Apple MacBook Air 11" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
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Apple iPad Pro 12.9" 3rd Gen Wi-Fi (2018)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Space Gray, Silver
899 $ / 999 € Price from 999 $ / 1,099 €
Q1/2015 Release date Q4/2018

Processor

Intel Core i5-5250U Name Apple A12X Bionic
Intel Manufacturer Apple
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 8 / 8
1.60 (2.70) GHz Frequency 1.59 (2.49) GHz
14 nm Structure 7 nm
Broadwell U Architecture A12X
Q1/2015 Release date Q3/2018

Memory

4 - 8 GB Memory Size 4 - 6 GB
LPDDR3 1600 Memory Type LPDDR4X 4266
-- Memory Bandwith 68.2 GB/s
No Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

Intel HD Graphics 6000 Name Apple A12X
Internal Type Internal
0.30 (1.00) GHz Frequency 1.59 (2.49) GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 6.00 GB
LPDDR3 Memory Type LPDDR4X
14 nm Structure 7 nm
Q1/2015 Release date Q3/2018

Screen

11.6 inch Size 12.9 inch
1366 x 768 (135 ppi) Resolution 2732 x 2048 @ 120 Hz (264 ppi)
16:9 Ratio 4:3
TN Technology IPS
300 nits Max. Brightness 600 nits
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
3840 x 2160 1. external display --
-- 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

128 - 512 GB Size 64 - 1,024 GB
SSD Type eMMC
PCIe Interface
No Upgradeable? No
-- 2. drive --
-- Card reader --

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
38.00 Wh Capacity 36.71 Wh
10.00 h Battery life 10.00 h
MagSafe 2 @ 45 W Charging USB-C @ 18 W

Network

802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11ac
-- LAN --
Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0
-- Cellular --

Camera

0.9 MP, 720p Front camera 7.0 MP, 1080p @ 60 Hz
-- Back camera 1 12.0 MP, 2160p @ 60 Hz
-- Back camera 2 --
-- Back camera 3 --

Ports

-- HDMI --
-- DVI --
1x Mini DisplayPort DistplayPort --
1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 2) Thunderbolt --
2x USB 3.0 USB --
-- USB-C 1x
-- Lightning --
-- Other Smart Connector, Magnetic Connector (Apple Pencil)

Dimensions / Housing

17 mm Height 281 mm
300 mm Width 215 mm
192 mm Depth 6 mm
1,080 g Weight 631 g
Aluminum Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1465 Part-no A1876
MacBookAir7,1 Ident-No: iPad8,5
2924 EMC-No: 3223
-- Security features Face ID
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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