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M1 MacBook Air vs. Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1: Full specs comparison

We thoroughly analyzed technical specifications for M1 MacBook Air and Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1 models, including CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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M1 MacBook Air Pros

Reasons that M1 MacBook Air is better than Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1.

Apple M1 (8C, 8G) inside M1 MacBook Air has a 15% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-1255U inside Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

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

7,414

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

7,414

Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1 - Intel Core i7-1255U

6,415

Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1 - Intel Core i5-1235U

5,715

Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1 - Intel Core i3-1215U

3,605

M1 MacBook Air weighed 2.8 pounds, 20% lighter than the 3.46 pounds Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1.

Weight	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
Pound	2.8 lbs.	3.46 lbs.
Kilogram	1.27 kg	1.57 kg

Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1 Pros

Reasons that Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1 is better than M1 MacBook Air.

2022 vs. 2020

Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1 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 Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1

32 GB

M1 MacBook Air

16 GB

Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1 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	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
Slots	Onboard	x2
Type	Unified	DDR4

Configurable up to Nvidia GeForce MX550 2GB GDDR6 vs. integrated

Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1 comes with a single removable M.2 SSD slot that you can replace and upgrade in the future.

Slots	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
M.2	Onboard	Yes x1

Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1 has a 14-inch screen size 5% larger than the 13.3-inch M1 MacBook Air.

Display size

Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1

14-inch

M1 MacBook Air

13.3-inch

Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1 has more ports and slots count than the M1 MacBook Air. It has six versus three amount of ports and slots on the M1 MacBook Air.

Ports	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
full-size SD card slot	No	Yes
HDMI	No	Yes
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
Thunderbolt 3	Yes x2	No
USB-A	No	Yes
USB-C	No	Yes x2
Total	3	6

Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1 has better versatile I/O connectivity than the M1 MacBook Air. It has five versus two commonly used ports and slots on the M1 MacBook Air.

Ports	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
full-size SD card slot	No	Yes
HDMI	No	Yes
Thunderbolt 3	Yes	No
USB-A	No	Yes
USB-C	No	Yes

Prices

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

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 $604.95 $647.00 6% OFF	See at Amazon
	2020 Apple MacBook Air Laptop: Apple M1 Chip, 13” Retina Display, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Storage, Backlit Keyboard, FaceTime HD Camera, Touch ID. Works with iPhone/iPad; Silver By Apple $694.59 $999.00 30% OFF	See at Amazon
	Late 2020 Apple MacBook Air with Apple M1 Chip (13.3 inch, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) Space Gray (Renewed) By Apple $934.98	See at Amazon
Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1 Price
	Dell Inspiron 7000 Series 7420 2-in-1 Laptop, 14'' FHD+ Touch Screen, 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1255U Processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Backlit KB, HDMI, SD Card Reader, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Home By Dell $689.00 $849.99 19% OFF	See at Amazon
	Dell Inspiron 7430 14" FHD+ (1920x1200) IPS Touch 2-in-1 Laptop \| Intel i7-1355U 10-Core \| Iris Xe Graphics \| Backlit Keyboard \| Fingerprint \| Thunderbolt 4 \| WiFi 6E \| 16GB LPDDR5 1TB SSD \| Win11 Pro By Dell $839.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Inspiron 7420 2-in-1 (2022) \| 14" FHD+ Touch \| Core i7-512GB SSD - 16GB RAM \| 10 Cores @ 4.7 GHz - 12th Gen CPU Win 11 Home By Dell $1,107.99	See at Amazon

Availability	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
Released	2020	2022
Release Date	Announced on November 10th, 2020	Announced on April 1, 2022
Pricing	$999 Apple M1 Chip (7 cores GPU) \| 8GB RAM \| 256GB SSD $1,249 Apple M1 Chip (8 cores GPU) \| 8GB RAM \| 512GB SSD	$849.99 i5-1235U 8GB 512GB $1,049.99 i7-1255U 16GB 512GB
Applicable Models	-	Dell Inspiron 14 2-in1 2022 Dell Inspiron 14 2-in-1 7000 Series with Intel 2022 14-inch Dell Inspiron 2-in-1 7000 Series Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1 Intel Dell Inspiron 14 7420 (12th Gen Intel Core U15-Series Processors)
Generations	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	2022 Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1 2022 Dell Inspiron 7425 2-in-1 AMD 2021 Dell Inspiron 7415 2-in-1

Exterior	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
Size Comparison	M1 MacBook AirDell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
Dimensions	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)	12.36 x 8.93 x 0.62 ~ 0.70 in (314 x 227.5 x 15.7 ~ 17.86 mm)
Weight	Starting at 2.8 pounds (1.29 kg)	Starting at 3.46 lbs (1.57 kg)
Colors	Gold Space Gray Silver	Platinum Silver
Keyboard and Trackpad	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	Keyboard Full-size titan grey keyboard with optional key backlit. Touchpad Multi-touch gesture-enabled precision touchpad. Size: 4.53 x 3.15 in (115 x 80 mm)
Chasis Information	-	Aluminum Exterior Chassis Materials

Display	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
Size	13.3 Inches	14 Inches
Info	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	14” FHD+ Touch 16:10, 1920 x 1200, 162 PPI, 250 nits brightness, 45% NTSC color gamut, 600:1 contrast ratio, 10 multi-touch support, 3.55 W power consumption, Anti-Glare.

