Apple MacBook 12" m3 1.2 (2017)
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Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.6 (2018)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information
Rosegold, Space Grey, Gold, Silver Colours Gold, Silver, Space Grey
1,299 $ / 1,499 € Price from 1,199 $ / 1,349 €
Q2/2017 Release date Q4/2018

Processor
Intel Core m3-7Y32 Name Intel Core i5-8210Y
Intel Manufacturer Intel
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
1.20 (3.00) GHz Frequency 1.60 (3.60) GHz
14 nm Structure 14 nm
Kaby Lake Y Architecture Amber Lake Y
Q2/2017 Release date Q1/2019

Memory
8 - 16 GB Memory Size 8 - 16 GB
LPDDR3 1866 Memory Type LPDDR3 2133
-- Memory Bandwith --
No Upgradeable? No

Graphic card
Intel HD Graphics 615 Name Intel UHD Graphics 617
Internal Type Internal
0.30 (0.90) GHz Frequency 0.30 (1.05) GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 1.50 GB
LPDDR3 Memory Type LPDDR3
14 nm Structure 14 nm
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2018

Screen
12.0 inch Size 13.3 inch
2304 x 1440 (226 ppi) Resolution 2560 x 1600 (227 ppi)
16:10 Ratio 16:10
IPS Technology IPS
350 nits Max. Brightness 400 nits
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
4096 x 2304 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz
-- 2. external display 4096 x 2304 @ 60 Hz
-- 3. external display --

Storage
256 GB Size 128 - 1,536 GB
SSD Type SSD
PCIe Interface PCIe
No Upgradeable? No
-- 2. drive --
-- Card reader --

Battery
Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
41.00 Wh Capacity 50.00 Wh
12.00 h Battery life 13.00 h
USB-C @ 29 W Charging USB-C @ 30 W

Network
802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11ac
-- LAN --
Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.2
-- 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 --
-- Thunderbolt 2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2)
-- USB --
1x (USB 3.1 Gen 1, DisplayPort 1.2) USB-C 2x (Thunderbolt 3)
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing
13 mm Height 16 mm
280 mm Width 304 mm
197 mm Depth 212 mm
920 g Weight 1,250 g
Aluminum Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data
A1534 Part-no A1932
MacBook10,1 Ident-No: MacBookAir8,1
3099 EMC-No: 3184
-- Security features TouchID
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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