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Apple MacBook Air Late 2020 M1 Entry (7 core, 8 / 256 GB)

Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry Review: Apple M1 CPU humbles Intel and AMD by Klaus Hinum
#268 Apple M1
#439 Apple M1 7-Core GPU
8192 MB
256 GB
SSD
13.30-inch
2560x1600
1272 g
304.1 x 212.4 x 16.1
49.9 Wh
1129 Euro

Specifications

Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry (MacBook Air Late 2020 Series)
Processor
Apple M1 8 x 2.1 - 3.2 GHz
Graphics adapter
Apple M1 7-Core GPU
Memory
8 GB 
, LPDDR4X
Display
13.30 inch 16:10, 2560 x 1600 pixel 227 PPI, IPS, glossy: yes, 60 Hz
Storage
Apple SSD AP0256Q, 256 GB 
Connections
2 USB 3.1 Gen2, 2 Thunderbolt, 1 DisplayPort, Audio Connections: headset, Brightness Sensor
Networking
Apple AirPort Extreme M1 (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/), Bluetooth 5.0
Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 16.1 x 304.1 x 212.4 ( = 0.63 x 11.97 x 8.36 in)
Battery
49.9 Wh, 4380 mAh Lithium-Ion, Battery runtime (according to manufacturer): 15 h
Operating System
Apple macOS 11 Big Sur
Camera
Primary Camera: 0.9 MPix
Additional features
Speakers: stereo, 12 Months Warranty, fanless
Weight
1.272 kg ( = 44.87 oz / 2.8 pounds), Power Supply: 172 g ( = 6.07 oz / 0.38 pounds)
Price
1129 Euro
Links
Apple homepage

 

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cd/m²		402
cd/m²		391
cd/m²
402
cd/m²		417
cd/m²		398
cd/m²
389
cd/m²		381
cd/m²		381
cd/m²
Distribution of brightness
tested with X-Rite i1Pro 2
Maximum: 417 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 394.7 cd/m² Minimum: 4.4 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 91 %
Center on Battery: 417 cd/m²
Contrast: 1069:1 (Black: 0.39 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 1.12 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5, calibrated: 0.77
ΔE Greyscale 1.7 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
99.8% sRGB (Calman 2D)
85.9% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
100% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
98.6% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2207
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Power Consumption
Off / Standbydarklight 0.03 / 0.04 Watt
Idledarkmidlight 1.9 / 6.4 / 7 Watt
Load midlight 25 / 30.3 Watt
 color bar
Key: min: dark, med: mid, max: light        Metrahit Energy
Currently we use the Metrahit Energy, a professional single phase power quality and energy measurement digital multimeter, for our measurements. Find out more about it here. All of our test methods can be found here.
Battery Runtime
WiFi Websurfing
16h 00min
WiFi Websurfing (Fullscreen)
15h 14min
WiFi Websurfing max. Brightness
8h 28min

Apple MacBook Air 2020 M1 Entry - 12/18/2020 v7
Redaktion

Chassis
89 / 98 → 90%
Keyboard
92%
Pointing Device
100%
Connectivity
50 / 75 → 67%
Weight
72 / 20-75 → 94%
Battery
91%
Display
92%
Games Performance
65 / 78 → 83%
Application Performance
93 / 85 → 100%
Temperature
90%
Noise
100%
Audio
86 / 91 → 95%
Camera
36 / 85 → 42%
Average
81%
91%
Subnotebook - Weighted Average

Pros

+stays cool despite the lack of a fan
+workmanship and iconic design
+speakers
+performance of native apps
 

