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Dell Latitude 7400 vs. M1 MacBook Air: Full specs comparison

We thoroughly analyzed technical specifications for Dell Latitude 7400 and M1 MacBook Air models, including CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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Dell Latitude 7400 Pros

Reasons that Dell Latitude 7400 is better than M1 MacBook Air.

Dell Latitude 7400 supports a larger memory capacity than the M1 MacBook Air. It supports up to 32GB versus 16GB of system memory on the M1 MacBook Air.

Max system memory size

Dell Latitude 7400

32 GB

M1 MacBook Air

16 GB

Dell Latitude 7400 comes with two SODIMM slots that allow you to replace or upgrade when needed. On the flip side, you can't upgrade RAM on the M1 MacBook Air since it has onboard memory.

Memory	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
Slots	x2	Onboard
Type	DDR4	Unified

Dell Latitude 7400 comes with a single removable M.2 SSD slot that you can replace and upgrade in the future.

Slots	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
M.2	Yes x1	Onboard

Dell Latitude 7400 has a 14-inch screen size 5% larger than the 13.3-inch M1 MacBook Air.

Display size

Dell Latitude 7400

14-inch

M1 MacBook Air

13.3-inch

Dell Latitude 7400 has more ports and slots count than the M1 MacBook Air. It has ten versus three amount of ports and slots on the M1 MacBook Air.

Ports	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
HDMI	Yes	No
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
lock slot	Yes	No
microSD card slot	Yes	No
nanoSIM card slot	Yes	No
power port	Yes	No
Smart Card Reader	Yes	No
Thunderbolt 3	Yes	Yes x2
USB-A	Yes x2	No
Total	10	3

Dell Latitude 7400 has better versatile I/O connectivity than the M1 MacBook Air. It has six versus two commonly used ports and slots on the M1 MacBook Air.

Ports	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
Thunderbolt 3	Yes	Yes
HDMI	Yes	No
microSD card slot	Yes	No
power port	Yes	No
USB-A	Yes	No

M1 MacBook Air Pros

Reasons that M1 MacBook Air is better than Dell Latitude 7400.

2020 vs. 2019

Apple M1 (8C, 8G) inside M1 MacBook Air has a 76% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-8665U inside Dell Latitude 7400.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

M1 MacBook Air - Apple M1 (8C, 7G)

7,414

M1 MacBook Air - Apple M1 (8C, 8G)

7,414

Dell Latitude 7400 - Intel Core i7-8665U

4,209

Dell Latitude 7400 - Intel Core i5-8365U

3,442

Dell Latitude 7400 - Intel Core i5-8265U

2,132

M1 MacBook Air weighed 2.8 pounds, 7% lighter than the 2.99 pounds Dell Latitude 7400.

Weight	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
Pound	2.99 lbs.	2.8 lbs.
Kilogram	1.36 kg	1.27 kg

Prices

Here are the latest price updates and offers for both devices.

Dell Latitude 7400 Price
	Dell Latitude 7400 14" FHD Laptop, 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8665U Dual Core, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD, Type-C, HDMI, Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $280.78	See at Amazon
	Dell Latitude 7400 Laptop, 14.0 inches FHD (1920 x 1080) Touchscreen, Intel Core 8th Gen i7-8665U, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 11 (Renewed) By Dell $299.04	See at Amazon
	Dell Latitude 7400 7000 Series 14-inch Core i5-8365U 16GB RAM 256GB PCIe SSD FHD 1080P FPR + IR Camera Windows 10 Professional (Renewed) By Dell $216.71	See at Amazon
M1 MacBook Air Price
	Late 2020 Apple MacBook Air with Apple M1 Chip (13.3 inch, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) Space Gray (Renewed) By Apple $627.00	See at Amazon
	Late 2020 Apple MacBook Air with Apple M1 Chip (13.3 inch, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) Space Gray (Renewed) By Apple $704.99	See at Amazon
	Late 2020 Apple MacBook Air with Apple M1 Chip (13.3 inch, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD) Space Gray (Renewed) By Apple $610.00	See at Amazon

