Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.6 (2018)
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Apple MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.6 (Mid 2012)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information
Gold, Silver, Space Grey Colours Silver
1,199 $ / 1,349 € Price from 2,199 $ / 2,279 €
Q4/2018 Release date Q2/2012

Processor
Intel Core i5-8210Y Name Intel Core i7-3720QM
Intel Manufacturer Intel
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 4 / 8
1.60 (3.60) GHz Frequency 2.60 (3.60) GHz
14 nm Structure 22 nm
Amber Lake Y Architecture Ivy Bridge H
Q1/2019 Release date Q2/2012

Memory
8 - 16 GB Memory Size 8 GB
LPDDR3 2133 Memory Type DDR3 1600
-- Memory Bandwith --
No Upgradeable? Yes

Graphic card
Intel UHD Graphics 617 Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - 1 GB
Internal Type Dedicated
0.30 (1.05) GHz Frequency 0.90 GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 1.00 GB
LPDDR3 Memory Type GDDR5
14 nm Structure 28 nm
Q4/2018 Release date Q2/2012

Graphic card 2
-- Name Intel HD Graphics 4000
-- Type Internal
-- Frequency 0.65 (1.25) GHz
-- Memory Size 0.50 GB
-- Memory Type LPDDR3
-- Structure 22 nm
-- Release date Q1/2011

Screen
13.3 inch Size 15.4 inch
2560 x 1600 (227 ppi) Resolution 1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz (110 ppi)
16:10 Ratio 16:10
IPS Technology TN
400 nits Max. Brightness 300 nits
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
4096 x 2304 @ 60 Hz 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage
128 - 1,536 GB Size 750 - 1,000 GB
SSD Type Harddrive
PCIe Interface SATA 6 GB/s
No Upgradeable? Yes
-- 2. drive Optional SSD (128 - 512 GB)
-- Card reader SDXC

Battery
Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
50.00 Wh Capacity 77.50 Wh
13.00 h Battery life 7.00 h
USB-C @ 30 W Charging MagSafe @ 85 W

Network
802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
-- 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 1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 1)
2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2) Thunderbolt 1x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort)
-- USB 2x USB 3.0
2x (Thunderbolt 3) USB-C --
-- Lightning --
-- Other 1x Firewire 800

Dimensions / Housing
16 mm Height 24 mm
304 mm Width 364 mm
212 mm Depth 249 mm
1,250 g Weight 2,560 g
Aluminum Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data
A1932 Part-no A1286
MacBookAir8,1 Ident-No: MacBookPro9,1
3184 EMC-No: 2556
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.




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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