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 Resolution2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro2013 MacBook AirIntel Core i5 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores)Apple MacBook ProIntel 52 x 2048 DDR3-1067MHz120GB OCZ-AGILITY2Intel HD + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 288MBColor LCDOS 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 4.6.3Journaled HFS+1440x900Intel 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 DisplayUnknown2560x1440Intel 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+1366x768OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- 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 - 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

Apple OS X On MacBook Air 2013 Performance (Core i5 Haswell)compress-7zip: Compress Speed Testc-ray: Total Timeclomp: Static OMP Speedupfhourstones: Complex Connect-4 Solvinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvernexuiz: 800 x 600 - Yes - Offnexuiz: 1024 x 768 - Yes - Offnexuiz: 1366 x 768 - Yes - Offopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancepostmark: Disk Transaction Performanceprimesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generationscimark2: Compositescimark2: Monte Carloscimark2: Fast Fourier Transformscimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiplyscimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationscimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationbuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilebuild-php: Time To Compileurbanterror: 800 x 600urbanterror: 1366 x 768xonotic: 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 - Ultra2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air5455129.360.737038.40249.7021.8321.7522.2820.63382278.50740.35375.69141.24904.591159.521120.7298.9675.6056.6056.7380.0480.2279.0338.0136.9235.3030.8229.8528.286181127.740.658570.60243.0032.9229.9539.4624.57125263.19940.07383.55182.491374.721630.161129.4583.0864.2253.5330134.11130.33114.8685.5478.1358.4474.6366.7147.421521449.860.359998.47287.0931.4131.0931.8827.931426110.791285.71435.57288.041850.812408.161412.7938.6729.3493.0392.83137.94136.31133.9463.5263.1260.7451.8151.3449.076197118.970.538656.33407.4317.9517.1516.4822.731442270.301024.03343.24193.191662.381802.271119.0581.2764.5153.9052.67110.16105.1998.5549.6545.6343.9540.0638.7036.66OpenBenchmarking.org

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed Test2012 Retina MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 16.09, N = 3SE +/- 3.79, N = 3SE +/- 9.94, N = 3SE +/- 8.41, N = 3152146197618154551. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time2012 Retina MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro306090120150SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 349.86118.97127.74129.361. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

CLOMP

Static OMP Speedup

OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP Speedup2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2012 Retina MacBook Pro0.16430.32860.49290.65720.8215SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 10SE +/- 0.00, N = 40.730.650.530.351. (CC) gcc options: --openmp -O3 -lm

Fhourstones

Complex Connect-4 Solving

OpenBenchmarking.orgKpos / sec, More Is BetterFhourstones 3.1Complex Connect-4 Solving2012 Retina MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 44.84, N = 3SE +/- 4.47, N = 3SE +/- 3.59, N = 3SE +/- 2.83, N = 39998.478656.338570.607038.401. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solver2013 MacBook Air2012 Retina MacBook Pro2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini90180270360450SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3407.43287.09249.70243.001. (CC) gcc options: -O3

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: Off2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro2010 MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air816243240SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 332.9231.4121.8317.95MIN: 19 / MAX: 75MIN: 15 / MAX: 140MIN: 10 / MAX: 102MIN: 9 / MAX: 73

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: Off2012 Retina MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air714212835SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 331.0929.9521.7517.15MIN: 15 / MAX: 138MIN: 16 / MAX: 62MIN: 10 / MAX: 97MIN: 9 / MAX: 70

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: Off2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro2010 MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air918273645SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 339.4631.8822.2816.48MIN: 21 / MAX: 136MIN: 16 / MAX: 150MIN: 10 / MAX: 109MIN: 8 / MAX: 64

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit Performance2012 Retina MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro714212835SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 327.9324.5722.7320.631. (CC) gcc options: -arch -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lssl -lcrypto

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction Performance2013 MacBook Air2012 Retina MacBook Pro2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini30060090012001500SE +/- 3.00, N = 3SE +/- 14.43, N = 3SE +/- 13.31, N = 6SE +/- 2.19, N = 3144214263821251. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Primesieve

