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 MiniProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac MiniIntel Core i5 @ 1.30GHz (2 Cores)Apple MacBook AirApple SSD2 x 2048 DDR3-1600MHz121GB APPLE SSD SD0128FIntel HD 5000 1024MBColor LCDOS X 10.8.4 (12E3067)12.4.1 (x86_64)GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 2.1Journaled HFS+1366x768Intel Core i5 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores)Apple MacBook ProIntel 52 x 2048 DDR3-1067MHz120GB OCZ-AGILITY2Intel HD + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 288MBOS X 10.8.412.4.0 (x86_64)Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.31440x900Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores)Apple Mac miniIntel 62 x 1024 DDR3-1333MHz500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302Intel HD 3000 288MBAcer P243W1920x1200OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler 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 - 2012 Mac Mini: --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

MacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac MiniLogarithmic Result OverviewPhoronix Test SuitePostMarkNexuizXonoticHimeno BenchmarkUrban TerrorCLOMPSciMarkFhourstonesTimed ImageMagick CompilationOpenSSLTimed PHP Compilation7-Zip CompressionC-RayPrimesieve

Apple OS X On MacBook Air 2013 vs. MacBook Pro vs. Mac Mininexuiz: 800 x 600 - Yes - Offnexuiz: 1024 x 768 - Yes - Offnexuiz: 1366 x 768 - Yes - Offxonotic: 800 x 600 - Lowxonotic: 1024 x 768 - Lowxonotic: 1366 x 768 - Lowxonotic: 800 x 600 - Highxonotic: 1024 x 768 - Highxonotic: 1366 x 768 - Highxonotic: 800 x 600 - Ultraxonotic: 1024 x 768 - Ultraxonotic: 1366 x 768 - Ultraurbanterror: 800 x 600urbanterror: 1366 x 768fhourstones: Complex Connect-4 Solvingscimark2: Compositescimark2: Monte Carloscimark2: Fast Fourier Transformscimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiplyscimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationscimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvercompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performanceclomp: Static OMP Speeduppostmark: Disk Transaction Performancebuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilebuild-php: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timeprimesieve: 1e12 Prime Number GenerationMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini17.9517.1516.48110.16105.1998.5549.6545.6343.9540.0638.7036.6653.9052.678656.331024.03343.24193.191662.381802.271119.05407.43619722.730.53144281.2764.51118.97270.3021.8321.7522.2880.0480.2279.0338.0136.9235.3030.8229.8528.2856.6056.737038.40740.35375.69141.24904.591159.521120.72249.70545520.630.7338298.9675.60129.36278.5032.9229.9539.46134.11130.33114.8685.5478.1358.4474.6366.7147.4253.53308570.60940.07383.55182.491374.721630.161129.45243.00618124.570.6512583.0864.22127.74263.19OpenBenchmarking.org

Nexuiz

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OffMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini816243240SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 317.9521.8332.92MIN: 9 / MAX: 73MIN: 10 / MAX: 102MIN: 19 / MAX: 75

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OffMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini714212835SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 317.1521.7529.95MIN: 9 / MAX: 70MIN: 10 / MAX: 97MIN: 16 / MAX: 62

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OffMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini918273645SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 316.4822.2839.46MIN: 8 / MAX: 64MIN: 10 / MAX: 109MIN: 21 / MAX: 136

Xonotic

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: LowMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini306090120150SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3110.1680.04134.11MIN: 40 / MAX: 300MIN: 28 / MAX: 201MIN: 71 / MAX: 240

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: LowMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini306090120150SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3105.1980.22130.33MIN: 39 / MAX: 266MIN: 28 / MAX: 203MIN: 84 / MAX: 227

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: LowMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini306090120150SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 398.5579.03114.86MIN: 37 / MAX: 220MIN: 26 / MAX: 213MIN: 73 / MAX: 180

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: HighMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini20406080100SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.77, N = 349.6538.0185.54MIN: 16 / MAX: 203MIN: 11 / MAX: 174MIN: 24 / MAX: 159

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: HighMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini20406080100SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 345.6336.9278.13MIN: 16 / MAX: 158MIN: 11 / MAX: 127MIN: 40 / MAX: 139

