I know this is for the Macbook Air, but putting this here since I want to focus on the M1.
First geekbench results have been leaked.... And it is impressive. The 10700K in the 2020 iMac with 8 GB of RAM also scores about the same multicore score as the M1. Give the M1 more RAM and could the score still go up? And it is at 15W TDP vs 125W TDP...... Now I doubt the M1 in the MBA will be able to sustain the performance due to thermal constraints, but the Mac Mini and 13" MBP might be real beasts if real world testing matches this benchmark.
https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/11...rst-benchmark/