MacBook Air (Late 2020) vs iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017)
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Core Score | 1738 | 874 | 198.9% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Multi-Core Score | 7702 | 3222 | 239.0% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout | Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout | ||
System Information
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating System | macOS 11.4 (Build 20F71) | macOS 11.1 (Build 20C69) |
| Model | MacBook Air (Late 2020) | iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) |
| Processor |
Apple M1 @ 3.19 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores |
Intel Core i5-7400 @ 3.00 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores |
| 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 2 |
| L1 Data Cache | 64.0 KB x 1 | 32.0 KB x 2 |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB x 1 | 256 KB x 2 |
| L3 Cache | 6.00 MB x 1 | |
| Motherboard | MacBookAir10,1 | Apple Inc. Mac-77F17D7DA9285301 iMac18,2 |
| Northbridge | ||
| Southbridge | ||
| BIOS | Apple Inc. 429.60.3.0.0 | |
| Memory | 8.00 GB | 16.00 GB DDR4 |
Single-Core Performance
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Core Score | 1738 | 874 | 198.9% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| AES-XTS | 2721 | 865 | 314.6% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Text Compression | 1501 | 882 | 170.2% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Image Compression | 1378 | 835 | 165.0% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Navigation | 1756 | 913 | 192.3% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| HTML5 | 1653 | 733 | 225.5% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| SQLite | 1422 | 834 | 170.5% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| PDF Rendering | 1609 | 871 | 184.7% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Text Rendering | 1797 | 880 | 204.2% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Clang | 1679 | 855 | 196.4% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Camera | 1574 | 912 | 172.6% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| N-Body Physics | 1820 | 839 | 216.9% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Rigid Body Physics | 1771 | 1078 | 164.3% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Gaussian Blur | 1428 | 261 | 547.1% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Face Detection | 2226 | 546 | 407.7% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Horizon Detection | 1996 | 893 | 223.5% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Image Inpainting | 3197 | 1824 | 175.3% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| HDR | 2466 | 1684 | 146.4% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Ray Tracing | 2564 | 1216 | 210.9% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Structure from Motion | 1395 | 843 | 165.5% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Speech Recognition | 1591 | 938 | 169.6% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Machine Learning | 1202 | 1077 | 111.6% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
Multi-Core Performance
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-Core Score | 7702 | 3222 | 239.0% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| AES-XTS | 10209 | 4534 | 225.2% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Text Compression | 6002 | 2980 | 201.4% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Image Compression | 7266 | 3237 | 224.5% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Navigation | 5732 | 2382 | 240.6% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| HTML5 | 7769 | 2666 | 291.4% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| SQLite | 7301 | 3169 | 230.4% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| PDF Rendering | 6906 | 2980 | 231.7% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Text Rendering | 7848 | 3000 | 261.6% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Clang | 8102 | 3120 | 259.7% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Camera | 7143 | 3258 | 219.2% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| N-Body Physics | 7780 | 2973 | 261.7% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Rigid Body Physics | 9076 | 4104 | 221.2% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Gaussian Blur | 7891 | 3282 | 240.4% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Face Detection | 10080 | 3590 | 280.8% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Horizon Detection | 9900 | 3194 | 310.0% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Image Inpainting | 12765 | 5228 | 244.2% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| HDR | 12732 | 6019 | 211.5% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Ray Tracing | 14304 | 5174 | 276.5% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Structure from Motion | 6855 | 2961 | 231.5% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Speech Recognition | 4866 | 2291 | 212.4% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| Machine Learning | 4652 | 2316 | 200.9% |
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
