Apple MacBook Pro 13" i7 2.8 (Late 2011)
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Apple MacBook Air 11" i5 1.6 (Early 2015)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
1,499 $ / 1,449 € Price from 899 $ / 999 €
Q4/2011 Release date Q1/2015

Processor

Intel Core i7-2640M Name Intel Core i5-5250U
Intel Manufacturer Intel
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
2.80 (3.50) GHz Frequency 1.60 (2.70) GHz
32 nm Structure 14 nm
Sandy Bridge Architecture Broadwell U
Q4/2011 Release date Q1/2015

Memory

4 - 8 GB Memory Size 4 - 8 GB
DDR3 1333 Memory Type LPDDR3 1600
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

Intel HD Graphics 3000 Name Intel HD Graphics 6000
Internal Type Internal
0.65 (1.30) GHz Frequency 0.30 (1.00) GHz
0.40 GB Memory Size 1.50 GB
DDR3 Memory Type LPDDR3
32 nm Structure 14 nm
Q1/2011 Release date Q1/2015

Screen

13.3 inch Size 11.6 inch
1280 x 800 @ 60 Hz (114 ppi) Resolution 1366 x 768 (135 ppi)
16:10 Ratio 16:9
TN Technology TN
-- Max. Brightness 300 nits
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 3840 x 2160
-- 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

500 - 750 GB Size 128 - 512 GB
Harddrive Type SSD
SATA 6 GB/s Interface PCIe
Yes Upgradeable? No
Optional SSD (128 - 512 GB) 2. drive --
SDXC Card reader --

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
63.50 Wh Capacity 38.00 Wh
7.00 h Battery life 10.00 h
MagSafe @ 60 W Charging MagSafe 2 @ 45 W

Network

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

Dimensions / Housing

24 mm Height 17 mm
325 mm Width 300 mm
227 mm Depth 192 mm
2,040 g Weight 1,080 g
Aluminum Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1278 Part-no A1465
MacBookPro8,1 Ident-No: MacBookAir7,1
2555 EMC-No: 2924
-- 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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