MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014) MacBook (Mid 2017) Difference
Single-Core Score 656 743 88.3%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Multi-Core Score 1333 1577 84.5%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Geekbench 5.5.1 Tryout Geekbench 5.0.0 Tryout

System Information

MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014) MacBook (Mid 2017)
Operating System macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H2026) macOS 10.14.6 (Build 18G95)
Model MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014) MacBook (Mid 2017)
Processor Intel Core i5-4260U @ 1.40 GHz
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
Intel Core i7-7Y75 @ 1.40 GHz
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 69 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 142 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-7DF21CB3ED6977E5 MacBookAir6,2 Apple Inc. Mac-EE2EBD4B90B839A8 MacBook10,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 433.140.2.0.0 Apple Inc. 178.0.0.0.0
Memory 4.00 GB DDR3 16.00 GB LPDDR3

Single-Core Performance

MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014) MacBook (Mid 2017) Difference
Single-Core Score 656 743 88.3%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
AES-XTS 888 956 92.9%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Text Compression 653 698 93.6%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Image Compression 669 933 71.7%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Navigation 619 691 89.6%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
HTML5 553 744 74.3%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
SQLite 619 896 69.1%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
PDF Rendering 594 854 69.6%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Text Rendering 629 711 88.5%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Clang 610 641 95.2%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Camera 631 743 84.9%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
N-Body Physics 528 414 127.5%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Rigid Body Physics 716 818 87.5%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Gaussian Blur 559 244 229.1%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Face Detection 672 488 137.7%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Horizon Detection 657 796 82.5%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Image Inpainting 1180 1223 96.5%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
HDR 1168 1378 84.8%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Ray Tracing 841 611 137.6%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Structure from Motion 603 741 81.4%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Speech Recognition 478 592 80.7%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Machine Learning 628 797 78.8%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 

Multi-Core Performance

MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014) MacBook (Mid 2017) Difference
Multi-Core Score 1333 1577 84.5%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
AES-XTS 1761 2874 61.3%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Text Compression 1515 1666 90.9%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Image Compression 1391 1565 88.9%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Navigation 1439 1684 85.5%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
HTML5 954 1135 84.1%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
SQLite 1179 1386 85.1%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
PDF Rendering 1258 1424 88.3%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Text Rendering 1201 1473 81.5%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Clang 1235 1437 85.9%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Camera 1151 1327 86.7%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
N-Body Physics 1173 1495 78.5%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1855 2001 92.7%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Gaussian Blur 1208 1260 95.9%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Face Detection 1381 1657 83.3%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Horizon Detection 1385 1634 84.8%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Image Inpainting 2080 2470 84.2%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
HDR 2372 2641 89.8%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Ray Tracing 1880 1963 95.8%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Structure from Motion 1162 1236 94.0%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Speech Recognition 1032 1111 92.9%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)
 
Machine Learning 1031 1314 78.5%
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
 
MacBook (Mid 2017)