Apple MacBook Air 11" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
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Apple MacBook 12" i5 1.3 (2017)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Rosegold, Space Grey, Gold, Silver
899 $ / 999 € Price from 1,599 $ / 1,799 €
Q1/2015 Release date Q2/2017

Processor

Intel Core i5-5250U Name Intel Core i5-7Y54
Intel Manufacturer Intel
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
1.60 (2.70) GHz Frequency 1.30 (3.20) GHz
14 nm Structure 14 nm
Broadwell U Architecture Kaby Lake Y
Q1/2015 Release date Q4/2016

Memory

4 - 8 GB Memory Size 8 - 16 GB
LPDDR3 1600 Memory Type LPDDR3 1866
-- Memory Bandwith --
No Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

Intel HD Graphics 6000 Name Intel HD Graphics 615
Internal Type Internal
0.30 (1.00) GHz Frequency 0.30 (0.95) GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 1.50 GB
LPDDR3 Memory Type LPDDR3
14 nm Structure 14 nm
Q1/2015 Release date Q2/2016

Screen

11.6 inch Size 12.0 inch
1366 x 768 (135 ppi) Resolution 2304 x 1440 (226 ppi)
16:9 Ratio 16:10
TN Technology IPS
300 nits Max. Brightness 350 nits
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
3840 x 2160 1. external display 4096 x 2304 @ 60 Hz
-- 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

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

Battery

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

Network

802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11ac
-- LAN --
Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.2
-- Cellular --

Camera

0.9 MP, 720p Front camera 0.2 MP, 480p
-- Back camera 1 --
-- 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 (USB 3.1 Gen 1, DisplayPort 1.2)
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing

17 mm Height 13 mm
300 mm Width 280 mm
192 mm Depth 197 mm
1,080 g Weight 920 g
Aluminum Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1465 Part-no A1534
MacBookAir7,1 Ident-No: MacBook10,1
2924 EMC-No: 3099
-- 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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