Is the 2020 baseline Air faster than 2012 MacBook???

[FSMBP]

I'm looking to get a baseline 2020 MacBook Air? But it's got a 1.1GHz Dual-Core Core i3.

My 2012 13" baseline MBP has 2.5 dual i5.

So this my 2012 MBP faster than the latest Air?

 

[AdamJohnG]

Geekbench marks are not everything, but using them, even the lowest i3 is much faster than the 2012 i5:

2012 i5 - 2020 i3
Geekbench 4 (SingleCore) 2957 - 4605
Geekbench 5 (SingleCore) 580 - 1007
Geekbench 4 (MultiCore) 5642 - 9241
Geekbench 5 (MultiCore) 1265 - 2021

 

[JPack]

Of course it is faster. The 1.1GHz is only the base clock. It typically operates in the 2-3GHz range.

Not to mention the SSD alone is at least twice as fast as your old MacBook.

 

[CheesePuff]

You've been trapped into believing the MHz Myth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megahertz_myth)

The 2020 MBA will blow away your 2012 MBP.

 

[FSMBP]

Ok - thank you, all!

 

[Jack Neill]

My i5 MBA 2020 slaps around my 2012 MBP like a Goa'uld slaps around a pitiful Tau'ri underling.