Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)
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Apple MacBook Pro 13" i7 2.9 Retina (Late 2012)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
999 $ / 1,099 € Price from 1,899 $ / 1,949 €
Q1/2015 Release date Q4/2012

Processor

Intel Core i5-5250U Name Intel Core i7-3520M
Intel Manufacturer Intel
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
1.60 (2.70) GHz Frequency 2.90 (3.60) GHz
14 nm Structure 22 nm
Broadwell U Architecture Ivy Bridge
Q1/2015 Release date Q2/2012

Memory

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

Graphic card

Intel HD Graphics 6000 Name Intel HD Graphics 4000
Internal Type Internal
0.30 (1.00) GHz Frequency 0.65 (1.25) GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 0.50 GB
LPDDR3 Memory Type LPDDR3
14 nm Structure 22 nm
Q1/2015 Release date Q1/2011

Screen

13.3 inch Size 13.3 inch
1440 x 900 (128 ppi) Resolution 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz (227 ppi)
16:10 Ratio 16:10
TN Technology IPS
300 nits Max. Brightness 300 nits
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
-- 2. external display 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
-- 3. external display --

Storage

128 - 512 GB Size 128 - 768 GB
SSD Type SSD
PCIe Interface SATA 6 GB/s
No Upgradeable? Yes
-- 2. drive --
SDXC Card reader SDXC

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
54.00 Wh Capacity 74.00 Wh
12.00 h Battery life 7.00 h
MagSafe 2 @ 45 W Charging MagSafe 2 @ 60 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 1x HDMI 1.4
-- DVI --
1x Mini DisplayPort DistplayPort 2x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 1)
1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 2) Thunderbolt 2x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort)
2x USB 3.0 USB 2x USB 3.0
-- USB-C --
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing

17 mm Height 19 mm
325 mm Width 314 mm
227 mm Depth 219 mm
1,350 g Weight 1,620 g
Aluminum Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1466 Part-no A1425
MacBookAir7,2 Ident-No: MacBookPro10,2
2925 EMC-No: 2557
-- 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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