Mac mini (Late 2018) vs MacBook Air (Late 2020)
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | MacBook Air (Late 2020) | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Core Score | 1143 | 1539 | 74.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Multi-Core Score | 5833 | 6282 | 92.9% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Geekbench 5.4.3 Tryout | Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout | ||
System Information
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating System | macOS 11.6.1 (Build 20G224) | macOS 11.6 (Build 20G165) |
| Model | Mac mini (Late 2018) | MacBook Air (Late 2020) |
| Processor |
Intel Core i7-8700B @ 3.20 GHz
1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads |
Apple M1 @ 3.20 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores |
| Processor ID | GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10 | Apple M1 |
| Processor Codename | ||
| Processor Package | ||
| L1 Instruction Cache | 32.0 KB x 6 | 128 KB x 1 |
| L1 Data Cache | 32.0 KB x 6 | 64.0 KB x 1 |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB x 6 | 4.00 MB x 1 |
| L3 Cache | 12.0 MB x 1 | |
| Motherboard | Apple Inc. Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C Macmini8,1 | MacBookAir10,1 |
| Northbridge | ||
| Southbridge | ||
| BIOS | Apple Inc. 1715.40.15.0.0 (iBridge: 19.16.10548.0.0,0) | |
| Memory | 16.00 GB DDR4 | 8.00 GB |
Single-Core Performance
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | MacBook Air (Late 2020) | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Core Score | 1143 | 1539 | 74.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| AES-XTS | 1133 | 2604 | 43.5% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Text Compression | 1276 | 1450 | 88.0% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Image Compression | 1186 | 1359 | 87.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Navigation | 1150 | 1635 | 70.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| HTML5 | 969 | 1547 | 62.6% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| SQLite | 1066 | 1387 | 76.9% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| PDF Rendering | 1139 | 1588 | 71.7% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Text Rendering | 1157 | 1734 | 66.7% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Clang | 1069 | 951 | 112.4% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Camera | 1180 | 1461 | 80.8% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| N-Body Physics | 1177 | 1644 | 71.6% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Rigid Body Physics | 1402 | 1737 | 80.7% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Gaussian Blur | 342 | 1253 | 27.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Face Detection | 708 | 1009 | 70.2% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Horizon Detection | 1111 | 1681 | 66.1% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Image Inpainting | 2425 | 2599 | 93.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| HDR | 2167 | 2190 | 98.9% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Ray Tracing | 1273 | 2324 | 54.8% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Structure from Motion | 1112 | 1357 | 81.9% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Speech Recognition | 1358 | 1203 | 112.9% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Machine Learning | 1332 | 1149 | 115.9% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
Multi-Core Performance
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | MacBook Air (Late 2020) | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-Core Score | 5833 | 6282 | 92.9% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| AES-XTS | 5205 | 8378 | 62.1% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Text Compression | 7502 | 4563 | 164.4% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Image Compression | 7109 | 6429 | 110.6% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Navigation | 3411 | 5128 | 66.5% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| HTML5 | 4824 | 7146 | 67.5% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| SQLite | 5867 | 5297 | 110.8% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| PDF Rendering | 5515 | 6319 | 87.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Text Rendering | 4602 | 7135 | 64.5% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Clang | 6396 | 5556 | 115.1% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Camera | 5577 | 4822 | 115.7% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| N-Body Physics | 7047 | 7058 | 99.8% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Rigid Body Physics | 9967 | 8151 | 122.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Gaussian Blur | 6241 | 7397 | 84.4% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Face Detection | 7674 | 7509 | 102.2% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Horizon Detection | 6516 | 5201 | 125.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Image Inpainting | 9349 | 11731 | 79.7% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| HDR | 11321 | 10316 | 109.7% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Ray Tracing | 9809 | 12235 | 80.2% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Structure from Motion | 5558 | 6021 | 92.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Speech Recognition | 3600 | 4142 | 86.9% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Machine Learning | 2441 | 3669 | 66.5% |
| Mac mini (Late 2018) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