Ports	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
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	Image Source: Dell Left (3) 2 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 Gbps), DisplayPort, Power Delivery 1 x HDMI v1.4 Right (3) 1 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x full-size SD card slot 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone

Internal Specs	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
Processor	Apple M1 (7 GPU Cores) 8 cores, 8 threads, 3.20 GHz, 10W Apple M1 8 cores, 8 threads, 3.20 GHz, 10W	12th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-1215U 6 cores, 8 threads, 1.20 → 4.40 GHz, 10MB SmartCache, 15W 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1235U 10 cores, 12 threads, 1.30 → 4.40 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 15W 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1255U 10 cores, 12 threads, 1.70 → 4.70 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 15W
Integrated Graphics	Apple M1 (7 GPU Cores) Apple M1 iGPU 7 Graphics Cores, 1280 MHz Apple M1 Apple M1 iGPU 8 Graphics Cores, 1280 MHz	12th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-1215U Intel® UHD Graphics 64 Execution Units, → 1100 MHz 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1235U Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 80 Execution Units, → 1200 MHz 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1255U Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, → 1250 MHz
Memory	8GB unified memory Configurable to 16GB	4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB Memory Slots: 2 x SODIMM slots. Memory Type: Dual Channel DDR4 Memory. Memory Speed: 3200 MHz Memory Size per Slot: 4GB 8GB 16GB
Discrete Graphics	-	Optional NVIDIA® GeForce® MX550 with 2GB of GDDR6 VRAM
Storage	256GB 512GB SSD Configurable to 1TB or 2TB	256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB Storage Slots: 1 x M.2 2230/2280 PCIe Gen 4 x4 slot.
Fans Number	-	1

Connectivity	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
Wi-Fi	802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6 wireless networking IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible	Intel AX201 Wi-Fi 6 Up to 2400 Mbps Dual Band 2.4GHz/5GHz WiFi 6 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax Bluetooth 5.2 Intel AX211 Wi-Fi 6E Up to 2400 Mbps Triple Band 2.4GHz/5GHz/6GHz WiFi 6E 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax Bluetooth 5.2
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology	Bluetooth 5.2

Battery	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
Size	49.9 Wh lithium‑polymer battery	41 Wh 3-cell polymer battery 54 Wh 4-cell polymer battery Supports ExpressCharge™ Boost.
Battery Life	Up to 15 hours wireless web Up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback	-
Power Supply	30W USB‑C Power Adapter	65W Power Adapter 4.5mm barrel type connector.

Software	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
OS	Shipped with macOS Big Sur	Windows 11 Home \| Home in S-mode \| Pro
Built-in Apps	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	Microsoft Office 30 Trial McAfee LiveSafe 30 Day Trial Dell Mobile Connect My Dell SupportAssist Dell Update Dell Digital Delivery

Camera & Audio	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
Camera	720p FaceTime HD camera	HD Front-facing camera 720p at 30 fps, HD RGB camera. FHD Front-facing camera 1080p at 30 fps, FHD RGB camera.
Audio	Stereo speakers Wide stereo sound Support for Dolby Atmos playback Three-mic array with directional beamforming 3.5 mm headphone jack	Realtek ALC3254-CG high-definition audio controller. 2 x 2W stereo speakers. 1 x combo headphone/microphone jack. Dual-array microphones.

Misc	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
Sensors	Touch ID sensor Ambient light sensor	-
Security	Touch ID sensor Apple T2 Security Chip	-
In the box	MacBook Air 30W USB‑C Power Adapter USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)	-
Warranty	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.	1 Year Hardware Service with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis
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	M1 MacBook Air	Dell Inspiron 14 7420 2-in-1
At Glance	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	Released in Early 2022 16:10 FHD+ 14” 1200p 60Hz Weight 3.46 lb 1.57 kg Up to Intel Core i7-1255U 10C/12T, 1.70 → 4.70 GHz Geekbench 5 1,754 Single Core Geekbench 5 6,415 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, → 1250 MHz Upgradable up to 32GB 3200 MHz DDR4 Nvidia GeForce MX550 2GB GDDR6