MacBook Air (Mid 2017) MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012) Difference
Single-Core Score 751 664 113.1%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Multi-Core Score 1529 1491 102.5%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
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System Information

MacBook Air (Mid 2017) MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
Operating System macOS 12.5 (Build 21G72) macOS 10.15.5 (Build 19F101)
Model MacBook Air (Mid 2017) MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
Processor Intel Core i5-5350U @ 1.80 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 61 Stepping 4 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-937CB26E2E02BB01 MacBookAir7,2 Apple Inc. Mac-6F01561E16C75D06 MacBookPro9,2
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 430.140.3.0.0 Apple Inc. 232.0.0.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB DDR3 16.00 GB DDR3

Single-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Mid 2017) MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012) Difference
Single-Core Score 751 664 113.1%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
AES-XTS 1031 829 124.4%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Text Compression 725 630 115.1%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Image Compression 748 707 105.8%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Navigation 726 672 108.0%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
HTML5 620 515 120.4%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
SQLite 673 598 112.5%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
PDF Rendering 706 636 111.0%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Text Rendering 690 591 116.8%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Clang 690 569 121.3%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Camera 689 684 100.7%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
N-Body Physics 582 541 107.6%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Rigid Body Physics 939 856 109.7%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Gaussian Blur 598 591 101.2%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Face Detection 769 715 107.6%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Horizon Detection 764 701 109.0%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Image Inpainting 1339 1199 111.7%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
HDR 1459 1270 114.9%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Ray Tracing 993 862 115.2%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Structure from Motion 708 544 130.1%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Speech Recognition 629 620 101.5%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Machine Learning 740 521 142.0%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 

Multi-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Mid 2017) MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012) Difference
Multi-Core Score 1529 1491 102.5%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
AES-XTS 2051 1675 122.4%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Text Compression 1734 1732 100.1%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Image Compression 1671 1640 101.9%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Navigation 1581 1558 101.5%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
HTML5 1128 1114 101.3%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
SQLite 1356 1362 99.6%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
PDF Rendering 1507 1487 101.3%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Text Rendering 1392 1414 98.4%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Clang 1462 1254 116.6%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Camera 1329 1377 96.5%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
N-Body Physics 1352 1355 99.8%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Rigid Body Physics 2189 2231 98.1%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Gaussian Blur 1220 1338 91.2%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Face Detection 1548 1592 97.2%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Horizon Detection 1643 1697 96.8%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Image Inpainting 2378 2253 105.5%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
HDR 2074 2880 72.0%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Ray Tracing 2225 2133 104.3%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Structure from Motion 1417 1185 119.6%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Speech Recognition 1189 1179 100.8%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
 
Machine Learning 1109 838 132.3%
MacBook Air (Mid 2017)
 
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)