Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.8 (Mid 2012)
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Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.7 (Mid 2012/EDU)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
1,199 $ / 1,249 € Price from 999 $ / 1,249 €
Q2/2012 Release date Q3/2012

Processor

Intel Core i5-3427U Name Intel Core i5-3317U
Intel Manufacturer Intel
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
1.80 (2.80) GHz Frequency 1.70 (2.60) GHz
22 nm Structure 22 nm
Ivy Bridge U Architecture Ivy Bridge U
Q2/2012 Release date Q2/2012

Memory

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

Graphic card

Intel HD Graphics 4000 Name Intel HD Graphics 4000
Internal Type Internal
0.35 (1.15) GHz Frequency 0.35 (1.05) GHz
0.50 GB Memory Size 0.50 GB
LPDDR3 Memory Type DDR3L
22 nm Structure 22 nm
Q1/2011 Release date Q1/2011

Screen

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

Storage

128 - 512 GB Size 128 - 512 GB
SSD Type SSD
PCIe Interface PCIe
No Upgradeable? No
-- 2. drive --
SD Card reader SD

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
50.00 Wh Capacity 50.00 Wh
7.00 h Battery life 7.00 h
MagSafe 2 @ 45 W Charging MagSafe 2 @ 45 W

Network

802.11 a/b/g/n 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 --
-- DVI --
1x Mini DisplayPort DistplayPort 1x Mini DisplayPort
1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 1) Thunderbolt 1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 1)
2x USB 3.0 USB 2x USB 3.0
-- USB-C --
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing

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

Additional data

A1466 Part-no A1466
MacBookAir5,2 Ident-No: MacBookAir5,2
2559 EMC-No: 2559
-- 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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