Apple OS X On MacBook Air 2013 vs. MacBook Pro Intel Core i5 testing with a Apple MacBook Air and Intel HD 5000 1024MB on OS X 10.8.4 (12E3067) via the Phoronix Test Suite. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Apple OS X On MacBook Air 2013 vs. MacBook Pro Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Monitor OS Kernel Compiler File-System Screen Resolution MacBook Air 2013 2011 MacBook Pro Intel Core i5 @ 1.30GHz (2 Cores) Apple MacBook Air Apple SSD 2 x 2048 DDR3-1600MHz 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128F Intel HD 5000 1024MB Color LCD OS X 10.8.4 (12E3067) 12.4.1 (x86_64) GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 2.1 Journaled HFS+ 1366x768 Intel Core i5 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores) Apple MacBook Pro Intel 5 2 x 2048 DDR3-1067MHz 120GB OCZ-AGILITY2 Intel HD + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 288MB OS X 10.8.4 12.4.0 (x86_64) Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.3 1440x900 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - MacBook Air 2013: --build=i686-apple-darwin11 --disable-checking --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --enable-llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2335.15~25/dst-llvmCore/Developer/usr/local --enable-werror --host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --mandir=/share/man --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- --program-prefix=llvm- --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --target=i686-apple-darwin11 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib - 2011 MacBook Pro: --build=i686-apple-darwin11 --disable-checking --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --enable-llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~182/dst-llvmCore/Developer/usr/local --enable-werror --host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --mandir=/share/man --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- --program-prefix=llvm- --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --target=i686-apple-darwin11 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib
Apple OS X On MacBook Air 2013 vs. MacBook Pro urbanterror: 1366 x 768 urbanterror: 800 x 600 openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance primesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generation c-ray: Total Time build-php: Time To Compile build-imagemagick: Time To Compile compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform scimark2: Monte Carlo scimark2: Composite fhourstones: Complex Connect-4 Solving clomp: Static OMP Speedup xonotic: 1366 x 768 - Ultra xonotic: 1024 x 768 - Ultra xonotic: 800 x 600 - Ultra xonotic: 1366 x 768 - High xonotic: 1024 x 768 - High xonotic: 800 x 600 - High xonotic: 1366 x 768 - Low xonotic: 1024 x 768 - Low xonotic: 800 x 600 - Low nexuiz: 1366 x 768 - Yes - Off nexuiz: 1024 x 768 - Yes - Off nexuiz: 800 x 600 - Yes - Off postmark: Disk Transaction Performance MacBook Air 2013 2011 MacBook Pro 52.67 53.90 22.73 270.30 118.97 64.51 81.27 6197 407.43 1119.05 1802.27 1662.38 193.19 343.24 1024.03 8656.33 0.53 36.66 38.70 40.06 43.95 45.63 49.65 98.55 105.19 110.16 16.48 17.15 17.95 1442 56.73 56.60 20.63 278.50 129.36 75.60 98.96 5455 249.70 1120.72 1159.52 904.59 141.24 375.69 740.35 7038.40 0.73 28.28 29.85 30.82 35.30 36.92 38.01 79.03 80.22 80.04 22.28 21.75 21.83 382 OpenBenchmarking.org
Urban Terror Resolution: 1366 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1366 x 768 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 56.73 52.67
Urban Terror Resolution: 800 x 600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 800 x 600 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 56.60 53.90
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 20.63 22.73 1. (CC) gcc options: -arch -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lssl -lcrypto
Primesieve 1e12 Prime Number Generation OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 1.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 278.50 270.30 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fopenmp
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.95, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 129.36 118.97 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
Timed PHP Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 75.60 64.51 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pedantic -lpthread -lz -liconv -lm
Timed ImageMagick Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 Time To Compile 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 98.96 81.27
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500 SE +/- 8.41, N = 3 SE +/- 3.79, N = 3 5455 6197 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 249.70 407.43 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
SciMark Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.17, N = 4 SE +/- 0.06, N = 4 1120.72 1119.05
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 0.23, N = 4 SE +/- 2.40, N = 4 1159.52 1802.27
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 0.82, N = 4 SE +/- 20.08, N = 4 904.59 1662.38
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 1.06, N = 4 SE +/- 2.54, N = 4 141.24 193.19
SciMark Computational Test: Monte Carlo OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 1.93, N = 4 SE +/- 0.09, N = 4 375.69 343.24
SciMark Computational Test: Composite OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.18, N = 4 SE +/- 3.80, N = 4 740.35 1024.03
Fhourstones Complex Connect-4 Solving OpenBenchmarking.org Kpos / sec, More Is Better Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 2.83, N = 3 SE +/- 4.47, N = 3 7038.40 8656.33 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
CLOMP Static OMP Speedup OpenBenchmarking.org Speedup, More Is Better CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 0.1643 0.3286 0.4929 0.6572 0.8215 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.03, N = 10 0.73 0.53 1. (CC) gcc options: --openmp -O3 -lm
Xonotic Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 28.28 36.66 MIN: 9 / MAX: 93 MIN: 12 / MAX: 133
Xonotic Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 29.85 38.70 MIN: 8 / MAX: 115 MIN: 12 / MAX: 152
Xonotic Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 30.82 40.06 MIN: 9 / MAX: 154 MIN: 12 / MAX: 193
Xonotic Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 35.30 43.95 MIN: 11 / MAX: 107 MIN: 16 / MAX: 142
Xonotic Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 36.92 45.63 MIN: 11 / MAX: 127 MIN: 16 / MAX: 158
Xonotic Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 38.01 49.65 MIN: 11 / MAX: 174 MIN: 16 / MAX: 203
Xonotic Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 79.03 98.55 MIN: 26 / MAX: 213 MIN: 37 / MAX: 220
Xonotic Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 80.22 105.19 MIN: 28 / MAX: 203 MIN: 39 / MAX: 266
Xonotic Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.56, N = 3 80.04 110.16 MIN: 28 / MAX: 201 MIN: 40 / MAX: 300
Nexuiz Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 22.28 16.48 MIN: 10 / MAX: 109 MIN: 8 / MAX: 64
Nexuiz Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 21.75 17.15 MIN: 10 / MAX: 97 MIN: 9 / MAX: 70
Nexuiz Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 21.83 17.95 MIN: 10 / MAX: 102 MIN: 9 / MAX: 73
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance 2011 MacBook Pro MacBook Air 2013 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 13.31, N = 6 SE +/- 3.00, N = 3 382 1442 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
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