Availability	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
Released	2019	2020
Release Date	-	Announced on November 10th, 2020
Pricing	-	$999 Apple M1 Chip (7 cores GPU) \| 8GB RAM \| 256GB SSD $1,249 Apple M1 Chip (8 cores GPU) \| 8GB RAM \| 512GB SSD
Generations	2022 Dell Latitude 7430 2021 Dell Latitude 7420 2020 Dell Latitude 7410 2019 Dell Latitude 7400 2018 Dell Latitude 7490 2017 Dell Latitude 7480	2022 M2 MacBook Air 2020 M1 MacBook Air 2020 Intel MacBook Air MacBook Air 13” 2019 MacBook Air 13” 2018 MacBook Air 13” 2017 MacBook Air 13” 2015 MacBook Air 13” 2014 MacBook Air 13” 2013

Exterior	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
Dimensions	12.65” x 8.42” x 0.70 - 0.75” (321.35mm x 214.08mm x 17.82 - 18.96mm)”	Width: 11.97 inches (30.41 cm) Depth: 8.36 inches (21.24 cm) Height: 0.16–0.63 inch (0.41–1.61 cm)
Weight	2.99 lb (1.36kg)	Starting at 2.8 pounds (1.29 kg)
Colors	CNC machined aluminum in platinum silver Carbon fiber in black	Gold Space Gray Silver
Keyboard and Trackpad	Keyboard Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard. Touchpad Size: 3.91” x 2.08” (99.5mm x 53mm) Supports Microsoft Precision multi-touch gesture. Have dedicated left and right-click buttons.	Backlit Magic Keyboard with: 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted-T arrangement Ambient light sensor Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure-sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing, and Multi-Touch gestures

Display	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
Size	14 Inches	13.3 Inches
Info	14” HD WXGA (1366x768), 220 nits, anti-glare, non-touch display. 14” FHD (1920 x 1080), 300 nits, anti-glare, non-touch display 14” FHD (1920 x 1080), 300 nits, anti-glare, non-touch display with Dynamic Privacy Dell SafeScreen 14” FHD Touch (1920 x 1080), 255 nits, anti-glare, touch display	Retina display 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2560-by-1600 native resolution at 227 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors Supported scaled resolutions: 1680 by 1050 1440 by 900 1024 by 640 16:10 aspect ratio 400 nits brightness Supports wide color (P3) True Tone technology

Ports	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
Image Source: Dell Left (5) 1 x power port 1 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort 1.2, Power Delivery 1 x HDMI v1.4 1 x USB-A USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x Smart Card Reader Optional Right (5) 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone 1 x microSD card slot 1 x nanoSIM card slot Optional 1 x USB-A USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), PowerShare 1 x lock slot	Image Source: Apple Left (2) 2 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, USB 4.0 (40 Gbps), Charging, DisplayPort Right (1) 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone

Internal Specs	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
Processor	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8265U 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.60 → 3.90 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 15W 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8365U 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.60 → 4.10 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 15W 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8665U 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.90 → 4.80 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 15W	Apple M1 (7 GPU Cores) 8 cores, 8 threads, 3.20 GHz, 10W Apple M1 8 cores, 8 threads, 3.20 GHz, 10W
Integrated Graphics	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8265U Intel® UHD Graphics 620 24 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8365U Intel® UHD Graphics 620 24 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8665U Intel® UHD Graphics 620 24 Execution Units, 300 → 1150 MHz	Apple M1 (7 GPU Cores) Apple M1 iGPU 7 Graphics Cores, 1280 MHz Apple M1 Apple M1 iGPU 8 Graphics Cores, 1280 MHz
Memory	Memory Info 2 x SoDIMM slots Type: Dual-Channel DDR4 Speed: 2400 MHz Memory Configurations Minimum Memory: 4GB Maximum Memory: 32GB	8GB unified memory Configurable to 16GB
Storage	Hard Drive Slot 1 x M.2 2280 slot Hard Drive Configurations Up to 1TB PCIe SSD	256GB 512GB SSD Configurable to 1TB or 2TB

