Apple Macbook Air (M1, 2020)
- Launched: November 2020
- Screen-to-body ratio: ~79.4%
- Dimensions: 304.1 x 212.4 x 16.1 mm (11.97 x 8.36 x 0.63 inches)
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Review
Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Macbook Air (M1, 2020).
Tests and Specifications
Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Apple Macbook Air (M1, 2020)
| Weight |
1.29 kg (2.84 lbs) |
| Dimensions |
304.1 x 212.4 x 16.1 mm
11.97 x 8.36 x 0.63 inches |
| Area |
646 cm2 (100.1 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio |
~79.4% |
| Side bezels |
8.8 mm |
| Colors |
Silver, Gold, Gray |
| Material |
Aluminum |
| Transformer |
No |
| Opening angle |
130° |
Cooling solution
| Cooling system |
Passive |
| Vapor chamber |
Yes |
| Size |
13.3 inches |
| Type |
IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate |
60 Hz |
| PPI |
227 ppi |
| Aspect ratio |
16:10 |
| Resolution |
2560 x 1600 pixels |
| HDR support |
Yes, HDR10 |
| Sync technology |
No |
| Touchscreen |
No |
| Coating |
Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor |
Yes |
Display tests
| Contrast |
1069:1 |
| sRGB color space |
99.8% |
| Adobe RGB profile |
85.9% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut |
98.6% |
| Response time |
35 ms |
| Voltage |
11.4 V |
| Full charging time |
2:23 hr |
| Battery type |
Li-Po |
| Replaceable |
No |
| Fast charging |
Yes |
| USB Power Delivery |
Yes |
| Charging port position |
Left |
| Charge power |
30 W |
| Cable length |
2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter |
172 grams |
| Base frequency |
3.2 GHz |
| Cores |
8 (4P + 4E) |
| Threads |
8 |
| Integrated GPU |
Apple M1 GPU |
| Fabrication process |
5 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1745
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
7775
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1515
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
7817
| TGP |
15 W |
| Type |
Integrated |
| Fabrication process |
5 nm |
| GPU base clock |
450 MHz |
| GPU boost clock |
1278 MHz |
| FLOPS |
2.6 TFLOPS |
| Memory size |
System Shared |
| Memory type |
LPDDR4X |
| Memory bus |
128 bit |
| Memory speed |
4.27 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) |
1024 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) |
64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) |
32 |
GPU performance
2.6 TFLOPS
| Channels |
2x4 GB |
| Clock |
4266 MHz |
| Type |
LPDDR4X |
| Upgradable |
No |
| Bus |
Custom |
| Storage type |
SSD (M2) |
| Channels |
1x256 GB |
| Upgradable |
No |
| NVMe |
Yes |
| Speakers |
2.0 |
| Dolby Atmos |
Yes |
| Loudness |
79.6 dB |
| Microphones |
3 |
| Wi-Fi standard |
v6 |
| Bluetooth |
v5 |
| Fingerprint |
Yes |
| Infrared sensor |
No |
| Optical drive |
No |
| Webcam |
Above the display |
| Webcam resolution |
1280 x 720 |
Ports
| USB-A |
No |
| USB Type-C |
2x USB 3.1 |
| Thunderbolt |
Thunderbolt 3 |
| HDMI |
No |
| DisplayPort |
No |
| VGA |
No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) |
Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) |
No |
| SD card reader |
No |
| Proprietary charging port |
No |
Keyboard
| Keyboard type |
Island |
| Numpad |
No |
| Backlight |
Yes |
| Key travel |
1 mm |
Touchpad
| Size |
12.1 x 8.1 cm |
| Surface |
Glass |
| Windows Precision |
No |
Comparison with competitors
