Apple OS X On MacBook Air 2013 Performance (Core i5 Haswell) Intel Core i5 testing with a Apple MacBook Air and Intel HD 5000 1024MB on OS X 10.8.4 (12E3067) compared to various other Apple MacBook Pro and Retina MacBook Pro and Sandy Bridge Mac Mini. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. 2010 MacBook Pro: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 5, Memory: 2 x 2048 DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 120GB OCZ-AGILITY2, Graphics: Intel HD + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 288MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.8.4, Kernel: 12.4.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.3, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 2011 Mac Mini: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: Intel 6, Memory: 2 x 1024 DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 288MB, Monitor: Acer P243W OS: OS X 10.8.4, Kernel: 12.4.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.3, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 2012 Retina MacBook Pro: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4096 DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512MB, Monitor: Thunderbolt Display OS: OS X 10.8.4, Kernel: 12.4.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.3, File-System: Unknown, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 2013 MacBook Air: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 1.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Air, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 2048 DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128F, Graphics: Intel HD 5000 1024MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.8.4 (12E3067), Kernel: 12.4.1 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 2.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 2011 HP DV6-6110eg: Processor: AMD A6-3410MX APU @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 358D v33.18, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6520G 512MB (400/667MHz), Audio: AMD BeaverCreek HDMI Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Ralink RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R OS: openSUSE 13.1, Kernel: 3.14.4-1.gbebeb6f-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.5, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3.901 (1.14.4 RC 1), Display Driver: fglrx 14.10.2, OpenGL: 4.4.12874, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8: Processor: AMD A6-3410MX APU @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 358D v33.18, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6520G 1024MB (400/667MHz), Audio: AMD BeaverCreek HDMI Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Ralink RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R OS: openSUSE 13.1, Kernel: 3.15.0-rc8-1.gbebeb6f-jan (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.5, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3.901 (1.14.4 RC 1), Display Driver: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.3.12967, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 382 |======= 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 125 |== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 1426 |========================= 2013 MacBook Air .................. 1442 |========================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 2112 |===================================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 2033 |==================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 21.83 |============= 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 32.92 |==================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 31.41 |=================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 17.95 |=========== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 46.15 |============================ 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 59.19 |==================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 21.75 |============= 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 29.95 |================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 31.09 |=================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 17.15 |=========== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 41.30 |========================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 58.64 |==================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 22.28 |============== 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 39.46 |========================= 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 31.88 |==================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 16.48 |========== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 38.03 |======================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 57.06 |==================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 80.04 |==================== 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 134.11 |================================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 137.94 |=================================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 110.16 |============================ 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 87.35 |====================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 96.24 |======================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 80.22 |===================== 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 130.33 |================================= 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 136.31 |=================================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 105.19 |=========================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 85.14 |====================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 96.17 |========================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 79.03 |===================== 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 114.86 |============================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 133.94 |=================================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 98.55 |========================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 82.11 |===================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 94.75 |========================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 38.01 |================ 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 85.54 |==================================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 63.52 |=========================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 49.65 |===================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 64.87 |=========================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 76.14 |================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 36.92 |================= 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 78.13 |==================================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 63.12 |============================= 2013 MacBook Air .................. 45.63 |===================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 61.31 |============================ 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 75.23 |=================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 35.30 |================= 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 58.44 |============================= 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 60.74 |============================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 43.95 |===================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 58.66 |============================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 73.62 |==================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 30.82 |=============== 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 74.63 |==================================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 51.81 |========================= 2013 MacBook Air .................. 40.06 |=================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 54.68 |========================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 64.89 |=============================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 29.85 |================ 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 66.71 |==================================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 51.34 |============================ 2013 MacBook Air .................. 38.70 |===================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 50.17 |=========================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 64.42 |=================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 28.28 |================ 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 47.42 |=========================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 49.07 |============================ 2013 MacBook Air .................. 36.66 |===================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 45.99 |=========================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 62.45 |==================================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 0.73 |========= 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 0.65 |======== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 0.35 |==== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 0.53 |======= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 2.93 |===================================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 2.97 |===================================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 7038.40 |======================== 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 8570.60 |============================= 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 9998.47 |================================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 8656.33 |============================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 6121.60 |===================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 6381.70 |====================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 740.35 |==================== 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 940.07 |========================= 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 1285.71 |================================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 1024.03 |=========================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 391.99 |========== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 419.16 |=========== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 375.69 |============================== 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 383.55 |=============================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 435.57 |=================================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 343.24 |============================ 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 264.75 |===================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 289.33 |======================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 141.24 |================= 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 182.49 |====================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 288.04 |=================================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 193.19 |======================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 59.60 |======= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 59.30 |======= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 904.59 |================= 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 1374.72 |========================= 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 1850.81 |================================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 1662.38 |=============================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 534.26 |========== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 573.74 |=========== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 1159.52 |================ 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 1630.16 |======================= 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 2408.16 |================================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 1802.27 |========================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 609.35 |========= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 667.41 |========= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 1120.72 |=========================== 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 1129.45 |=========================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 1412.79 |================================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 1119.05 |=========================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 491.96 |============ 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 506.02 |============ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 249.70 |==================== 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 243.00 |=================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 287.09 |======================= 2013 MacBook Air .................. 407.43 |================================ 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 416.22 |================================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 441.30 |=================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 5455 |============= 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 6181 |=============== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 15214 |==================================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 6197 |=============== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 5645 |============= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 5721 |============== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 98.96 |=================== 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 83.08 |================ 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 38.67 |======= 2013 MacBook Air .................. 81.27 |=============== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 180.27 |================================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 185.18 |=================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 75.60 |============================= 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 64.22 |========================= 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 29.34 |=========== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 64.51 |========================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 92.60 |==================================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 92.63 |==================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 129.36 |=================================== 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 127.74 |=================================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 49.86 |============= 2013 MacBook Air .................. 118.97 |================================ 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 78.91 |===================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 78.66 |===================== Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 278.50 |=================================== 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 263.19 |================================= 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 110.79 |============== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 270.30 |================================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 204.97 |========================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 204.13 |========================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro ........ 20.63 |================================== 2011 Mac Mini ........... 24.57 |======================================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 27.93 |============================================== 2013 MacBook Air ........ 22.73 |===================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 56.60 |====================== 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 53.53 |===================== 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 93.03 |==================================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 53.90 |===================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 49.97 |=================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 53.37 |===================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2010 MacBook Pro .................. 56.73 |====================== 2011 Mac Mini ..................... 30.00 |============ 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ........... 92.83 |==================================== 2013 MacBook Air .................. 52.67 |==================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ................ 49.03 |=================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg linux-3.15-rc8 . 53.20 |=====================