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.

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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.

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Apple OS X On MacBook Air 2013 Performance (Core i5 Haswell)ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemScreen Resolution2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook ProIntel 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 P243W1920x1200Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores)Apple MacBook ProIntel 72 x 4096 DDR3-1600MHz251GB APPLE SSD SM256EIntel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512MBThunderbolt DisplayUnknown2560x1440OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- 2013 MacBook Air: --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 - 2010 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 - 2011 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 - 2012 Retina 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 Performance (Core i5 Haswell)urbanterror: 1366 x 768urbanterror: 800 x 600openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performanceprimesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generationc-ray: Total Timebuild-php: Time To Compilebuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilecompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverscimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationscimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationscimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiplyscimark2: Fast Fourier Transformscimark2: Monte Carloscimark2: Compositefhourstones: Complex Connect-4 Solvingclomp: Static OMP Speedupxonotic: 1366 x 768 - Ultraxonotic: 1024 x 768 - Ultraxonotic: 800 x 600 - Ultraxonotic: 1366 x 768 - Highxonotic: 1024 x 768 - Highxonotic: 800 x 600 - Highxonotic: 1366 x 768 - Lowxonotic: 1024 x 768 - Lowxonotic: 800 x 600 - Lownexuiz: 1366 x 768 - Yes - Offnexuiz: 1024 x 768 - Yes - Offnexuiz: 800 x 600 - Yes - Offpostmark: Disk Transaction Performance2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro52.6753.9022.73270.30118.9764.5181.276197407.431119.051802.271662.38193.19343.241024.038656.330.5336.6638.7040.0643.9545.6349.6598.55105.19110.1616.4817.1517.95144256.7356.6020.63278.50129.3675.6098.965455249.701120.721159.52904.59141.24375.69740.357038.400.7328.2829.8530.8235.3036.9238.0179.0380.2280.0422.2821.7521.833823053.5324.57263.19127.7464.2283.086181243.001129.451630.161374.72182.49383.55940.078570.600.6547.4266.7174.6358.4478.1385.54114.86130.33134.1139.4629.9532.9212592.8393.0327.93110.7949.8629.3438.6715214287.091412.792408.161850.81288.04435.571285.719998.470.3549.0751.3451.8160.7463.1263.52133.94136.31137.9431.8831.0931.411426OpenBenchmarking.org

Urban Terror

Resolution: 1366 x 768

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.2.013Resolution: 1366 x 7682013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 352.6756.7330.0092.83

Urban Terror

Resolution: 800 x 600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.2.013Resolution: 800 x 6002013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 22.97, N = 6SE +/- 0.26, N = 353.9056.6053.5393.03

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit Performance2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro714212835SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 322.7320.6324.5727.931. (CC) gcc options: -arch -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lssl -lcrypto

Primesieve

1e12 Prime Number Generation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPrimesieve 4.21e12 Prime Number Generation2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro60120180240300SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 1.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3270.30278.50263.19110.791. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fopenmp

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro306090120150SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3118.97129.36127.7449.861. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Timed PHP Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To Compile2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 364.5175.6064.2229.341. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pedantic -lpthread -lz -liconv -lm

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10Time To Compile2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 381.2798.9683.0838.67

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed Test2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 3.79, N = 3SE +/- 8.41, N = 3SE +/- 9.94, N = 3SE +/- 16.09, N = 3619754556181152141. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solver2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro90180270360450SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3407.43249.70243.00287.091. (CC) gcc options: -O3

SciMark

Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro30060090012001500SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.17, N = 4SE +/- 0.27, N = 4SE +/- 0.42, N = 41119.051120.721129.451412.79

SciMark

Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro5001000150020002500SE +/- 2.40, N = 4SE +/- 0.23, N = 4SE +/- 18.73, N = 4SE +/- 4.77, N = 41802.271159.521630.162408.16

SciMark

Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro400800120016002000SE +/- 20.08, N = 4SE +/- 0.82, N = 4SE +/- 0.05, N = 4SE +/- 4.59, N = 41662.38904.591374.721850.81

