Apple MacBook Air 11" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
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Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.9 (Late 2012)
Product comparison with benchmarks
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Device Information |
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| Silver | Colours | Silver |
| 899 $ / 999 € | Price from | 1,499 $ / 1,549 € |
| Q1/2015 | Release date | Q4/2012 |
Processor |
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| Intel Core i5-5250U | Name | Intel Core i5-3470S |
| Intel | Manufacturer | Intel |
| 2 / 4 | Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 |
| 1.60 (2.70) GHz | Frequency | 2.90 (3.60) GHz |
| 14 nm | Structure | 22 nm |
| Broadwell U | Architecture | Ivy Bridge |
| Q1/2015 | Release date | Q2/2012 |
Memory |
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| 4 - 8 GB | Memory Size | 8 - 16 GB |
| LPDDR3 1600 | Memory Type | DDR3 1600 |
| -- | Memory Bandwith | -- |
| No | Upgradeable? | Yes |
Graphic card |
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| Intel HD Graphics 6000 | Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - 0.5 GB |
| Internal | Type | Dedicated |
| 0.30 (1.00) GHz | Frequency | 0.90 GHz |
| 1.50 GB | Memory Size | 1.00 GB |
| LPDDR3 | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 14 nm | Structure | 28 nm |
| Q1/2015 | Release date | Q2/2012 |
Graphic card 2 |
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| -- | Name | Intel HD Graphics 2500 |
| -- | Type | Internal |
| -- | Frequency | 0.65 (1.10) GHz |
| -- | Memory Size | -- |
| -- | Memory Type | DDR3 |
| -- | Structure | 22 nm |
| -- | Release date | Q2/2012 |
Screen |
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| 11.6 inch | Size | 21.5 inch |
| 1366 x 768 (135 ppi) | Resolution | 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz (103 ppi) |
| 16:9 | Ratio | 16:9 |
| TN | Technology | IPS |
| 300 nits | Max. Brightness | -- |
| No | HDR support | No |
| No | Always On Display | No |
| 3840 x 2160 | 1. external display | 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz |
| -- | 2. external display | -- |
| -- | 3. external display | -- |
Storage |
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| 128 - 512 GB | Size | 1,024 GB |
| SSD | Type | Harddrive |
| PCIe | Interface | SATA 6 GB/s |
| No | Upgradeable? | Yes |
| -- | 2. drive | Optional 1 TB Fusion Drive |
| -- | Card reader | SDXC |
Battery |
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| Lithium-Polymer | Type | -- |
| 38.00 Wh | Capacity | -- |
| 10.00 h | Battery life | -- |
| MagSafe 2 @ 45 W | Charging | -- |
Network |
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| 802.11ac | Wireless LAN | 802.11 a/b/g/n |
| -- | LAN | 1 Gbit |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| -- | Cellular | -- |
Camera |
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| 0.9 MP, 720p | Front camera | 0.9 MP, 720p |
| -- | Back camera 1 | -- |
| -- | Back camera 2 | -- |
| -- | Back camera 3 | -- |
Ports |
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| -- | HDMI | -- |
| -- | DVI | -- |
| 1x Mini DisplayPort | DistplayPort | 2x Mini DisplayPort |
| 1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 2) | Thunderbolt | 2x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort) |
| 2x USB 3.0 | USB | 4x USB 3.0 |
| -- | USB-C | -- |
| -- | Lightning | -- |
| -- | Other | -- |
Dimensions / Housing |
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| 17 mm | Height | 450 mm |
| 300 mm | Width | 528 mm |
| 192 mm | Depth | 175 mm |
| 1,080 g | Weight | 5,680 g |
| Aluminum | Housing Material | -- |
| -- | Glas Type | -- |
| -- | IP Protection Class | -- |
Additional data |
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| A1465 | Part-no | A1418 |
| MacBookAir7,1 | Ident-No: | iMac13,1 |
| 2924 | EMC-No: | 2544 |
| -- | Security features | -- |
| Link to manufacturer | data sheet | Link to manufacturer |
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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.
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Apple MacBook Air 11" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
4 - 8 GB LPDDR3 |
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Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.9 (Late 2012)
8 - 16 GB DDR3 |
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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.|
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Apple MacBook Air 11" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
4 - 8 GB LPDDR3 |
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Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.9 (Late 2012)
8 - 16 GB DDR3 |
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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.|
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Apple MacBook Air 11" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
4 - 8 GB LPDDR3 |
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Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.9 (Late 2012)
8 - 16 GB DDR3 |
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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.|
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Apple MacBook Air 11" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
4 - 8 GB LPDDR3 |
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Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.9 (Late 2012)
8 - 16 GB DDR3 |
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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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Apple MacBook Air 11" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
4 - 8 GB LPDDR3 |
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Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.9 (Late 2012)
8 - 16 GB DDR3 |
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