2018 MacBook Air slightly more powerful MacBook
MacBook Air 2018 with energy-efficient Intel processor passed the test Geekbench. He scored a little more points than the MacBook and MacBook Air 2017, but less than the MacBook Pro without Touch Bar.
2018 MacBook Air exists only in a version with an Intel Core i5-8210Y. This is a 7-watt chip, whose main task is to consume less energy while maintaining high performance. In the test Geekbench MacBook Air scored 2018 4248 points in single-core mode and 7828 points in multicore.
Surprisingly, this result is better than the MacBook Air with Intel Broadwell series processor with a clock frequency of 1.8 GHz, which is gaining 3335 points in single core test and 6119 in multi-core.
It is also faster than the MacBook 2017 with the most powerful Core M chip, but not much. Performance MacBook Air MacBook Pro loses 2018 2017 without the Touch Bar and the most affordable MacBook Pro 2018 c Touch Bar and an Intel Core i5 processor.
Geekbench Single Core
Geekbench Multi-Core
MacBook Air 2018
4248
7828
MacBook Air 2017
3335
6119
MacBook 1.2 GHz
3527
6654
MacBook 1.3 GHz
3630
6974
MacBook 1.4 GHz
3925
7567
2017 MacBook Pro 13″ without Touch Bar 2017
4314
9071
2017 MacBook Pro 13″ with Touch Bar 2018
4504
16464