SciMark

Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro60120180240300SE +/- 2.54, N = 4SE +/- 1.06, N = 4SE +/- 2.19, N = 4SE +/- 3.03, N = 4193.19141.24182.49288.04

SciMark

Computational Test: Monte Carlo

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte Carlo2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro90180270360450SE +/- 0.09, N = 4SE +/- 1.93, N = 4SE +/- 0.25, N = 4SE +/- 1.51, N = 4343.24375.69383.55435.57

SciMark

Computational Test: Composite

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Composite2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro30060090012001500SE +/- 3.80, N = 4SE +/- 0.18, N = 4SE +/- 3.39, N = 4SE +/- 1.21, N = 41024.03740.35940.071285.71

Fhourstones

Complex Connect-4 Solving

OpenBenchmarking.orgKpos / sec, More Is BetterFhourstones 3.1Complex Connect-4 Solving2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 4.47, N = 3SE +/- 2.83, N = 3SE +/- 3.59, N = 3SE +/- 44.84, N = 38656.337038.408570.609998.471. (CC) gcc options: -O3

CLOMP

Static OMP Speedup

OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP Speedup2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro0.16430.32860.49290.65720.8215SE +/- 0.03, N = 10SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 40.530.730.650.351. (CC) gcc options: --openmp -O3 -lm

Xonotic

Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro1122334455SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 336.6628.2847.4249.07MIN: 12 / MAX: 133MIN: 9 / MAX: 93MIN: 22 / MAX: 82MIN: 15 / MAX: 230

Xonotic

Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro1530456075SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 338.7029.8566.7151.34MIN: 12 / MAX: 152MIN: 8 / MAX: 115MIN: 25 / MAX: 127MIN: 15 / MAX: 281

Xonotic

Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 340.0630.8274.6351.81MIN: 12 / MAX: 193MIN: 9 / MAX: 154MIN: 23 / MAX: 142MIN: 15 / MAX: 262

Xonotic

Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro1428425670SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 343.9535.3058.4460.74MIN: 16 / MAX: 142MIN: 11 / MAX: 107MIN: 25 / MAX: 92MIN: 19 / MAX: 270

Xonotic

Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 345.6336.9278.1363.12MIN: 16 / MAX: 158MIN: 11 / MAX: 127MIN: 40 / MAX: 139MIN: 19 / MAX: 271

Xonotic

Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.77, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 349.6538.0185.5463.52MIN: 16 / MAX: 203MIN: 11 / MAX: 174MIN: 24 / MAX: 159MIN: 19 / MAX: 302

Xonotic

Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro306090120150SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 398.5579.03114.86133.94MIN: 37 / MAX: 220MIN: 26 / MAX: 213MIN: 73 / MAX: 180MIN: 43 / MAX: 379

Xonotic

Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro306090120150SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3105.1980.22130.33136.31MIN: 39 / MAX: 266MIN: 28 / MAX: 203MIN: 84 / MAX: 227MIN: 45 / MAX: 384

Xonotic

Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro306090120150SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3110.1680.04134.11137.94MIN: 40 / MAX: 300MIN: 28 / MAX: 201MIN: 71 / MAX: 240MIN: 45 / MAX: 441

Nexuiz

Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro918273645SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 316.4822.2839.4631.88MIN: 8 / MAX: 64MIN: 10 / MAX: 109MIN: 21 / MAX: 136MIN: 16 / MAX: 150

Nexuiz

Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro714212835SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 317.1521.7529.9531.09MIN: 9 / MAX: 70MIN: 10 / MAX: 97MIN: 16 / MAX: 62MIN: 15 / MAX: 138

Nexuiz

Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro816243240SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 317.9521.8332.9231.41MIN: 9 / MAX: 73MIN: 10 / MAX: 102MIN: 19 / MAX: 75MIN: 15 / MAX: 140

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction Performance2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro30060090012001500SE +/- 3.00, N = 3SE +/- 13.31, N = 6SE +/- 2.19, N = 3SE +/- 14.43, N = 3144238212514261. (CC) gcc options: -O3

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