Mac mini (Late 2014) vs MacBook Air (Late 2020)
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | MacBook Air (Late 2020) | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Core Score | 761 | 1715 | 44.4% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Multi-Core Score | 1672 | 7032 | 23.8% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Geekbench 5.4.6 Tryout | Geekbench 5.5.1 Tryout | ||
System Information
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating System | macOS 12.6.2 (Build 21G320) | macOS 14.4 (Build 23E214) |
| Model | Mac mini (Late 2014) | MacBook Air (Late 2020) |
| Processor |
Intel Core i5-4278U @ 2.60 GHz
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads |
Apple M1 @ 3.19 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores |
| Processor ID | GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 69 Stepping 1 | Apple M1 |
| Processor Codename | ||
| Processor Package | ||
| L1 Instruction Cache | 32.0 KB x 2 | 128 KB x 1 |
| L1 Data Cache | 32.0 KB x 2 | 64.0 KB x 1 |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB x 2 | 4.00 MB x 1 |
| L3 Cache | 3.00 MB x 1 | |
| Motherboard | Apple Inc. Mac-35C5E08120C7EEAF Macmini7,1 | MacBookAir10,1 |
| Northbridge | ||
| Southbridge | ||
| BIOS | Apple Inc. 474.0.0.0.0 | |
| Memory | 8.00 GB DDR3 | 16.00 GB |
Single-Core Performance
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | MacBook Air (Late 2020) | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Core Score | 761 | 1715 | 44.4% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| AES-XTS | 1061 | 2771 | 38.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Text Compression | 667 | 1381 | 48.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Image Compression | 770 | 1359 | 56.7% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Navigation | 728 | 1601 | 45.5% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| HTML5 | 658 | 1715 | 38.4% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| SQLite | 702 | 1389 | 50.5% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| PDF Rendering | 709 | 1609 | 44.1% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Text Rendering | 717 | 1754 | 40.9% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Clang | 733 | 1762 | 41.6% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Camera | 732 | 1485 | 49.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| N-Body Physics | 592 | 1755 | 33.7% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Rigid Body Physics | 832 | 1879 | 44.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Gaussian Blur | 639 | 1393 | 45.9% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Face Detection | 773 | 2182 | 35.4% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Horizon Detection | 770 | 1972 | 39.0% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Image Inpainting | 1383 | 3193 | 43.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| HDR | 1384 | 2511 | 55.1% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Ray Tracing | 972 | 2493 | 39.0% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Structure from Motion | 711 | 1424 | 49.9% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Speech Recognition | 627 | 1550 | 40.5% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Machine Learning | 710 | 1244 | 57.1% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
Multi-Core Performance
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | MacBook Air (Late 2020) | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-Core Score | 1672 | 7032 | 23.8% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| AES-XTS | 2241 | 9901 | 22.6% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Text Compression | 1830 | 5187 | 35.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Image Compression | 1840 | 6702 | 27.5% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Navigation | 1635 | 4843 | 33.8% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| HTML5 | 1266 | 7085 | 17.9% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| SQLite | 1497 | 6609 | 22.7% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| PDF Rendering | 1627 | 6768 | 24.0% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Text Rendering | 1497 | 7060 | 21.2% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Clang | 1649 | 7894 | 20.9% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Camera | 1459 | 6482 | 22.5% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| N-Body Physics | 1438 | 7304 | 19.7% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Rigid Body Physics | 2166 | 8988 | 24.1% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Gaussian Blur | 1567 | 7127 | 22.0% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Face Detection | 1770 | 9322 | 19.0% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Horizon Detection | 1773 | 8949 | 19.8% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Image Inpainting | 2474 | 11001 | 22.5% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| HDR | 2965 | 10842 | 27.3% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Ray Tracing | 2410 | 12937 | 18.6% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Structure from Motion | 1501 | 6318 | 23.8% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Speech Recognition | 1198 | 4076 | 29.4% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Machine Learning | 1147 | 4314 | 26.6% |
| Mac mini (Late 2014) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
