MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1675 993 168.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 6667 4965 134.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Geekbench 5.4.4 Tryout Geekbench 5.4.4 Tryout

System Information

MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 12.3 (Build 21E230) macOS 12.3.1 (Build 21E258)
Model MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Apple M1 @ 3.18 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores
Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00 GHz
1 Processor, 6 Cores
Processor ID Apple M1 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 128 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 3
L1 Data Cache 64.0 KB x 1 32.0 KB x 3
L2 Cache 4.00 MB x 1 256 KB x 3
L3 Cache 9.00 MB x 1
Motherboard MacBookAir10,1 Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 1731.100.125.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB 16.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

MacBook Air (Late 2020) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 1675 993 168.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2690 1051 255.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 1378 1009 136.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 1341 977 137.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1533 1001 153.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 1662 848 196.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 1380 951 145.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 1575 1021 154.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 1722 983 175.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 1704 1020 167.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 1462 1036 141.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 1729 1006 171.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1726 1187 145.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 1391 294 473.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2191 619 354.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 1963 1006 195.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 3099 2004 154.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 2427 1894 128.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 2454 1079 227.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 1404 961 146.1%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1532 1084 141.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1128 1193 94.6%
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 6667 4965 134.3%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 9702 4981 194.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 5158 4488 114.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 6426 5514 116.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 4763 2983 159.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 6544 4500 145.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 4801 5278 91.0%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 5493 4829 113.8%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 7216 4571 157.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 7577 5765 131.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 5444 5023 108.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 6868 4893 140.4%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 8150 6987 116.6%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 7420 5507 134.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 9065 6144 147.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 8234 5035 163.5%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 11584 7514 154.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 12137 10012 121.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 14130 8849 159.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 6509 4896 132.9%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 4196 3138 133.7%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 4554 2500 182.2%
MacBook Air (Late 2020)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)