MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1738 1254 138.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 7671 7724 99.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
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System Information

MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 11.2.1 (Build 20D74) macOS 10.14.4 (Build 18E2034)
Model MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Apple M1 @ 3.19 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
Processor ID Apple M1 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 12
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 128 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 8
L1 Data Cache 64.0 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 8
L2 Cache 4.00 MB x 1 256 KB x 8
L3 Cache 16.0 MB x 1
Motherboard MacBookAir10,1 Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 1037.80.34.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB 32.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1738 1254 138.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2760 1296 213.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 1485 1367 108.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 1376 1247 110.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1720 1258 136.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 1665 1060 157.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 1427 1222 116.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1600 1249 128.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1804 1243 145.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 1677 1222 137.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 1599 1276 125.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 1816 1287 141.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1770 1531 115.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 1423 374 380.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2256 783 288.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 1981 1264 156.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 3195 2611 122.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 2484 2385 104.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 2577 1395 184.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 1411 1182 119.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1587 1457 108.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1178 1456 80.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 

Multi-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Multi-Core Score 7671 7724 99.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 10139 5939 170.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 6006 9833 61.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 7284 9526 76.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 5639 4346 129.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 7721 6551 117.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 7327 8341 87.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 6854 7266 94.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 7858 6825 115.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 8095 9103 88.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 7121 7394 96.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 7670 8150 94.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 8964 13275 67.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 7847 8563 91.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 10077 10406 96.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 9733 8320 117.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 12726 11850 107.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 12694 15604 81.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 14355 13298 107.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 6731 7308 92.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 4862 4171 116.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 4697 2879 163.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)