MacBook Air (Late 2020) MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017) Difference
Single-Core Score 1745 899 194.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Multi-Core Score 7705 3594 214.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
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System Information

MacBook Air (Late 2020) MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
Operating System macOS 12.3.1 (Build 21E258) macOS 10.15.2 (Build 19C57)
Model MacBook Air (Late 2020) MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
Processor Apple M1 @ 1.95 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Intel Core i7-7700HQ @ 2.80 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
Processor ID Apple M1 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 128 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 4
L1 Data Cache 64.0 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 4
L2 Cache 4.00 MB x 1 256 KB x 4
L3 Cache 6.00 MB x 1
Motherboard MacBookAir10,1 Apple Inc. Mac-551B86E5744E2388 MacBookPro14,3
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 203.0.0.0.0
Memory 16.00 GB 16.00 GB LPDDR3

Single-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Late 2020) MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017) Difference
Single-Core Score 1745 899 194.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
AES-XTS 2817 1009 279.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Text Compression 1501 853 176.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Image Compression 1374 946 145.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Navigation 1627 856 190.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
HTML5 1691 741 228.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
SQLite 1422 912 155.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
PDF Rendering 1628 895 181.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Text Rendering 1806 875 206.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Clang 1765 900 196.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Camera 1549 961 161.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
N-Body Physics 1819 847 214.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1773 1126 157.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Gaussian Blur 1428 318 449.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Face Detection 2248 594 378.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Horizon Detection 1989 943 210.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Image Inpainting 3213 1757 182.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
HDR 2484 1817 136.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Ray Tracing 2585 886 291.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Structure from Motion 1438 972 147.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Speech Recognition 1598 892 179.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Machine Learning 1205 968 124.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 

Multi-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Late 2020) MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017) Difference
Multi-Core Score 7705 3594 214.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
AES-XTS 10098 4457 226.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Text Compression 5979 3566 167.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Image Compression 7164 4259 168.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Navigation 5600 2614 214.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
HTML5 7614 2906 262.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
SQLite 7013 3672 191.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
PDF Rendering 7081 3444 205.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Text Rendering 8002 3220 248.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Clang 8801 3758 234.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Camera 7111 3268 217.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
N-Body Physics 7662 3911 195.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Rigid Body Physics 9088 5523 164.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Gaussian Blur 7959 3642 218.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Face Detection 10069 4291 234.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Horizon Detection 9899 4015 246.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Image Inpainting 12683 4767 266.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
HDR 12725 7038 180.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Ray Tracing 14287 5462 261.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Structure from Motion 7018 3678 190.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Speech Recognition 4913 1900 258.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Machine Learning 4521 1884 240.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)