 3.0
1x (USB 3.1 Gen 1, DisplayPort 1.2) USB-C --
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing

13 mm Height 17 mm
280 mm Width 325 mm
197 mm Depth 227 mm
920 g Weight 1,350 g
Aluminum Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1534 Part-no A1466
MacBook9,1 Ident-No: MacBookAir7,2
2991 EMC-No: 3178
-- 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.




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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