Cons

-Thunderbolt with limitations
-large display bezels
-720p webcam
-stability in Rosetta emulated apps
-CPU throttling under longer load
-relatively slow WiFi 6 at only 80 MHz
Photoshop PugetBench Filter Score: 61 Points
Photoshop PugetBench General Score: 51 Points
Photoshop PugetBench GPU Score: 60.6 Points
Photoshop PugetBench Overall Score: 560 Points
Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit: 208 Points
Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit: 1020 Points
Cinebench R15 Ref. Match 64Bit: 99.5 %
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64Bit: 90 fps
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test 5GB Read: 2756 MB/s
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test 5GB Write: 2431 MB/s
Unigine Heaven 3.0 OpenGL, Normal Tessellation, High Shaders: 36.4 fps
3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited: 4515 Points
3DMark Wild Life Extreme Stress Test: 88.1 %
3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 4487 Points
3DMark Wild Life Stress Test Stability: 99.9 %
3DMark Wild Life Unlimited Score: 16159 Points
3DMark Wild Life Score: 9995 Points
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (Vulkan) Unlimited Physics: 5266 Points
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (Vulkan) Unlimited Graphics: 24750 Points
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (Vulkan) Unlimited: 13584 Points
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 T-Rex Onscreen: 60.1 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 T-Rex Offscreen: 620 fps
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 Total: 489 ms*
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 Total: 418 ms*
Octane V2 Total Score: 62227 Points
Octane V2 Total Score: 65226 Points
GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Onscreen OGL: 60.1 fps
GFXBench 3.0 1080p Manhattan Offscreen: 376 fps
GFXBench 3.1 Manhattan ES 3.1 Onscreen: 59.8 fps
GFXBench 3.1 Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen: 240 fps
GFXBench Aztec Ruins High Tier Onscreen: 51.4 fps
GFXBench Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen: 72.4 fps
GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Onscreen: 60.1 fps
GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen: 192 fps
GFXBench Car Chase Onscreen: 58.7 fps
GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen: 162 fps
WebXPRT 3 Overall: 281 Points
WebXPRT 3 Overall: 304 Points
Basemark GPU 1.2 Metal High Offscreen : 19.24 fps
Basemark GPU 1.2 Metal Medium Offscreen : 276 fps
Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core): 401 Points
Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core): 1863 Points
Geekbench 5.5 OpenCL Score: 17029
Geekbench 5.5 Metal Score: 19064
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core: 7578
Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core: 1727
Premiere Pro PugetBench GPU 0.9: 14.3 Points
Premiere Pro PugetBench Live Playback 0.9: 38.8 Points
Premiere Pro PugetBench Export 0.9: 25.8 Points
Premiere Pro PugetBench Overall Score 0.9: 323 Points
Cinebench R23 Single Core: 1496 Points
Cinebench R23 Multi Core: 7409 Points
V-Ray 5 Benchmark CPU: 4805 mpaths
CrossMark Responsiveness: 1004 Points
CrossMark Creativity: 1593 Points
CrossMark Productivity: 1274 Points
CrossMark Overall: 1355 Points
WebXPRT 4 Overall: 189 Points
Geekbench 6.0 GPU Metal: 30040
Geekbench 6.0 GPU OpenCL: 18355
Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core: 8635
Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core: 2366
Geekbench 6.2 GPU Metal: 30112
Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL: 18341
Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core: 8622
Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core: 2363
Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core: 444 Points
Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core: 110 Points
LibreOffice 20 Documents To PDF: 12.88 s*
Sunspider 1.0 Total Score: 86.1 ms*
Sunspider 1.0 Total Score: 76.4 ms*
JetStream 1.1 Total Score: 401.5 Points
JetStream 1.1 Total Score: 409 Points
Blender v3.3 Classroom METAL: 956 Seconds*
Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU: 964 Seconds*
Blender v2.79 BMW27 CPU: 710 Seconds*
Speedometer 2.0 Result: 213 runs/min
Speedometer 2.0 Result: 265 runs/min
7-Zip 18.03 7z b 4: 34614 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 7z b 4 -mmt1: 5441 MIPS