Connectivity	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
Wi-Fi	Qualcomm QCA61x4A Wi-Fi 5 802.11ac Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, WiFi-4 (802.11n), WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Intel® Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9560 2x2 802.11ac vPro Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, WiFi-4 (802.11n), WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2x2 802.11ax 160MHz Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, WiFi-4 (802.11n), WiFi-5 (802.11ac), WiFi-6 (802.11ax)	802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6 wireless networking IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0 With Intel® Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9560 and Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 models Bluetooth 4.2 With Qualcomm QCA61x4A models	Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology
More	Optional Mobile Broadband Qualcomm Snapdragon X20 Global Gigabit LTE (Optional)	-

Battery	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
Size	32 Wh (3-cell Polymer, ExpressCharge capable battery) 60 Wh (4-cell Polymer, ExpressCharge capable battery) 60 Wh (4-cell Polymer, Long Life Battery)	49.9 Wh lithium‑polymer battery
Battery Life	-	Up to 15 hours wireless web Up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback
Power Supply	65W 7.4 mm Barrel Adapter 90W 7.4 mm Barrel Adapter 65W adapter, Type-C 90W adapter, Type-C	30W USB‑C Power Adapter

Software	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
OS	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Upgradable to Windows 11	Shipped with macOS Big Sur
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 30-days trial McAfee® Small Business Security 30 Day Free Trial	Photos iMovie GarageBand Pages Numbers Keynote Siri Safari Mail FaceTime Messages Maps News Stocks Home Voice Memos Notes Calendar Contacts Reminders Photo Booth Preview Music Podcasts TV Books App Store Time Machine Find My QuickTime Player

Camera & Audio	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
Camera	Front-facing camera Top-mount front camera with fixed focus lens, 0.92 Megapixels (1280 x 720 HD) at 30 fps. Optinal Infrared camera For Windows Hello Facial Recognition.	720p FaceTime HD camera
Audio	Realtek ALC3254 with Waves MaxxAudio Pro 2 x 2W = 4W stereo speakers Dual array microphones	Stereo speakers Wide stereo sound Support for Dolby Atmos playback Three-mic array with directional beamforming 3.5 mm headphone jack

Misc	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
Sensors	Ambient Light Sensor (optional) IR Camera (optional) Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button	Touch ID sensor Ambient light sensor
Security	Security lock slot Windows Hello Facial Recognition (optional) Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button Camera Shutter Dynamic Privacy Dell SafeScreen	Touch ID sensor Apple T2 Security Chip
In the box	-	MacBook Air 30W USB‑C Power Adapter USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)
Warranty	3 Years Hardware Warranty with Onsite In-Home Service after Remote Diagnosis	Your MacBook Air comes with 90 days of complimentary technical support and a one-year limited warranty. Purchase AppleCare+ to extend your coverage to three years from your AppleCare+ purchase date and add up to two incidents of accidental damage coverage, each subject to a service fee of $99 for screen damage or external enclosure damage, or $299 for other repairable damage, plus applicable tax.
More	-	Video Support Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colors and: One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz Thunderbolt 3 digital video output Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C VGA, HDMI, DVI, and Thunderbolt 2 output supported using adapters (sold separately)

Key Features	Dell Latitude 7400	M1 MacBook Air
At Glance	Released in 2019 16:9 FHD 14” 1080p 60Hz Weight 2.99 lb 1.36 kg Up to Intel Core i7-8665U 4C/8T, 1.90 → 4.80 GHz Geekbench 5 1,134 Single Core Geekbench 5 4,209 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 620 24 Execution Units, 300 → 1150 MHz Upgradable up to 32GB 2400 MHz DDR4	Released in Late 2020 16:10 QHD 13.3” 1600p 60Hz Weight 2.8 lb 1.27 kg Up to Apple M1 (8C, 8G) 8C/8T, 3.20 GHz Geekbench 5 1,705 Single Core Geekbench 5 7,414 Multi-Core With integrated Apple M1 iGPU 8 Graphics Cores, 1280 MHz Configurable up to 16GB Unified Memory Starting at $999 M1 (7 GPU Cores), 8GB, 256GB SSD Up to 18 Hours Battery Life Built-in Touch ID With T2 Chip Dual USB-C USB4 & Thunderbolt 3 Wi-Fi 6 Bluetooth 5.0