Apple MacBook Air 13" i5 1.8 (Mid 2012)
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Apple MacBook Pro 13" i5 2.4 (Late 2011)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information
Silver Colours Silver
1,199 $ / 1,249 € Price from 1,199 $ / 1,149 €
Q2/2012 Release date Q4/2011

Processor
Intel Core i5-3427U Name Intel Core i5-2435M
Intel Manufacturer Intel
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
1.80 (2.80) GHz Frequency 2.40 (3.00) GHz
22 nm Structure 32 nm
Ivy Bridge U Architecture Sandy Bridge
Q2/2012 Release date Q4/2011

Memory
4 - 8 GB Memory Size 4 - 8 GB
DDR3L 1600 Memory Type DDR3 1333
-- Memory Bandwith --
No Upgradeable? Yes

Graphic card
Intel HD Graphics 4000 Name Intel HD Graphics 3000
Internal Type Internal
0.35 (1.15) GHz Frequency 0.65 (1.30) GHz
0.50 GB Memory Size 0.40 GB
LPDDR3 Memory Type DDR3
22 nm Structure 32 nm
Q1/2011 Release date Q1/2011

Screen
13.3 inch Size 13.3 inch
1440 x 900 (128 ppi) Resolution 1280 x 800 @ 60 Hz (114 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 500 - 750 GB
SSD Type Harddrive
PCIe Interface SATA 6 GB/s
No Upgradeable? Yes
-- 2. drive Optional SSD (128 - 512 GB)
SD Card reader SDXC

Battery
Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
50.00 Wh Capacity 63.50 Wh
7.00 h Battery life 7.00 h
MagSafe 2 @ 45 W Charging MagSafe @ 60 W

Network
802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
-- LAN 1 Gbit
Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.1
-- 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 (Thunderbolt 1)
1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 1) Thunderbolt 1x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort)
2x USB 3.0 USB 2x USB 2.0
-- USB-C --
-- Lightning --
-- Other 1x Firewire 800

Dimensions / Housing
17 mm Height 24 mm
325 mm Width 325 mm
227 mm Depth 227 mm
1,350 g Weight 2,040 g
Aluminum Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data
A1466 Part-no A1278
MacBookAir5,2 Ident-No: MacBookPro8,1
2559 EMC-No: 2555
-- 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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