MacBook Air (Late 2018) MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012) Difference
Single-Core Score 640 557 114.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Multi-Core Score 1598 1194 133.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Geekbench 5.2.2 Geekbench 5.1.0 Tryout

System Information

MacBook Air (Late 2018) MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
Operating System macOS 10.15.5 (Build 19F101) macOS 10.15.4 (Build 19E287)
Model MacBook Air (Late 2018) MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
Processor Intel Core i5-8210Y @ 1.60 GHz
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
Intel Core i5-3317U @ 1.70 GHz
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 9 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 4.00 MB x 1 3.00 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-827FAC58A8FDFA22 MacBookAir8,1 Apple Inc. Mac-66F35F19FE2A0D05 MacBookAir5,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 1037.120.87.0.0 (iBridge: 17.16.15300.0.0,0) Apple Inc. 262.0.0.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB LPDDR3 8.00 GB DDR3

Single-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Late 2018) MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012) Difference
Single-Core Score 640 557 114.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
AES-XTS 512 650 78.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Text Compression 422 603 70.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Image Compression 485 563 86.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Navigation 683 616 110.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
HTML5 603 427 141.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
SQLite 677 483 140.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
PDF Rendering 710 524 135.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Text Rendering 708 524 135.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Clang 651 481 135.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Camera 745 560 133.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
N-Body Physics 504 487 103.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Rigid Body Physics 856 707 121.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Gaussian Blur 214 471 45.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Face Detection 457 570 80.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Horizon Detection 723 584 123.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Image Inpainting 1239 1070 115.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
HDR 1415 1006 140.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Ray Tracing 899 693 129.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Structure from Motion 734 448 163.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Speech Recognition 593 515 115.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Machine Learning 951 421 225.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 

Multi-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Late 2018) MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012) Difference
Multi-Core Score 1598 1194 133.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
AES-XTS 2268 1266 179.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Text Compression 1712 1526 112.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Image Compression 1608 1268 126.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Navigation 1785 1387 128.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
HTML5 1147 860 133.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
SQLite 1408 1080 130.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
PDF Rendering 1495 1153 129.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Text Rendering 1500 1078 139.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Clang 1462 1043 140.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Camera 1389 1042 133.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
N-Body Physics 1516 1108 136.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Rigid Body Physics 2259 1748 129.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Gaussian Blur 1370 1031 132.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Face Detection 1719 1250 137.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Horizon Detection 1645 1328 123.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Image Inpainting 2489 1971 126.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
HDR 2672 2209 121.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Ray Tracing 2173 1657 131.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Structure from Motion 1238 903 137.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Speech Recognition 1159 1133 102.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)
 
Machine Learning 1418 677 209.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2018)
 
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012)