Apple MacBook Air 11" i5 1.7 (Mid 2012)
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Apple iPad 9.7" 2nd Gen Wi-Fi / Cellular (2011)

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Device Information

Silver Colours Black / White & Silver
999 $ / 1,049 € Price from 629 $ / 599 €
Q2/2012 Release date Q1/2011

Processor

Intel Core i5-3317U Name Apple A5
Intel Manufacturer Apple
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 2 / 2
1.70 (2.60) GHz Frequency 1.00 GHz
22 nm Structure 45 nm
Ivy Bridge U Architecture A5
Q2/2012 Release date Q1/2011

Memory

4 - 8 GB Memory Size 1 GB
DDR3L 1600 Memory Type LPDDR2 800
-- Memory Bandwith 6.4 GB/s
No Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

Intel HD Graphics 4000 Name PowerVR SGX543MP2
Internal Type Internal
0.35 (1.05) GHz Frequency 0.20 GHz
0.50 GB Memory Size 0.30 GB
DDR3L Memory Type LPDDR2
22 nm Structure 32 nm
Q1/2011 Release date Q1/2011

Screen

11.6 inch Size 9.7 inch
1366 x 768 (135 ppi) Resolution 1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz (132 ppi)
16:9 Ratio 4:3
TN Technology IPS
-- Max. Brightness --
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz 1. external display --
-- 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

64 - 512 GB Size 16 - 64 GB
SSD Type eMMC
Flash Interface
No Upgradeable? No
-- 2. drive --
-- Card reader --

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
35.00 Wh Capacity 25.00 Wh
5.00 h Battery life 9.00 h
MagSafe 2 @ 45 W Charging Apple-Dock-Port

Network

802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
-- LAN --
Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.1
-- Cellular 3G (UMTS/HSPA)

Camera

0.9 MP, 720p Front camera 0.3 MP, 480p @ 30 Hz
-- Back camera 1 0.9 MP, 720p @ 30 Hz
-- Back camera 2 --
-- Back camera 3 --

Ports

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

Dimensions / Housing

17 mm Height 241 mm
300 mm Width 186 mm
192 mm Depth 9 mm
1,080 g Weight 613 g
Aluminum Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1465 Part-no A1396, A1397
MacBookAir5,1 Ident-No: iPad2,2 / iPad2,3
2558 EMC-No: 2416, 2424
-- 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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