Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
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Apple MacBook Air 13" M2 10-GPU (2022)
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Device Information |
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| Silver | Colours | Silver, Starlight, Space Grey, Midnight |
| 999 $ | Price from | 1,499 $ |
| Q1/2015 | Release date | Q2/2022 |
Processor |
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| Intel Core i5-5250U | Name | Apple M2 |
| Intel | Manufacturer | Apple |
| 2 / 4 | Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 |
| 1.60 (2.70) GHz | Frequency | 3.50 GHz |
| 14 nm | Structure | 5 nm |
| Broadwell U | Architecture | M2 (Avalanche / Blizzard) |
| Q1/2015 | Release date | Q2/2022 |
Memory |
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| 4 - 8 GB | Memory Size | 8 - 24 GB |
| LPDDR3 1600 | Memory Type | LPDDR5 6400 |
| -- | Memory Bandwith | 102.4 GB/s |
| No | Upgradeable? | No |
Graphic card |
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| Intel HD Graphics 6000 | Name | Apple M2 - 10 GPU Cores |
| Internal | Type | Internal |
| 0.30 (1.00) GHz | Frequency | 1.40 GHz |
| 1.50 GB | Memory Size | 24.00 GB |
| LPDDR3 | Memory Type | LPDDR5 |
| 14 nm | Structure | 5 nm |
| Q1/2015 | Release date | Q2/2022 |
Screen |
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| 13.3 inch | Size | 13.6 inch |
| 1440 x 900 (128 ppi) | Resolution | 2560 x 1664 @ 60 Hz (224 ppi) |
| 16:10 | Ratio | 16:10 |
| TN | Technology | IPS |
| -- | Brightness | 500 nits |
| No | HDR support | Yes |
| No | Always On Display | No |
| 3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz | 1. external display | 6016 x 3384 @ 60 Hz |
| -- | 2. external display | -- |
| -- | 3. external display | -- |
Storage |
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| 128 - 512 GB | Size | 512 - 2,048 GB |
| SSD | Type | SSD |
| PCIe | Interface | PCIe |
| No | Upgradeable? | No |
| -- | 2. drive | -- |
| SDXC | Card reader | -- |
Battery |
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| Lithium-Polymer | Type | Lithium-Polymer |
| 54.00 Wh | Capacity | 52.60 Wh |
| 12.00 h | Battery life | 18.00 h |
| MagSafe 2 @ 45 W | Charging | USB-C @ 30 W (Optional 67W Fast-charge), MagSafe 3 |
Network |
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| 802.11ac | Wireless LAN | 802.11ax (WLAN 6) |
| -- | LAN | -- |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| -- | Cellular | -- |
Camera |
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| 0.9 MP, 720p | Front camera | 2.0 MP, 1080p |
| -- | Back camera 1 | -- |
| -- | Back camera 2 | -- |
| -- | Back camera 3 | -- |
Ports |
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| -- | HDMI | -- |
| -- | DVI | -- |
| 1x Mini DisplayPort | DistplayPort | -- |
| 1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 2) | Thunderbolt | 2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2) |
| 2x USB 3.0 | USB | -- |
| -- | USB-C | 2x (Thunderbolt / USB 4.0) |
| -- | Lightning | -- |
| -- | Other | MagSafe 3 |
Dimensions / Housing |
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| 17 mm | Height | 11 mm |
| 325 mm | Width | 304 mm |
| 227 mm | Depth | 215 mm |
| 1,350 g | Weight | 1,240 g |
| Aluminum | Housing Material | Aluminum |
| -- | Glas Type | -- |
| -- | IP Protection Class | -- |
Additional data |
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| Q1/2015 | Release date | Q2/2022 |
| 999 $ | Price from | 1,499 $ |
| Silver | Colours | Silver, Starlight, Space Grey, Midnight |
| -- | Security features | TouchID |
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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.
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Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
4 - 8 GB LPDDR3 |
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Apple MacBook Air 13" M2 10-GPU (2022)
8 - 24 GB LPDDR5 |
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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.|
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Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
4 - 8 GB LPDDR3 |
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Apple MacBook Air 13" M2 10-GPU (2022)
8 - 24 GB LPDDR5 |
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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.|
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Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
4 - 8 GB LPDDR3 |
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Apple MacBook Air 13" M2 10-GPU (2022)
8 - 24 GB LPDDR5 |
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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.|
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Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
4 - 8 GB LPDDR3 |
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Apple MacBook Air 13" M2 10-GPU (2022)
8 - 24 GB LPDDR5 |
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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.|
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Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
4 - 8 GB LPDDR3 |
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Apple MacBook Air 13" M2 10-GPU (2022)
8 - 24 GB LPDDR5 |
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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.|
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Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
4 - 8 GB LPDDR3 |
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Apple MacBook Air 13" M2 10-GPU (2022)
8 - 24 GB LPDDR5 |
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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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Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
4 - 8 GB LPDDR3 |
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Apple MacBook Air 13" M2 10-GPU (2022)
8 - 24 GB LPDDR5 |
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