MacBook Air (Late 2020) MacBook Air (2022) Difference
Single-Core Score 1753 1884 93.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Multi-Core Score 7678 8930 86.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
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System Information

MacBook Air (Late 2020) MacBook Air (2022)
Operating System macOS 12.4 (Build 21F79) macOS 13.1 (Build 22C65)
Model MacBook Air (Late 2020) MacBook Air (2022)
Processor Apple M1 @ 3.20 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Apple M2 @ 3.48 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Processor ID Apple M1 Apple M2
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 128 KB x 1 128 KB x 1
L1 Data Cache 64.0 KB x 1 64.0 KB x 1
L2 Cache 4.00 MB x 1 4.00 MB x 1
L3 Cache
Motherboard MacBookAir10,1 Mac14,2
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS
Memory 8.00 GB 24.00 GB

Single-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Late 2020) MacBook Air (2022) Difference
Single-Core Score 1753 1884 93.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
AES-XTS 2811 2928 96.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Text Compression 1509 1655 91.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Image Compression 1377 1518 90.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Navigation 1670 1808 92.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
HTML5 1720 1782 96.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
SQLite 1420 1517 93.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
PDF Rendering 1631 1764 92.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Text Rendering 1809 1913 94.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Clang 1760 1942 90.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Camera 1602 1695 94.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
N-Body Physics 1825 1908 95.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1778 2039 87.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Gaussian Blur 1414 1473 96.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Face Detection 2242 2339 95.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Horizon Detection 2009 2081 96.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Image Inpainting 3239 3424 94.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
HDR 2490 2877 86.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Ray Tracing 2601 2725 95.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Structure from Motion 1432 1551 92.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Speech Recognition 1585 1761 90.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Machine Learning 1165 1304 89.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 

Multi-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Late 2020) MacBook Air (2022) Difference
Multi-Core Score 7678 8930 86.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
AES-XTS 10093 12730 79.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Text Compression 5998 7029 85.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Image Compression 7189 8477 84.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Navigation 5507 6716 82.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
HTML5 7925 9056 87.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
SQLite 6632 7955 83.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
PDF Rendering 7115 8173 87.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Text Rendering 7776 8700 89.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Clang 8786 10060 87.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Camera 7018 7793 90.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
N-Body Physics 7766 8609 90.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Rigid Body Physics 8702 10915 79.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Gaussian Blur 7927 8714 91.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Face Detection 10089 11208 90.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Horizon Detection 9751 11358 85.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Image Inpainting 12938 14122 91.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
HDR 12750 15375 82.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Ray Tracing 14393 15897 90.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Structure from Motion 6943 7762 89.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Speech Recognition 4925 6455 76.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)
 
Machine Learning 4767 5321 89.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Air (2022)