MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1721 862 199.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 7360 3201 229.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Geekbench 5.4.3 Tryout Geekbench 5.4.5 Tryout

System Information

MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 12.0.1 (Build 21A559) macOS 12.5 (Build 21G72)
Model MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Apple M1 @ 3.19 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70 GHz
1 Processor, 6 Cores
Processor ID Apple M1 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 12
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 128 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 3
L1 Data Cache 64.0 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 3
L2 Cache 4.00 MB x 1 256 KB x 3
L3 Cache 9.00 MB x 1
Motherboard MacBookAir10,1 Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 1554.140.20.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB 32.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1721 862 199.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2534 1046 242.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 1479 632 234.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 1372 989 138.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1623 702 231.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 1715 859 199.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 1413 866 163.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1625 1054 154.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1745 914 190.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 1767 894 197.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 1552 1020 152.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 1797 471 381.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1772 1152 153.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 1408 244 577.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2242 585 383.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 1993 1002 198.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 3176 1484 214.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 2472 1955 126.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 2553 1038 246.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 1432 917 156.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1582 584 270.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1177 826 142.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 

Multi-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Multi-Core Score 7360 3201 229.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 9555 4032 237.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 5507 2273 242.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 6646 3198 207.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 5299 2056 257.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 7767 3259 238.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 6685 3188 209.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 6965 3240 215.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 7592 3457 219.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 7997 2844 281.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 6965 3015 231.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 7361 2685 274.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 8726 3662 238.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 7638 3687 207.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 9620 3973 242.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 9373 3628 258.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 12141 5331 227.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 12141 6981 173.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 13854 5918 234.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 6649 3567 186.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 4601 2004 229.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 4556 2139 213.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)