Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard Intel Core 2 Duo testing with a Apple Mac mini and NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256MB on Mac OS X 10.6.8 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP89, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 320GB TOSHIBA MK3265GSXF, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256MB OS: Mac OS X 10.6.8, Kernel: 10.8.0 (i386), Display Server: X Server 1.4.2-apple56, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 1.7 + Xcode 3.2.6, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP89, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 320GB TOSHIBA MK3265GSXF, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256MB, Monitor: ASUS VH232H OS: Mac OS X 10.7.5, Kernel: 11.4.2 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.10.6, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Xcode 3.2.6, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP79, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 96GB KINGSTON SVP100S296G, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256MB OS: Mac OS X 10.6.8, Kernel: 10.8.0 (i386), Display Server: X Server 1.4.2-apple56, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 1.7, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 1487.74 |=================================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 13.80 | Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 24.34 |= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 2.32 |====================================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 2.18 |==================================== Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 1.20 |==================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 20.56 |============================ Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 27.63 |===================================== Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 11.90 |================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 23.40 |================================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 25.55 |===================================== Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 7.62 |=========== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 46.75 |====================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 80.16 |===================================== Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 39.74 |================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 25.23 |========================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 32.61 |================================= Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 36.34 |===================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 126 |================================= Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 120 |================================ Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 148 |======================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 20.42 |===================================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 19.63 |==================================== Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 15.98 |============================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 1920 x 1080 w/ HDR Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 15.87 |===================================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 15.13 |=================================== Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 11.98 |============================ Urban Terror 4.2.013 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 35.83 |=============================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 42.13 |===================================== Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 32.73 |============================= Urban Terror 4.2.013 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 27.7 MAX: 75.0 Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 23.6 MAX: 74.0 Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 30.6 MAX: 73.0 Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard . 2526.24 |==================================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion ......... 2502.45 |==================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard . 2493.07 |==================================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion ......... 2458.55 |==================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard . 2782.74 |==================================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion ......... 2761.35 |==================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard . 2744.75 |==================================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion ......... 2720.16 |==================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard . 1228 |======================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard . 4696333 |==================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard . 4696333 |==================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard . 1236 |======================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard . 14645 |====================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard . 168.36 |===================================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion ......... 168.30 |===================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 3578 |====================================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 3561 |====================================== Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 3081 |================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 121.56 |============================== Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 143.71 |==================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 678.22 |==================================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 223.83 |============ Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 269.18 |============== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 26.12 |===================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 23.31 |=================== Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 45.64 |===================================== dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 124.91 |============================= Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 122.91 |============================ Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 156.04 |==================================== FFmpeg 2.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 32.81 |================================ Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 32.86 |================================ Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 38.33 |===================================== Mencoder 1.1 AVI To LAVC Seconds < Lower Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard .. 46.69 |============================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion .......... 47.14 |=============================== Early 2009 Mac mini Snow Leopard . 56.74 |===================================== Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard . 58.65 |====================================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion ......... 58.92 |====================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Late 2010 Mac Mini Snow Leopard . 15.30 |====================================== Late 2010 Mac Mini Lion ......... 15.27 |======================================