[Cabal]

I think more results are needed to smooth out the curves. If you check all the results by model so far,

https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/search?q=Macmini9%2C1

https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/search?q=MacBookPro17%2...

https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q...

it looks like they're all in the same ballpark (i.e. the Air is not leading others, just comparable).