erw-macpro2 Intel Core i7 testing with a Apple MacBook Pro and Intel HD 3000 + AMD Radeon HD 6490M 512MB on OS X 10.8.2 (12C60) via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 6, Memory: 2 x 8192 DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS725050A9A362, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 + AMD Radeon HD 6490M 512MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.8.2 (12C60), Kernel: 12.2.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Clang 4.1 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.5.2, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 8192 DDR3-1333MHz: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 6, Memory: 2 x 8192 DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS725050A9A362, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 + AMD Radeon HD 6490M 512MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.8.2 (12C60), Kernel: 12.2.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Clang 4.1 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.5.2, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Intel HD 3000: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 6, Memory: 2 x 8192 DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS725050A9A362, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 + AMD Radeon HD 6490M 512MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.8.2 (12C60), Kernel: 12.2.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Clang 4.1 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.5.2, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 . 53.46 |======================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 . 42.81 |=============================================== Intel Core i7 . 44.93 |================================================== Intel Core i7 . 50.60 |======================================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Add MB/s > Higher Is Better 8192 DDR3-1333MHz . 13036.60 |================================================= 8192 DDR3-1333MHz . 13155.38 |================================================= 8192 DDR3-1333MHz . 13047.22 |================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better 8192 DDR3-1333MHz . 12048.83 |================================================ 8192 DDR3-1333MHz . 12134.86 |================================================= 8192 DDR3-1333MHz . 12223.63 |================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better 8192 DDR3-1333MHz . 11773.62 |================================================= 8192 DDR3-1333MHz . 11828.69 |================================================= 8192 DDR3-1333MHz . 11882.79 |================================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel HD 3000 . 31.86 |======================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel HD 3000 . 110.73 |======================================================= Warsow 1.0 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel HD 3000 . 31.37 |======================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 . 231.84 |======================================================= Intel Core i7 . 229.02 |====================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 . 8548 |============================================= Intel Core i7 . 10675 |======================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 . 82.03 |================================================= Intel Core i7 . 92.97 |======================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 . 23.13 |======================================================== Intel Core i7 . 22.90 |=======================================================