Apple OS X On MacBook Air 2013 vs. MacBook Pro vs. Mac Mini

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. 2013 Apple MacBook Air compared to Mac Mini sandy bridge and 2011 macbook pro.

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Apple OS X On MacBook Air 2013 vs. MacBook Pro vs. Mac Mini, "Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",16.4002226,16.2829169,16.7524924 "2011 MacBook Pro",22.3186241,22.2534733,22.2776533 "2012 Mac Mini",39.3361331,39.4013117,39.6379654 "Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",17.151147,17.1133285,17.1944253 "2011 MacBook Pro",21.7291831,21.8264106,21.6856869 "2012 Mac Mini",30.0020286,29.9783588,29.8818974 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Composite", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",1018.1,1031.98,1029.05,1016.98 "2011 MacBook Pro",740.28,739.96,740.31,740.85 "2012 Mac Mini",942.36,933.69,935.65,948.59 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Monte Carlo", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",343.36,343.11,343.05,343.43 "2011 MacBook Pro",376.71,370.7,380.01,375.35 "2012 Mac Mini",383.34,383.14,384.28,383.44 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",195.07,197.03,185.69,194.96 "2011 MacBook Pro",138.97,142.99,139.87,143.11 "2012 Mac Mini",181.12,182.76,188.28,177.79 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",1636.83,1698.65,1694.54,1619.51 "2011 MacBook Pro",905.88,905.29,902.19,905.01 "2012 Mac Mini",1374.6,1374.84,1374.76,1374.67 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",1796.26,1802.11,1802.73,1807.99 "2011 MacBook Pro",1159.43,1160.07,1158.95,1159.61 "2012 Mac Mini",1643.19,1599.05,1601.06,1677.32 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",1118.98,1118.96,1119.22,1119.03 "2011 MacBook Pro",1120.41,1120.75,1120.53,1121.17 "2012 Mac Mini",1129.57,1128.65,1129.88,1129.71 "CLOMP 3.3 - Static OMP Speedup", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",0.61,0.6,0.36,0.62,0.61,0.6,0.39,0.42,0.46,0.6 "2011 MacBook Pro",0.73,0.73,0.73,0.71,0.73 "2012 Mac Mini",0.65,0.65,0.65,0.66 "Urban Terror 4.2.013 - Resolution: 800 x 600", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",53.7,54.3,53.7 "2011 MacBook Pro",56.7,56.4,56.7 "2012 Mac Mini",168.4,30.9,31.1,29.3,30.9,30.6 "Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",17.9160918,18.0462148,17.8786129 "2011 MacBook Pro",21.6323533,21.9127062,21.9595179 "2012 Mac Mini",32.0893855,33.2326644,33.4419687 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",110.9437467,109.0785359,110.4682767 "2011 MacBook Pro",79.8933452,80.1157991,80.0959504 "2012 Mac Mini",133.2720323,133.986649,135.0705924 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",105.3146007,104.6383682,105.6060727 "2011 MacBook Pro",80.0962655,80.3440499,80.2331674 "2012 Mac Mini",129.5180685,130.9809847,130.4918749 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",98.0576441,99.1327216,98.4459792 "2011 MacBook Pro",79.0192721,79.0186109,79.0441907 "2012 Mac Mini",114.7028955,114.9241859,114.9625068 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",50.0181362,49.8644553,49.0578258 "2011 MacBook Pro",38.0455202,38.0476374,37.9499147 "2012 Mac Mini",84.0137467,86.1349659,86.4633847 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",45.1776167,44.9456194,46.7563496 "2011 MacBook Pro",37.006041,36.8727878,36.8758645 "2012 Mac Mini",77.9326352,78.7001662,77.751794 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",43.3700389,45.1384599,43.3506298 "2011 MacBook Pro",35.3363258,35.2131372,35.3568127 "2012 Mac Mini",58.1716797,58.1991847,58.9528469 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",40.9125407,39.2167504,40.045902 "2011 MacBook Pro",30.8180129,30.8148618,30.834857 "2012 Mac Mini",74.6658018,74.2950701,74.9171656 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",38.9589263,38.8280245,38.3228615 "2011 MacBook Pro",29.9290372,29.8217499,29.802784 "2012 Mac Mini",66.5638307,66.6195534,66.9490891 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",36.5535395,36.4123921,37.024763 "2011 MacBook Pro",28.2914906,28.312805,28.2454337 "2012 Mac Mini",47.1955103,47.4032527,47.6589579 "Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",407.747492,407.375084,407.152837 "2011 MacBook Pro",249.111186,249.982923,250.008584 "2012 Mac Mini",243.585327,241.852738,243.562651 "Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",80.916547060013,81.4263651371,81.460626125336 "2011 MacBook Pro",98.282156944275,99.542353153229,99.0608959198 "2012 Mac Mini",82.784180879593,83.241724967957,83.210454940796 "Primesieve 4.2 - 1e12 Prime Number Generation", Lower Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",270.275,270.453,270.169 "2011 MacBook Pro",281.207,277.233,277.063 "2012 Mac Mini",263.073,262.96,263.532 "7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 - Compress Speed Test", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",6190,6203,6198 "2011 MacBook Pro",5460,5439,5467 "2012 Mac Mini",6201,6169,6174 "Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",63.818984031677,64.920222043991,64.798732995987 "2011 MacBook Pro",75.503867864609,75.833684921265,75.472635030746 "2012 Mac Mini",64.097890138626,64.272310018539,64.293794870377 "C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time", Lower Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",119.07,118.913,118.917 "2011 MacBook Pro",131.223,128.733,128.12 "2012 Mac Mini",127.704,127.755,127.748 "OpenSSL 1.0.1c - RSA 4096-bit Performance", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",22.7,22.8,22.7 "2011 MacBook Pro",20.6,20.7,20.6 "2012 Mac Mini",24.7,24.5,24.5 "Fhourstones 3.1 - Complex Connect-4 Solving", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",8657.2,8663.6,8648.2 "2011 MacBook Pro",7044,7036.3,7034.9 "2012 Mac Mini",8571.2,8564.1,8576.5 "Urban Terror 4.2.013 - Resolution: 1366 x 768", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",52.9,52.9,52.2 "2011 MacBook Pro",56.5,56.8,56.9 "2012 Mac Mini",30,30,30 "PostMark 1.51 - Disk Transaction Performance", Higher Results Are Better "MacBook Air 2013",1436,1445,1445 "2011 MacBook Pro",447,380,369,368,370,358 "2012 Mac Mini",121,128,127