2,351
+105.9% over MacBook Air (2020, Intel)
8,349
+191.8% over MacBook Air (2020, Intel)
No data
“The powerful 8-core CPU performs up to 3.5x faster than the previous generation.”
Compares CPU with the Core i5 1.1 GHz quad-core in the MacBook Air (2020, Intel).
MacBook Air (M1) announcement, November 2020, Apple Newsroom, MacBook Air (M1) announcement, November 2020
Falls short on multi-core
“With up to an 8-core GPU, graphics are up to 5x faster, the biggest leap ever for MacBook Air, so immersive, graphics-intensive games run at significantly higher frame rates.”
The figure is for the 8-core GPU model; the dataset’s MacBook Air (M1) is the base model with the 7-core GPU.
MacBook Air (M1) announcement, November 2020, Apple Newsroom, MacBook Air (M1) announcement, November 2020
| 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) | 1,142 | No data |
| MacBook Air (M1), 2020, this device | 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% |
3.00 timesslower
Single-core 784 vs 2,351. Multi-core 5.51 times slower, 1,516 vs 8,349.
1.77 timesfaster
Single-core 4,168 vs 2,351. Multi-core 2.03 times faster, 16,934 vs 8,349.
No data
No single-core score for MacBook Air (Early 2008). No multi-core score for MacBook Air (Early 2008).
about 2.00 timesfaster
Single-core about 4,695 vs 2,351. Multi-core about 1.50 times faster, about 12,521 vs 8,349.
1.75 timesfaster
Single-core 4,116 vs 2,351. Multi-core 1.83 times faster, 15,280 vs 8,349.