MacBook Air (Late 2020) - SSD speed and benchmark

[abbotsford1980]

My M1 MacBook Air has arrived - Located in Australia
First impression is its faster than my other Macs (2018 MacBook Air, 2012 iMac i7, 2009 2.93 x5670 MacPro)
MS teams is faster on Rosetta than I've sen on any Mac
Webcam is crystal clear
Very happy with the purchase
Make sure you run the software update to get the latest build

MacBook Air (Late 2020) - Geekbench

Benchmark results for a MacBook Air (Late 2020) with an Apple M1 processor.

browser.geekbench.com

 

[arn]

2019 MacBook Air ssd benchmarks. Early 2020 seems to be same. So this is a big jump.

Apple's 2019 256GB MacBook Air Includes Slower SSD Than 2018 Model

The 2019 MacBook Air, refreshed last week, appears to have a slower SSD than the 2018 MacBook Air, according to testing by French site Consomac....

www.macrumors.com

 

[Henk van Ess]

Thank you

 

[jake871]

What size is your hard drive?

 

[Gnattu]

MS Teams is an electron based app if I remembered it correctly, which basically does what browsers do like executing Javascript. Apple's Architectures are known to be fast in browser tests / Javascript tests, so MS Teams should be fast.

 

[MK500]

Thanks for this! What happens if you attempt to install Steam on it?

Steam, The Ultimate Online Game Platform

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[Henk van Ess]

@abbotsford1980 can y find battery info? In this forum, someone couldn’t

Battery capacity details no longer available on M1 Macbooks ???

It appears the mAh battery capacity information is no longer showing in either System Report nor third party battery apps ? Do you think Apple has purposely hidden this info or is it something about M1 chips that doesn't allow this info to be available ???

forums.macrumors.com

 

[abbotsford1980]

What size is your hard drive?

 

[abbotsford1980]

MS Teams is an electron based app if I remembered it correctly, which basically does what browsers do like executing Javascript. Apple's Architectures are known to be fast in browser tests / Javascript tests, so MS Teams should be fast.

It is very fast - On my MacBook Air 2018 i5 the fan spins up the and system slows down - no slowdowns to report so far. app open very quickly.

 

[garethjs]

I believe the pro 512gbs are writing and read at up to 2500MB/sec

 

[dgdosen]

My M1 MacBook Air has arrived - Located in Australia
First impression is its faster than my other Macs (2018 MacBook Air, 2012 iMac i7, 2009 2.93 x5670 MacPro)
MS teams is faster on Rosetta than I've sen on any Mac
Webcam is crystal clear
Very happy with the purchase
Make sure you run the software update to get the latest build

MacBook Air (Late 2020) - Geekbench

Benchmark results for a MacBook Air (Late 2020) with an Apple M1 processor.

browser.geekbench.com

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PCIe 3.0 speeds?

 

[StatFlow]

Hey OP, do you have two monitors to test connecting them to? Would love to know what happens in clamshell mode.

 

[stgall]

Thanks for posting this OP. Any thoughts on whether 8GB memory seems like enough for working across multiple browser tabs in Chrome, with other apps running too?

 

[abbotsford1980]

Thanks for posting this OP. Any thoughts on whether 8GB memory seems like enough for working across multiple browser tabs in Chrome, with other apps running too?

Not having any issues with memory - 8 seems enough

 

[AAPLGeek]

How long does it take to boot?

 

[abbotsford1980]

How long does it take to boot?

15 seconds from open of lid on cold start to login screen

 

[thingstoponder]

PCIe 3.0 speeds?

That depends on how many lanes it is. It seems like it’s less lanes than a pcie3.0x4 setup

15 seconds from open of lid on cold start to login screen

Does it turn on when you open the lid?

 

[AAPLGeek]

15 seconds from open of lid on cold start to login screen

Awesome. Thanks!

Have you tested the thermal performance when connected to a 4k/5k display yet?

 

[stgall]

Not having any issues with memory - 8 seems enough

Thanks!

 

[abbotsford1980]

Awesome. Thanks!

Have you tested the thermal performance when connected to a 4k/5k display yet?

don't have one to test with

 

[Boyd01]

It is nice to see the MacBook Air catching up (I still have my 2013 11" MBA). But this kind of performance is not a new thing for Apple. Here is the internal SSD on my 2018 Mini (the 2tb SSD has higher write speeds than the smaller ones, which are the same as the results that @abbotsford1980 posted above)

 

[abbotsford1980]

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