MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1746 1223 142.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 7680 9090 84.5%
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 12.3.1 (Build 21E258) macOS 10.15.6 (Build 19G73)
Model MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Apple M1 @ 3.20 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 Acidanthera Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Acidanthera 1554.50.2.0.0
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 1746 1223 142.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2765 1248 221.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 1491 1285 116.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 1379 1182 116.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1647 1297 127.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 1727 1107 156.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 1422 1123 126.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1610 1206 133.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1800 1206 149.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 1778 1153 154.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 1590 1273 124.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 1823 1190 153.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1774 1478 120.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 1433 360 398.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2242 745 300.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 1994 1229 162.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 3204 2505 127.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 2483 2272 109.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 2586 1664 155.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 1441 1138 126.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1595 1398 114.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1178 1491 79.0%
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 7680 9090 84.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 10200 7078 144.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 5997 11514 52.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 7101 10722 66.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 5390 5236 102.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 7896 8492 93.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 7161 9774 73.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 7085 8355 84.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 7881 7661 102.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 8656 9968 86.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 7048 9079 77.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 7435 9029 82.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 8989 15183 59.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 7887 9882 79.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 10110 11624 87.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 9691 9829 98.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 12591 14488 86.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 12666 18045 70.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 14497 15314 94.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 6915 9256 74.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 4884 5371 90.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 4605 3593 128.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)