MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1708 1372 124.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 7690 8081 95.2%
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 13.0 (Build 22A5295h) macOS 10.14.6 (Build 18G95)
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 Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 220.270.93.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB 64.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1708 1372 124.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2650 1758 150.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 1460 1408 103.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 1367 1296 105.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1577 1309 120.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 1662 1163 142.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 1418 1244 114.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1526 1306 116.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1737 1285 135.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 1715 1220 140.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 1555 1301 119.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 1808 1277 141.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1902 1433 132.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 1406 1154 121.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2256 1313 171.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 1928 1285 150.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 3197 2514 127.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 2460 2484 99.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 2556 1537 166.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 1399 1308 107.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1514 1471 102.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1202 1371 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 7690 8081 95.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 9359 5950 157.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 5918 10059 58.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 7032 10097 69.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 5601 4528 123.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 8034 7554 106.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 6731 8906 75.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 7188 7739 92.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 7996 6850 116.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 8873 9111 97.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 7068 8231 85.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 7604 9139 83.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 9768 12956 75.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 7939 8386 94.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 10099 10772 93.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 9774 8930 109.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 12837 11536 111.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 12599 16319 77.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 14453 12306 117.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 6941 8552 81.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 4902 4222 116.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 4704 2982 157.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)