Apple MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.9 560 (2017)
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Apple MacBook Air 11" i7 1.8 (Mid 2011)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver, Space Grey Colours Silver
2,799 $ / 3,299 € Price from 1,349 $ / 1,299 €
Q2/2017 Release date Q3/2011

Processor

Intel Core i7-7820HQ Name Intel Core i7-2677M
Intel Manufacturer Intel
4 / 8 Cores / Threads 2 / 4
2.90 (3.90) GHz Frequency 1.80 (2.90) GHz
14 nm Structure 32 nm
Kaby Lake M Architecture Sandy Bridge H
Q1/2017 Release date Q2/2011

Memory

16 GB Memory Size 2 - 4 GB
LPDDR3 2133 Memory Type DDR3 1333
-- Memory Bandwith --
No Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

Intel UHD Graphics 630 Name Intel HD Graphics 3000
Internal Type Internal
0.35 (1.10) GHz Frequency 0.35 (1.20) GHz
1.50 GB Memory Size 0.40 GB
-- Memory Type DDR3
14 nm Structure 32 nm
Q4/2017 Release date Q1/2011

Graphic card 2

AMD Radeon Pro 560 Name --
Dedicated Type --
0.91 GHz Frequency --
4.00 GB Memory Size --
GDDR5 Memory Type --
14 nm Structure --
Q2/2017 Release date --

Screen

15.4 inch Size 11.6 inch
2880 x 1800 @ 60 Hz (220 ppi) Resolution 1366 x 768 (135 ppi)
16:10 Ratio 16:9
IPS Technology TN
500 nits Max. Brightness --
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

512 - 2,048 GB Size 64 - 128 GB
SSD Type SSD
PCIe Interface Flash
No Upgradeable? No
-- 2. drive --
-- Card reader --

Battery

Lithium-Polymer Type Lithium-Polymer
76.00 Wh Capacity 35.00 Wh
10.00 h Battery life 5.00 h
USB-C @ 87 W Charging MagSafe @ 45 W

Network

802.11ac Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
-- LAN --
Bluetooth 4.2 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 --
-- DistplayPort 1x Mini DisplayPort
4x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, USB 3.1 Gen 2) Thunderbolt 1x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 1)
-- USB 2x USB 2.0
4x (Thunderbolt 3) USB-C --
-- Lightning --
-- Other --

Dimensions / Housing

16 mm Height 17 mm
349 mm Width 300 mm
241 mm Depth 192 mm
1,830 g Weight 1,080 g
Aluminum Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1707 Part-no A1370
MacBookPro14,3 Ident-No: MacBookAir4,1
3162 EMC-No: 2471
TouchID 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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