MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1748 1293 135.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 7756 9455 82.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
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System Information

MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 12.1 (Build 21C52) macOS 10.14.6 (Build 18G95)
Model MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Apple M1 @ 3.19 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
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 8
L1 Data Cache 64.0 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 8
L2 Cache 4.00 MB x 1 256 KB x 8
L3 Cache 16.0 MB x 1
Motherboard MacBookAir10,1 Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 1.0
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 220.270.93.0.0
Memory 16.00 GB 64.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1748 1293 135.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2818 1262 223.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 1499 1418 105.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 1380 1310 105.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1634 1349 121.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 1718 1202 142.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 1416 1277 110.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1624 1329 122.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1809 1275 141.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 1758 1227 143.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 1560 1322 118.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 1823 1300 140.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1774 1460 121.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 1435 421 340.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2245 764 293.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 1990 1333 149.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 3226 2517 128.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 2493 2520 98.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 2587 1185 218.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 1442 1309 110.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1597 1440 110.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1187 1353 87.7%
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 7756 9455 82.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 10145 7150 141.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 5987 11723 51.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 7238 11606 62.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 5552 5341 104.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 8024 9037 88.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 7226 10342 69.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 7176 8834 81.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 7930 8074 98.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 8713 10737 81.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 6995 9459 74.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 7799 9951 78.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 9096 15084 60.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 7903 10007 79.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 10027 11949 83.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 9958 10261 97.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 12793 13806 92.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 12727 19045 66.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 14561 14822 98.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 6993 10647 65.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 4902 5139 95.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 4668 3521 132.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)