Apple MacBook Air 13" M1 7-GPU (2020)
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Apple MacBook 12" m5 1.2 (Early 2016)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Gold, Silver, Space Grey Colours Rosegold, Space Grey, Gold, Silver
999 $ Price from 1,599 $
Q4/2020 Release date Q2/2016

Processor

Apple M1 Name Intel Core m5-6Y54
Apple Manufacturer AMD
8 / 8 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
3.20 GHz Frequency 1.20 (2.70) GHz
5 nm Structure 14 nm
M1 (Firestorm / Icestorm) Architecture Skylake Y
Q4/2020 Release date Q3/2015

Memory

8 - 16 GB Memory Size 8 GB
LPDDR4X 4266 Memory Type LPDDR3 1866
68.2 GB/s Memory Bandwith --
No Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

Apple M1 - 7 GPU Cores Name Intel HD Graphics 515
Internal Type Internal
1.30 GHz Frequency 0.30 (0.90) GHz
8.00 GB Memory Size 1.50 GB
LPDDR4X Memory Type LPDDR3
5 nm Structure 14 nm
Q4/2020 Release date Q3/2015

Screen

13.3 inch Size 12.0 inch
2560 x 1600 (227 ppi) Resolution 2304 x 1440 (226 ppi)
16:10 Ratio 16:10
IPS Technology IPS
400 nits Brightness --
Yes HDR support No
No Always On Display No
6016 x 3384 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 3840 x 2160 @ 30 Hz
-- 2. external display --

Storage

256 - 2,048 GB Size 512 GB
SSD Type SSD
PCIe Interface PCIe
No Upgradeable? No
-- 2. drive --
-- Card reader --

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
49.00 Wh Capacity 41.00 Wh
18.00 h Battery life 11.00 h
USB-C @ 30 W Charging USB-C @ 29 W

Network

802.11ax (WLAN 6) Wireless LAN 802.11ac
-- LAN --
Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0
-- Cellular --

Camera

0.9 MP, 720p Front camera 0.2 MP, 480p
-- Back camera 1 --
-- Back camera 2 --
-- Back camera 3 --

Ports

-- HDMI --
-- DVI --
-- DistplayPort --
2x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2) Thunderbolt --
-- USB --
2x (Thunderbolt / USB 4.0) USB-C 1x (USB 3.1 Gen 1, DisplayPort 1.2)
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing

16 mm Height 13 mm
304 mm Width 280 mm
212 mm Depth 197 mm
1,290 g Weight 920 g
-- Housing Material --
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

Q4/2020 Release date Q2/2016
999 $ Price from 1,599 $
Gold, Silver, Space Grey Colours Rosegold, Space Grey, Gold, Silver
TouchID Security features --

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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