Model | Cooling | Audio |
D2n Pro | 3rd | 1st (best) |
D2 Pro | 2nd | 3rd |
D1 Pro | 4th | 4th |
D1 Legacy | 3rd | 5th | D | 6th | n/a |
S Pro w/ closed-screen | 4th | 2nd |
S w/ closed-screen | 6th | n/a |
S Pro w/ open-screen | 1st (best) | 2nd |
S w/ open-screen | 5th | n/a |
Compatibility | D2nP | D2P | D1P | D1L | D | SP | S | SM |
designed for all laptops | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
MacBook Pro Apple Silicon 20+ | best | yes | yes | yes | best | yes | ||
MacBook Pro TouchBar 2016+ | best | best | yes | yes | best | yes | ||
MacBook Pro Retina 2012-15 | yes | yes | yes | best | yes | best | yes | |
MacBook Pro Unibody 2008-12 | (yes) | (yes) | (yes) | (yes) | best | yes | ||
MacBook Air Apple Silicon 20+ | best | yes | yes | yes | best | yes | ||
MacBook Air Retina 2018-20 | best | best | yes | yes | best | yes | ||
MacBook Air 2008-17 | yes | yes | yes | best | yes | best | yes | |
MacBook Retina 2015-18 | best | best | yes | yes | best | yes | ||
PC laptop - large/gaming | (yes) | (yes) | (yes) | (yes) | yes | yes | ||
PC laptop - medium/standard | (yes) | (yes) | (yes) | (yes) | yes | yes | ||
PC laptop - small/compact | (yes) | (yes) | (yes) | (yes) | yes | yes | ||
PC laptop - ultra compact | (yes) | (yes) | (yes) | (yes) | (yes) | (yes) | ||
iPad and tablets | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||
Mac Mini 2005-20+ | best | |||||||
Setup | D2nP | D2P | D1P | D1L | D | SP | S | SM |
laptop with screen open | best | yes | ||||||
laptop with screen closed | best | best | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
Mac Mini desktop | best | |||||||
Cooling | D2nP | D2P | D1P | D1L | D | SP | S | SM |
passive heat sink cooling | yes | yes | yes | yes | best | |||
passive air cooling | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | best | yes | |
active air cooling | best | best | yes | best | ||||
active internal air cooling | (yes) | (yes) | (yes) | (best) | best | |||
Airflow | D2nP | D2P | D1P | D1L | D | SP | S | SM |
light 0-35 CFM | lo-md | lo-md | md | md | ||||
medium 35-45 CFM | hi | hi | ||||||
high 45-55 CFM | max | low | low | |||||
strong 65-75 CFM | hi | hi | ||||||
Acoustics | D2nP | D2P | D1P | D1L | D | SP | S | SM |
ultra quiet 5-10 dBA | low | |||||||
quiet 10-15 dBA | med | low | low | |||||
low 15-20 dBA | hi | med | med | low | ||||
moderate 20-25 dBA | hi | med | hi | hi | ||||
loud 45-50 dBA | max | |||||||
System | D2nP | D2P | D1P | D1L | D | SP | S | SM |
cooling modes | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
fan speeds | low-hi | low-hi | med | med | low/hi | low/hi | ||
fan color | black | black | red | red | gray | gray | fan Noctua | yes | yes | yes |
Modularity | D2nP | D2P | D1P | D1L | D | SP | S | SM |
model conversions | yes | yes | yes | |||||
modular cooling system | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | modular speed control unit | yes | yes |
user replaceable fan | yes | yes | yes | |||||
user adjustable laptop pads | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
Availability | D2nP | D2P | D1P | D1L | D | SP | S | SM |
release year | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2015 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 |
2020 release / update month | Nov | Sept | Sept | Sept | July | July |