Apple MacBook Air 11" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
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Apple MacBook Air 11" i5 1.7 (Mid 2012)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
899 $ / 999 € Price from 999 $ / 1,049 €
Q1/2015 Release date Q2/2012

Processor

Intel Core i5-5250U Name Intel Core i5-3317U
Intel Manufacturer Intel
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
1.60 (2.70) GHz Frequency 1.70 (2.60) GHz
14 nm Structure 22 nm
Broadwell U Architecture Ivy Bridge U
Q1/2015 Release date Q2/2012

Memory

4 - 8 GB Memory Size 4 - 8 GB
LPDDR3 1600 Memory Type DDR3L 1600
-- Memory Bandwith --
No Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

Intel HD Graphics 6000 Name Intel HD Graphics 4000
Internal Type Internal
0.30 (1.00) GHz Frequency 0.35 (1.05) GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 0.50 GB
LPDDR3 Memory Type DDR3L
14 nm Structure 22 nm
Q1/2015 Release date Q1/2011

Screen

11.6 inch Size 11.6 inch
1366 x 768 (135 ppi) Resolution 1366 x 768 (135 ppi)
16:9 Ratio 16:9
TN Technology TN
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

128 - 512 GB Size 64 - 512 GB
SSD Type SSD
PCIe Interface Flash
No Upgradeable? No
-- 2. drive --
-- Card reader --

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
38.00 Wh Capacity 35.00 Wh
10.00 h Battery life 5.00 h
MagSafe 2 @ 45 W Charging MagSafe 2 @ 45 W

Network

802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
-- LAN --
Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0
-- Cellular --

Camera

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

Ports

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

Dimensions / Housing

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

Additional data

A1465 Part-no A1465
MacBookAir7,1 Ident-No: MacBookAir5,1
2924 EMC-No: 2558
-- 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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