MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011) MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012) Difference
Single-Core Score 439 755 58.1%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Multi-Core Score 949 1480 64.1%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
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System Information

MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011) MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
Operating System macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042) macOS 10.15.6 (Build 19G73)
Model MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011) MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
Processor Intel Core i5-2467M @ 1.60 GHz
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90 GHz
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB x 2 32.0 KB x 2
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 2 32.0 KB x 2
L2 Cache 256 KB x 2 256 KB x 2
L3 Cache 3.00 MB x 1 4.00 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-C08A6BB70A942AC2 MacBookAir4,1 Apple Inc. Mac-6F01561E16C75D06 MacBookPro9,2
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 135.0.0.0.0 Apple Inc. 233.0.0.0.0
Memory 4.00 GB DDR3 8.00 GB DDR3

Single-Core Performance

MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011) MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012) Difference
Single-Core Score 439 755 58.1%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
AES-XTS 498 876 56.8%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Text Compression 510 759 67.2%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Image Compression 448 762 58.8%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Navigation 491 787 62.4%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
HTML5 331 598 55.4%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
SQLite 325 653 49.8%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
PDF Rendering 404 706 57.2%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Text Rendering 395 714 55.3%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Clang 413 667 61.9%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Camera 450 757 59.4%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
N-Body Physics 337 726 46.4%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Rigid Body Physics 589 986 59.7%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Gaussian Blur 405 683 59.3%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Face Detection 492 784 62.8%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Horizon Detection 486 785 61.9%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Image Inpainting 847 1415 59.9%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
HDR 861 1353 63.6%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Ray Tracing 572 966 59.2%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Structure from Motion 288 592 48.6%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Speech Recognition 443 727 60.9%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Machine Learning 328 578 56.7%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 

Multi-Core Performance

MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011) MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012) Difference
Multi-Core Score 949 1480 64.1%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
AES-XTS 1027 1752 58.6%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Text Compression 1233 1760 70.1%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Image Compression 978 1560 62.7%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Navigation 1148 1704 67.4%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
HTML5 673 1063 63.3%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
SQLite 847 1343 63.1%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
PDF Rendering 872 1429 61.0%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Text Rendering 858 1360 63.1%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Clang 830 1366 60.8%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Camera 830 1298 63.9%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
N-Body Physics 854 1616 52.8%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1389 1681 82.6%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Gaussian Blur 831 1193 69.7%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Face Detection 1016 1556 65.3%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Horizon Detection 1044 1674 62.4%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Image Inpainting 1567 2479 63.2%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
HDR 1760 2741 64.2%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Ray Tracing 1286 2086 61.6%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Structure from Motion 699 1074 65.1%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Speech Recognition 950 1430 66.4%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Machine Learning 575 791 72.7%
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)