MacBook Air (Late 2020) MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017) Difference
Single-Core Score 1742 888 196.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Multi-Core Score 7671 3452 222.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Geekbench 5.4.1 Geekbench 5.5.1 Tryout

System Information

MacBook Air (Late 2020) MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
Operating System macOS 11.5.1 (Build 20G80) macOS 13.6.6 (Build 22G630)
Model MacBook Air (Late 2020) MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
Processor Apple M1 @ 3.20 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Intel Core i7-7820HQ @ 2.90 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
Processor ID Apple M1 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 128 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 4
L1 Data Cache 64.0 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 4
L2 Cache 4.00 MB x 1 256 KB x 4
L3 Cache 8.00 MB x 1
Motherboard MacBookAir10,1 Apple Inc. Mac-551B86E5744E2388 MacBookPro14,3
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 526.0.0.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB 16.00 GB LPDDR3

Single-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Late 2020) MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017) Difference
Single-Core Score 1742 888 196.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
AES-XTS 2778 888 312.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Text Compression 1502 843 178.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Image Compression 1380 880 156.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Navigation 1755 822 213.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
HTML5 1638 705 232.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
SQLite 1425 805 177.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
PDF Rendering 1605 860 186.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Text Rendering 1801 790 228.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Clang 1677 871 192.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Camera 1582 876 180.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
N-Body Physics 1809 827 218.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1769 1091 162.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Gaussian Blur 1422 834 170.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Face Detection 2258 914 247.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Horizon Detection 1998 867 230.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Image Inpainting 3187 1702 187.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
HDR 2488 1669 149.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Ray Tracing 2568 1186 216.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Structure from Motion 1414 748 189.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Speech Recognition 1595 817 195.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Machine Learning 1231 1023 120.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 

Multi-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Late 2020) MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017) Difference
Multi-Core Score 7671 3452 222.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
AES-XTS 9652 4538 212.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Text Compression 6050 3490 173.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Image Compression 7235 4024 179.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Navigation 5777 2635 219.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
HTML5 7566 2731 277.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
SQLite 7269 3319 219.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
PDF Rendering 6954 3499 198.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Text Rendering 7899 3094 255.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Clang 8121 3802 213.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Camera 7163 3145 227.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
N-Body Physics 7655 3571 214.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Rigid Body Physics 9133 5112 178.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Gaussian Blur 7952 3259 244.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Face Detection 10190 3770 270.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Horizon Detection 9936 3496 284.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Image Inpainting 12770 5053 252.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
HDR 12745 6407 198.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Ray Tracing 14495 5467 265.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Structure from Motion 6851 2815 243.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Speech Recognition 4638 1995 232.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)
 
Machine Learning 4697 1974 237.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2017)