Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.6 (2018)
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Apple iMac 27" i5 3.2 Radeon M390 Retina 5K (Late 2015)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information
Gold, Silver, Space Grey Colours Silver
1,199 $ / 1,349 € Price from 1,999 $ / 2,299 €
Q4/2018 Release date Q4/2015

Processor
Intel Core i5-8210Y Name Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Manufacturer Intel
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 4 / 4
1.60 (3.60) GHz Frequency 3.20 (3.60) GHz
14 nm Structure 14 nm
Amber Lake Y Architecture Skylake
Q1/2019 Release date Q3/2015

Memory
8 - 16 GB Memory Size 8 - 32 GB
LPDDR3 2133 Memory Type DDR3 1867
-- Memory Bandwith --
No Upgradeable? Yes

Graphic card
Intel UHD Graphics 617 Name AMD Radeon R9 M390
Internal Type Dedicated
0.30 (1.05) GHz Frequency 0.96 GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 2.00 GB
LPDDR3 Memory Type GDDR5
14 nm Structure 28 nm
Q4/2018 Release date Q2/2015

Graphic card 2
-- Name Intel HD Graphics 530
-- Type Internal
-- Frequency 0.35 (1.15) GHz
-- Memory Size 1.50 GB
-- Memory Type LPDDR3
-- Structure 14 nm
-- Release date Q3/2015

Screen
13.3 inch Size 27.0 inch
2560 x 1600 (227 ppi) Resolution 5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz (218 ppi)
16:10 Ratio 16:9
IPS Technology IPS
400 nits Max. Brightness 500 nits
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz
4096 x 2304 @ 60 Hz 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage
128 - 1,536 GB Size 1,024 - 3,072 GB
SSD Type Fusion (Hybrid)
PCIe Interface SATA 6 GB/s
No Upgradeable? Yes
-- 2. drive Optional SSD (256 - 1024 GB)
-- Card reader SDXC

Battery
Lithium-Polymer Type --
50.00 Wh Capacity --
13.00 h Battery life --
USB-C @ 30 W Charging --

Network
802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11ac
-- LAN 1 Gbit
Bluetooth 4.2 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 --
-- DistplayPort 2x Mini DisplayPort
2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2) Thunderbolt 2x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 2)
-- USB 4x USB 3.0
2x (Thunderbolt 3) USB-C --
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing
16 mm Height 516 mm
304 mm Width 650 mm
212 mm Depth 203 mm
1,250 g Weight 9,540 g
Aluminum Housing Material --
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data
A1932 Part-no A1419
MacBookAir8,1 Ident-No: iMac17,1
3184 EMC-No: 2834
TouchID 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 2024 - Single Core

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in the 3D program Cinema 4D from the manufacturer Maxon. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation. Cinebench 2024 runs on Windows (x86-64 and arm) and macOS. He can also test the new Apple M processors.




Cinebench 2024 - Multi Core

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in the 3D program Cinema 4D from the manufacturer Maxon. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation. Cinebench 2024 runs on Windows (x86-64 and arm) and macOS. He can also test the new Apple M processors.




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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