MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012) vs MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2009)

Geekbench Scores

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012) MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2009)
Single-Core Score 2790 1682
Multi-Core Score 5206 2865
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System Information

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012) MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2009)
Operating System Mac OS X 10.11.6 (Build 15G1004) Mac OS X 10.11.6 (Build 15G1004)
Model MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012) MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2009)
Processor Intel Core i5-3427U @ 1.80 GHz
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads 		Intel Core 2 Duo T9550 @ 2.66 GHz
1 Processor, 2 Cores
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10
L1 Instruction Cache 32 KB x 2 32 KB x 2
L1 Data Cache 32 KB x 2 32 KB x 2
L2 Cache 256 KB x 2 6144 KB
L3 Cache 3072 KB 0 KB
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-2E6FAB96566FE58C MacBookAir5,2 Apple Inc. Mac-F2268EC8
BIOS Apple Inc. MBA51.88Z.00EF.B04.1509111654 Apple Inc. MBP52.88Z.008E.B05.0905042202
Memory 4.00 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 8.00 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

Single-Core Performance

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012) MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2009)
Single-Core Score 2790 1682
AES 2347
1.77 GB/sec 		101
78.6 MB/sec
LZMA 2706
4.23 MB/sec 		2482
3.88 MB/sec
JPEG 2910
23.4 Mpixels/sec 		2386
19.2 Mpixels/sec
Canny 2627
36.4 Mpixels/sec 		1907
26.5 Mpixels/sec
Lua 1932
1.99 MB/sec 		1826
1.88 MB/sec
Dijkstra 3255
2.20 MTE/sec 		2143
1.45 MTE/sec
SQLite 2334
64.7 Krows/sec 		1692
46.9 Krows/sec
HTML5 Parse 2165
9.83 MB/sec 		1683
7.64 MB/sec
HTML5 DOM 2982
2.70 MElements/sec 		2704
2.45 MElements/sec
Histogram Equalization 2405
75.2 Mpixels/sec 		1967
61.5 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering 2571
68.3 Mpixels/sec 		1849
49.1 Mpixels/sec
LLVM 2983
205.1 functions/sec 		2369
162.9 functions/sec
Camera 2739
7.59 images/sec 		2085
5.78 images/sec
SGEMM 1570
33.2 Gflops 		657
13.9 Gflops
SFFT 3010
7.50 Gflops 		904
2.26 Gflops
N-Body Physics 2483
1.85 Mpairs/sec 		1105
825.5 Kpairs/sec
Ray Tracing 2360
344.7 Kpixels/sec 		1440
210.3 Kpixels/sec
Rigid Body Physics 3261
9548.9 FPS 		2294
6716.0 FPS
HDR 2746
9.96 Mpixels/sec 		1999
7.25 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 2761
48.4 Mpixels/sec 		1122
19.7 Mpixels/sec
Speech Recognition 2684
23.0 Words/sec 		2644
22.6 Words/sec
Face Detection 2758
805.8 Ksubwindows/sec 		2112
617.1 Ksubwindows/sec
Memory Copy 3285
9.10 GB/sec 		1120
3.10 GB/sec
Memory Latency 5622
13.0 Moperations/sec 		4006
9.25 Moperations/sec
Memory Bandwidth 2589
13.8 GB/sec 		861
4.60 GB/sec

Multi-Core Performance

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012) MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2009)
Multi-Core Score 5206 2865
AES 4471
3.37 GB/sec 		202
156.5 MB/sec
LZMA 6398
9.99 MB/sec 		4603
7.19 MB/sec
JPEG 7340
59.1 Mpixels/sec 		4690
37.7 Mpixels/sec
Canny 6322
87.7 Mpixels/sec 		3361
46.6 Mpixels/sec
Lua 4760
4.89 MB/sec 		3527
3.63 MB/sec
Dijkstra 7809
5.28 MTE/sec 		3251
2.20 MTE/sec
SQLite 4046
112.2 Krows/sec 		3324
92.2 Krows/sec
HTML5 Parse 4770
21.7 MB/sec 		3227
14.7 MB/sec
HTML5 DOM 3998
3.62 MElements/sec 		5265
4.77 MElements/sec
Histogram Equalization 5301
165.6 Mpixels/sec 		3844
120.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering 5619
149.3 Mpixels/sec 		2995
79.6 Mpixels/sec
LLVM 5979
411.1 functions/sec 		4399
302.5 functions/sec
Camera 6770
18.8 images/sec 		4084
11.3 images/sec
SGEMM 2801
59.2 Gflops 		1270
26.9 Gflops
SFFT 5922
14.8 Gflops 		1816
4.53 Gflops
N-Body Physics 5169
3.86 Mpairs/sec 		2221
1.66 Mpairs/sec
Ray Tracing 5211
761.0 Kpixels/sec 		2831
413.5 Kpixels/sec
Rigid Body Physics 8057
23587.6 FPS 		4640
13583.0 FPS
HDR 6494
23.5 Mpixels/sec 		3721
13.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 5281
92.5 Mpixels/sec 		2096
36.7 Mpixels/sec
Speech Recognition 5453
46.7 Words/sec 		3664
31.4 Words/sec
Face Detection 6010
1.76 Msubwindows/sec 		4296
1.25 Msubwindows/sec
Memory Copy 3858
10.7 GB/sec 		1203
3.33 GB/sec
Memory Latency 5398
12.5 Moperations/sec 		3829
8.84 Moperations/sec
Memory Bandwidth 3313
17.7 GB/sec 		876
4.68 GB/sec

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