Jetstream 2 Total Score: 178.7 Points
Jetstream 2 Total Score: 191.3 Points
R Benchmark 2.5 Overall mean: 0.732 sec*
Youtube 2160p60 CPU Load: 15 %
Affinity Photo 2 Combined (Single / Multi GPU): 8447
Affinity Photo 2 Combined (Multi CPU): 664 Points
Batman: Arkham City Extreme Preset DX11: 47 fps
Batman: Arkham City High Preset DX11: 86 fps
Deus Ex Mankind Divided High Preset: 19 fps
Deus Ex Mankind Divided Medium Preset: 35.3 fps
Deus Ex Mankind Divided Low Preset: 47.6 fps
Civilization VI High Preset: 15.8 fps
Civilization VI Ultra Preset: 27 fps
Civilization VI High Preset: 30.1 fps
Civilization VI Minimum Preset: 80.3 fps
Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War III Medium / On (100 % Gameplay Resolution): 32.5 fps
Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War III Medium / On (100 % Gameplay Resolution): 41.7 fps
Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War III Minimum / Off (100 % Gameplay Resolution): 43.9 fps
F1 2017 High Preset: 43 fps
F1 2017 Medium Preset: 54 fps
F1 2017 Ultra Low Preset: 60 fps
Shadow of the Tomb Raider Medium Preset: 22 fps
Shadow of the Tomb Raider Lowest Preset: 40 fps
Shadow of the Tomb Raider Lowest Preset: 65 fps
Total War: Three Kingdoms High (incl textures): 17.4 fps
Total War: Three Kingdoms Medium (incl textures): 26.3 fps
Total War: Three Kingdoms Low (incl textures): 95.2 fps
Borderlands 3 High Overall Quality (DX11): 17.7 fps
Borderlands 3 Medium Overall Quality (DX11): 28 fps
Borderlands 3 Very Low Overall Quality (DX11): 45.2 fps
Counter-Strike: GO (Very) High, FXAA: 44.4 fps
Counter-Strike: GO High: 69 fps
Counter-Strike: GO (Very) Low: 109 fps
Hearthstone high: 58 fps
Battery Runtime WiFi Websurfing: 960 min
Battery Runtime WiFi Websurfing: 914 min
Battery Runtime WiFi Websurfing max. Brightness: 508 min
Response Times Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80%: 31 ms*
Response Times Response Time Black / White: 26.1 ms*
Response Times PWM Frequency: 118000 Hz
Loudspeakers Pink Noise: 79.6 dB(A)
Networking iperf3 receive AX12: 672 MBit/s
Networking iperf3 transmit AX12: 552 MBit/s
Power Consumption 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited GPU Efficiency (internal tool): 461 Points per Watt
Power Consumption 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited Efficiency (external Monitor): 248 Points per Watt
Power Consumption 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited Power Consumption - external Monitor: 18.2 Watt*
Power Consumption 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited GPU Power: 9.8 Watt*
Power Consumption Cinebench R23 Multi + 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Stress Test GPU Power: 5.07 Watt*
Power Consumption Cinebench R23 Multi + 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Stress Test CPU Power: 3.78 Watt*
Power Consumption 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Stress Test GPU Power: 8.66 Watt*
Power Consumption Cinebench R23 Multi + 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Stress Test Package Power: 9.94 Watt*
Power Consumption Cinebench R23 Single Package Power Efficiency: 407 Points per Watt
Power Consumption Cinebench R23 Multi Package Power Efficiency: 561 Points per Watt
Power Consumption Cinebench R23 Single Power Efficiency - external Monitor: 165.1 Points per Watt
Power Consumption Cinebench R23 Single Package Power: 3.68 Watt*
Power Consumption Cinebench R23 Multi Package Power: 13.2 Watt*
Power Consumption Cinebench R23 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor: 337 Points per Watt
Power Consumption Cinebench R23 Single (external Monitor): 9.06 Watt*
Power Consumption Cinebench R23 Multi (external Monitor): 22 Watt*
Power Consumption Idle 1min (external Monitor): 3.04 Watt*
Power Consumption Cinebench R15 Multi Efficiency (external Monitor): 37.5 Points per Watt
Power Consumption Aztec Ruins Normal Offscreen: 19.5 Watt*
Power Consumption Cinebench R15 Multi (external Monitor): 27.2 Watt*
Camera Testchart perfect light: 0
Camera ColorChecker Passport perfect light DeltaE: 10.47 DeltaE*
Display Display P3 Coverage: 98.6 %
Display sRGB Coverage: 100 %
Display AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage: 85.9 %
* Smaller values are better.
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Redaktion, 2014-09-29 (Update: 2014-09-29)