Compare Apple MacBook Air (M1) vs MSI Creator 17 vs Apple MacBook Air 2020
Variants
4K
FHD
Connectivity
Ports
2x Thunderbolt 3 / USB 4 + 3.5mm headphone jack
3x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x Thunderbolt 3 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2 / DP + 1x RJ45 (Gigabit LAN) + 1x microSD + 1x HDMI + 1x Headphone + 1x Microphone
2x USB-C (thunderbolt), Headphone jack
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1
WiFi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 5.0
Construction
Battery | Capacity
49.9 Wh
82 Wh
49.9 watt-hour
Camera | Front
HD (720p)
HD type (30fps@720p)
720p
Colors
Gold, Silver, Space Gray
Space Gray
Gold; Space Gray; Silver
Form Factor
Clamshell laptop computer
Material
Aluminum
Microphone
Three-mic array with directional beamforming
Speakers
Stereo speakers
2x 2W Duo Wave Speaker
Dimensions
Size | Depth
8.36 inches (21.24 cm)
259.4 mm
21.24 cm
Size | Height
0.16–0.63 inch (0.41–1.61 cm)
20.25 mm
1.61 cm
Size | Width
11.97 inches (30.41 cm)
396.1 mm
30.41 cm
Weight
2.8 lbs (1.29 kg)
1.29 kg
Display
Brightness
400 nits
Display Diagonal
13.3 inch
17.3 inch
13.3 in
Display Type
IPS
IPS
Gamut
DCI-P3, True Tone technology
Pixel Density
227 ppi
227 ppi
Refresh Rate
60 or 144Hz
Resolution
QHD+ (2560 x 1600)
4K UHD (3840x2160) or FHD (1920x1080)
2560 x 1600
Function
Chipset
Intel HM470
Graphics
Apple M1 7-core or 8-core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6, RTX 2070 Max-Q 8GB GDDR6, RTX 2070 SUPER w/ Max-Q 8GB GDDR6, or RTX 2080 SUPER w/ Max-Q 8GB GDDR6
HDR
HDR1000 with miniLED
Keyboard Backlight
Yes
Single-color (white) back-lit
Operating System
MacOS Big Sur
Windows 10
Operating Temperature
50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)
Processor
Apple M1 8-core CPU with 16-core Neural Engine
Up to 10th-gen Intel Core i9
1.1GHz 2-core Intel Core i3; 1.2GHz 4-core i7 (optional)
Security
Touch ID sensor
Touchpad
Force Touch trackpad
Performance
Battery Life
Up to 15 hours wireless web / Up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback
Key Travel
1.9 mm
Memory | Capacity
8 or 16 GB
2x slots, Max 64GB
8GB; up to 16 GB
Memory | Type
DDR4 3200 MHz
3733Mhz LPDDR4X
Power Supply
30 W
180 or 230 W Slim adapter
30W USB-C adapter
Storage
256GB, 512GB, 1TB, or 2TB
2x M.2 SSD combo (PCIe / SATA)
256 GB SSD; up to 2 TB
Production
Availability
2020-11-17
Debut
2020-11-10
2020-01 (CES 2020)
2020 March
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