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: HighMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini1326395265SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 343.9535.3058.44MIN: 16 / MAX: 142MIN: 11 / MAX: 107MIN: 25 / MAX: 92

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: UltraMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini20406080100SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 340.0630.8274.63MIN: 12 / MAX: 193MIN: 9 / MAX: 154MIN: 23 / MAX: 142

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: UltraMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini1530456075SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 338.7029.8566.71MIN: 12 / MAX: 152MIN: 8 / MAX: 115MIN: 25 / MAX: 127

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: UltraMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini1122334455SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 336.6628.2847.42MIN: 12 / MAX: 133MIN: 9 / MAX: 93MIN: 22 / MAX: 82

Urban Terror

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.2.013Resolution: 800 x 600MacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini1326395265SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 22.97, N = 653.9056.6053.53

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.2.013Resolution: 1366 x 768MacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini1326395265SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 352.6756.7330.00

Fhourstones

OpenBenchmarking.orgKpos / sec, More Is BetterFhourstones 3.1Complex Connect-4 SolvingMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 4.47, N = 3SE +/- 2.83, N = 3SE +/- 3.59, N = 38656.337038.408570.601. (CC) gcc options: -O3

SciMark

This test runs the ANSI C version of SciMark 2.0, which is a benchmark for scientific and numerical computing developed by programmers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This test is made up of Fast Foruier Transform, Jacobi Successive Over-relaxation, Monte Carlo, Sparse Matrix Multiply, and dense LU matrix factorization benchmarks. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: CompositeMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini2004006008001000SE +/- 3.80, N = 4SE +/- 0.18, N = 4SE +/- 3.39, N = 41024.03740.35940.07

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte CarloMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini80160240320400SE +/- 0.09, N = 4SE +/- 1.93, N = 4SE +/- 0.25, N = 4343.24375.69383.55

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier TransformMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini4080120160200SE +/- 2.54, N = 4SE +/- 1.06, N = 4SE +/- 2.19, N = 4193.19141.24182.49

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix MultiplyMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini400800120016002000SE +/- 20.08, N = 4SE +/- 0.82, N = 4SE +/- 0.05, N = 41662.38904.591374.72

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix FactorizationMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini400800120016002000SE +/- 2.40, N = 4SE +/- 0.23, N = 4SE +/- 18.73, N = 41802.271159.521630.16

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-RelaxationMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini2004006008001000SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.17, N = 4SE +/- 0.27, N = 41119.051120.721129.45

Himeno Benchmark

The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini90180270360450SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3407.43249.70243.001. (CC) gcc options: -O3

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini13002600390052006500SE +/- 3.79, N = 3SE +/- 8.41, N = 3SE +/- 9.94, N = 36197545561811. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit PerformanceMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini612182430SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 322.7320.6324.571. (CC) gcc options: -arch -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lssl -lcrypto

CLOMP

CLOMP is the C version of the Livermore OpenMP benchmark developed to measure OpenMP overheads and other performance impacts due to threading in order to influence future system designs. This particular test profile configuration is currently set to look at the OpenMP static schedule speed-up across all available CPU cores using the recommended test configuration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP SpeedupMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini0.16430.32860.49290.65720.8215SE +/- 0.03, N = 10SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 40.530.730.651. (CC) gcc options: --openmp -O3 -lm

PostMark

This is a test of NetApp's PostMark benchmark designed to simulate small-file testing similar to the tasks endured by web and mail servers. This test profile will set PostMark to perform 25,000 transactions with 500 files simultaneously with the file sizes ranging between 5 and 512 kilobytes. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini30060090012001500SE +/- 3.00, N = 3SE +/- 13.31, N = 6SE +/- 2.19, N = 314423821251. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10Time To CompileMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini20406080100SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 381.2798.9683.08

Timed PHP Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To CompileMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini20406080100SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 364.5175.6064.221. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pedantic -lpthread -lz -liconv -lm

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini306090120150SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3118.97129.36127.741. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Primesieve

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPrimesieve 4.21e12 Prime Number GenerationMacBook Air 20132011 MacBook Pro2012 Mac Mini60120180240300SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 1.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3270.30278.50263.191. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fopenmp