Well, in Geekbench 5, the M1 MacBook Air actually outperformed the M1 MacBook Pro, scoring 1,727 in single-core and 7,585 in multi-core to the Proβs 1,707 and 7,337, respectively.
The MacBook Pro 13β Retina (2015) features the 28W 5th Generation Intel Broadwell dual-core Intel Core i5-5257U up to dual-core Intel Core i7-5557U with the boost speed up to 3.40 GHz. While the MacBook Air (M1, 2020) features the 10W Apple M-Series ARM 64-bit 8-core Apple M1 (7 GPU Cores) up to 8-core Apple M1 with a clock speed of 3.20 GHz.
Apple claims the new model is up to 2.8 times faster than the previous generation of 13-inch MacBook Pros, which ran on Intel 10th-generation Core i5 CPUs. The new M1 13-inch MacBook Pro is now
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Pro 13 (M2, 2022) Features a bigger (~17%) battery β 58.2 against 49.9 watt-hours. Can run popular games at about 6-8% higher FPS. Around 7% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test. Provides 25% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 400 nits. The displays on the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro have rounded corners at the top. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screens are 14.2 inches and 16.2 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less). Actual rating of 69.6 watt-hours (14-inch model) or 99.6 watt-hours (16-inch model). . 274 210 18 232 264 372 147 21 227