iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) vs MacBook Air (Late 2020)
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | MacBook Air (Late 2020) | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Core Score | 1224 | 1740 | 70.3% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Multi-Core Score | 4777 | 7673 | 62.3% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout | Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout | ||
System Information
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating System | macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H2) | macOS 11.4 (Build 20F71) |
| Model | iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | MacBook Air (Late 2020) |
| Processor |
Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads |
Apple M1 @ 3.19 GHz
1 Processor, 8 Cores |
| Processor ID | GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9 | Apple M1 |
| Processor Codename | ||
| Processor Package | ||
| L1 Instruction Cache | 32.0 KB x 4 | 128 KB x 1 |
| L1 Data Cache | 32.0 KB x 4 | 64.0 KB x 1 |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB x 4 | 4.00 MB x 1 |
| L3 Cache | 8.00 MB x 1 | |
| Motherboard | Apple Inc. Mac-BE088AF8C5EB4FA2 iMac18,3 | MacBookAir10,1 |
| Northbridge | ||
| Southbridge | ||
| BIOS | Apple Inc. 183.0.0.0.0 | |
| Memory | 32.00 GB DDR4 | 8.00 GB |
Single-Core Performance
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | MacBook Air (Late 2020) | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Core Score | 1224 | 1740 | 70.3% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| AES-XTS | 1664 | 2822 | 59.0% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Text Compression | 1071 | 1502 | 71.3% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Image Compression | 1110 | 1377 | 80.6% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Navigation | 1115 | 1750 | 63.7% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| HTML5 | 1042 | 1665 | 62.6% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| SQLite | 1108 | 1424 | 77.8% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| PDF Rendering | 1155 | 1600 | 72.2% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Text Rendering | 1140 | 1809 | 63.0% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Clang | 1110 | 1603 | 69.2% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Camera | 1196 | 1593 | 75.1% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| N-Body Physics | 1168 | 1805 | 64.7% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Rigid Body Physics | 1398 | 1765 | 79.2% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Gaussian Blur | 1122 | 1429 | 78.5% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Face Detection | 1207 | 2254 | 53.5% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Horizon Detection | 1144 | 1992 | 57.4% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Image Inpainting | 2339 | 3182 | 73.5% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| HDR | 2192 | 2476 | 88.5% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Ray Tracing | 1571 | 2586 | 60.8% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Structure from Motion | 1078 | 1416 | 76.1% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Speech Recognition | 1249 | 1592 | 78.5% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Machine Learning | 1302 | 1198 | 108.7% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
Multi-Core Performance
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | MacBook Air (Late 2020) | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-Core Score | 4777 | 7673 | 62.3% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| AES-XTS | 4877 | 10160 | 48.0% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Text Compression | 5367 | 5999 | 89.5% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Image Compression | 5301 | 7268 | 72.9% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Navigation | 3206 | 5675 | 56.5% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| HTML5 | 4145 | 7691 | 53.9% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| SQLite | 4706 | 7219 | 65.2% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| PDF Rendering | 4716 | 6921 | 68.1% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Text Rendering | 4242 | 8057 | 52.6% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Clang | 4968 | 7952 | 62.5% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Camera | 4595 | 7261 | 63.3% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| N-Body Physics | 5226 | 7584 | 68.9% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Rigid Body Physics | 7501 | 8947 | 83.8% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Gaussian Blur | 4803 | 7927 | 60.6% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Face Detection | 5623 | 9756 | 57.6% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Horizon Detection | 5207 | 9865 | 52.8% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Image Inpainting | 6992 | 12339 | 56.7% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| HDR | 9397 | 12676 | 74.1% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Ray Tracing | 7765 | 14435 | 53.8% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Structure from Motion | 4672 | 6840 | 68.3% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Speech Recognition | 2902 | 4848 | 59.9% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
| Machine Learning | 2342 | 4665 | 50.2% |
| iMac (27-inch Retina Mid 2017) | |||
| MacBook Air (Late 2020) | |||
