MacBook Air (2020, Intel)
Scores
Single-core
1,142
No data over MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2019)
- Measured average
- Sample size not stated
- Retrieved 27 October 2026 from EveryMac, unsourced placeholder
Multi-core
2,861
No data over MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2019)
- Measured average
- Sample size not stated
- Retrieved 27 October 2026 from EveryMac, unsourced placeholder
GPU (Metal)
No data
Keynote claim, measured
Not measurable with Geekbench
“The new MacBook Air delivers up to two times faster CPU performance and up to 80 percent faster graphics performance, letting customers breeze through daily activities and play more games.”
Apple’s footnote tests the 1.2 GHz quad-core Core i7 configuration; the dataset’s 2020 record is the base 1.1 GHz quad-core Core i5.
MacBook Air (2020, Intel) announcement, March 2020, Apple Newsroom, MacBook Air (2020, Intel) announcement, March 2020
MacBook Air single-core, by generation
| Device | Single-core | Change over the previous generation |
|---|---|---|
| MacBook Air (Early 2008) | No data | First in this line |
| MacBook Air (Mid 2009) | No data | |
| MacBook Air 13-inch (Late 2010) | 213 | No data |
| MacBook Air 13-inch (Mid 2011) | 434 | +103.8% |
| MacBook Air 13-inch (Mid 2012) | 495 | +14.1% |
| MacBook Air 13-inch (Mid 2013) | 708 | +43.0% |
| MacBook Air 13-inch (Early 2014) | 745 | +5.2% |
| MacBook Air 13-inch (Early 2015) | 784 | +5.2% |
| MacBook Air 13-inch (2017) | No data | |
| MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018) | No data | |
| MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2019) | No data | |
| MacBook Air (2020, Intel), this device | 1,142 | No data |
| MacBook Air (M1), 2020 | 2,351 | +105.9% |
| MacBook Air (M2), 2022 | 2,560 | +8.9% |
| MacBook Air (M3), 2024 | 3,066 | +19.8% |
| MacBook Air (M4), 2025 | 3,721 | +21.4% |
| MacBook Air (M5), 2026 | 4,168 | +12.0% |
Against other devices
- MacBook Air 13-inch (Early 2015)
1.46 timesslower
Single-core 784 vs 1,142. Multi-core 1.89 times slower, 1,516 vs 2,861.
3.65 timesfaster
Single-core 4,168 vs 1,142. Multi-core 5.92 times faster, 16,934 vs 2,861.
No data
No single-core score for MacBook Air (Early 2008). No multi-core score for MacBook Air (Early 2008).
about 4.11 timesfaster
Single-core about 4,695 vs 1,142. Multi-core about 4.38 times faster, about 12,521 vs 2,861.
3.60 timesfaster
Single-core 4,116 vs 1,142. Multi-core 5.34 times faster, 15,280 vs 2,861.