iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) vs MacBook Air (Early 2020)
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | MacBook Air (Early 2020) | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Core Score | 826 | 1065 | 77.6% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Multi-Core Score | 3102 | 2134 | 145.4% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Geekbench 5.4.5 Tryout | Geekbench 5.4.5 Tryout | ||
System Information
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating System | macOS 12.6 (Build 21G115) | macOS 13.2.1 (Build 22D68) |
| Model | iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | MacBook Air (Early 2020) |
| Processor |
Intel Core i5-7400 @ 3.00 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores |
Intel Core i3-1000NG4 @ 1.10 GHz
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads |
| Processor ID | GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9 | GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 126 Stepping 5 |
| 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 | 48.0 KB x 2 |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB x 2 | 512 KB x 2 |
| L3 Cache | 6.00 MB x 1 | 4.00 MB x 1 |
| Motherboard | Apple Inc. Mac-77F17D7DA9285301 iMac18,2 | Apple Inc. Mac-0CFF9C7C2B63DF8D MacBookAir9,1 |
| Northbridge | ||
| Southbridge | ||
| BIOS | Apple Inc. 451.140.1.0.0 | Apple Inc. 1916.80.2.0.0 (iBridge: 20.16.3045.0.0,0) |
| Memory | 16.00 GB DDR4 | 8.00 GB LPDDR4X |
Single-Core Performance
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | MacBook Air (Early 2020) | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Core Score | 826 | 1065 | 77.6% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| AES-XTS | 875 | 3190 | 27.4% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Text Compression | 824 | 689 | 119.6% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Image Compression | 859 | 923 | 93.1% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Navigation | 846 | 798 | 106.0% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| HTML5 | 719 | 873 | 82.4% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| SQLite | 768 | 896 | 85.7% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| PDF Rendering | 849 | 976 | 87.0% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Text Rendering | 833 | 958 | 87.0% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Clang | 832 | 953 | 87.3% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Camera | 852 | 977 | 87.2% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| N-Body Physics | 772 | 814 | 94.8% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Rigid Body Physics | 1012 | 1148 | 88.2% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Gaussian Blur | 246 | 941 | 26.1% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Face Detection | 514 | 1046 | 49.1% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Horizon Detection | 845 | 867 | 97.5% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Image Inpainting | 1653 | 1687 | 98.0% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| HDR | 1560 | 1793 | 87.0% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Ray Tracing | 911 | 1376 | 66.2% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Structure from Motion | 806 | 1000 | 80.6% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Speech Recognition | 856 | 789 | 108.5% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Machine Learning | 1008 | 1003 | 100.5% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
Multi-Core Performance
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | MacBook Air (Early 2020) | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-Core Score | 3102 | 2134 | 145.4% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| AES-XTS | 4383 | 6666 | 65.8% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Text Compression | 2777 | 1969 | 141.0% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Image Compression | 3246 | 1996 | 162.6% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Navigation | 2357 | 2041 | 115.5% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| HTML5 | 2553 | 1452 | 175.8% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| SQLite | 2930 | 1618 | 181.1% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| PDF Rendering | 2951 | 1868 | 158.0% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Text Rendering | 2957 | 1877 | 157.5% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Clang | 3054 | 1811 | 168.6% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Camera | 3100 | 1754 | 176.7% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| N-Body Physics | 2683 | 1850 | 145.0% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Rigid Body Physics | 3881 | 2687 | 144.4% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Gaussian Blur | 3176 | 1512 | 210.1% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Face Detection | 3429 | 1987 | 172.6% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Horizon Detection | 3065 | 1724 | 177.8% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Image Inpainting | 4944 | 2979 | 166.0% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| HDR | 5752 | 3349 | 171.8% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Ray Tracing | 4973 | 2718 | 183.0% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Structure from Motion | 2884 | 1675 | 172.2% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Speech Recognition | 2175 | 1517 | 143.4% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
| Machine Learning | 2247 | 1756 | 128.0% |
| iMac (21.5-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Early 2020) | |||
