Which has higher Geekbench 5 scores, the 2020 MacBook Air 512 GB Apple M1 or the 2019 MacBook Pro 2.3 GHz Intel Core i9?
https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/4653108
https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/4648107
The Air scores higher on single & multiple core tests.
Evem if the results were taken from a MBP with the 2.4 GHz i9, the MB Air would have won comfortably.