1e12 Prime Number Generation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPrimesieve 4.21e12 Prime Number Generation2012 Retina MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro60120180240300SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 1.35, N = 3110.79263.19270.30278.501. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fopenmp

SciMark

Computational Test: Composite

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Composite2012 Retina MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro30060090012001500SE +/- 1.21, N = 4SE +/- 3.80, N = 4SE +/- 3.39, N = 4SE +/- 0.18, N = 41285.711024.03940.07740.35

SciMark

Computational Test: Monte Carlo

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte Carlo2012 Retina MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air90180270360450SE +/- 1.51, N = 4SE +/- 0.25, N = 4SE +/- 1.93, N = 4SE +/- 0.09, N = 4435.57383.55375.69343.24

SciMark

Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform2012 Retina MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro60120180240300SE +/- 3.03, N = 4SE +/- 2.54, N = 4SE +/- 2.19, N = 4SE +/- 1.06, N = 4288.04193.19182.49141.24

SciMark

Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply2012 Retina MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro400800120016002000SE +/- 4.59, N = 4SE +/- 20.08, N = 4SE +/- 0.05, N = 4SE +/- 0.82, N = 41850.811662.381374.72904.59

SciMark

Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization2012 Retina MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro5001000150020002500SE +/- 4.77, N = 4SE +/- 2.40, N = 4SE +/- 18.73, N = 4SE +/- 0.23, N = 42408.161802.271630.161159.52

SciMark

Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation2012 Retina MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air30060090012001500SE +/- 0.42, N = 4SE +/- 0.27, N = 4SE +/- 0.17, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 41412.791129.451120.721119.05

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10Time To Compile2012 Retina MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 338.6781.2783.0898.96

Timed PHP Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To Compile2012 Retina MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 329.3464.2264.5175.601. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pedantic -lpthread -lz -liconv -lm

Urban Terror

Resolution: 800 x 600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.2.013Resolution: 800 x 6002012 Retina MacBook Pro2010 MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini20406080100SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 22.97, N = 693.0356.6053.9053.53

Urban Terror

Resolution: 1366 x 768

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.2.013Resolution: 1366 x 7682012 Retina MacBook Pro2010 MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini20406080100SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 392.8356.7352.6730.00

Xonotic

Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low2012 Retina MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro306090120150SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3137.94134.11110.1680.04MIN: 45 / MAX: 441MIN: 71 / MAX: 240MIN: 40 / MAX: 300MIN: 28 / MAX: 201

Xonotic

Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low2012 Retina MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro306090120150SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3136.31130.33105.1980.22MIN: 45 / MAX: 384MIN: 84 / MAX: 227MIN: 39 / MAX: 266MIN: 28 / MAX: 203

Xonotic

Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low2012 Retina MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro306090120150SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3133.94114.8698.5579.03MIN: 43 / MAX: 379MIN: 73 / MAX: 180MIN: 37 / MAX: 220MIN: 26 / MAX: 213

Xonotic

Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.77, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 385.5463.5249.6538.01MIN: 24 / MAX: 159MIN: 19 / MAX: 302MIN: 16 / MAX: 203MIN: 11 / MAX: 174

Xonotic

Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 378.1363.1245.6336.92MIN: 40 / MAX: 139MIN: 19 / MAX: 271MIN: 16 / MAX: 158MIN: 11 / MAX: 127

Xonotic

Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High2012 Retina MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro1428425670SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 360.7458.4443.9535.30MIN: 19 / MAX: 270MIN: 25 / MAX: 92MIN: 16 / MAX: 142MIN: 11 / MAX: 107

Xonotic

Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 374.6351.8140.0630.82MIN: 23 / MAX: 142MIN: 15 / MAX: 262MIN: 12 / MAX: 193MIN: 9 / MAX: 154

Xonotic

Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra2011 Mac Mini2012 Retina MacBook Pro2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro1530456075SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 366.7151.3438.7029.85MIN: 25 / MAX: 127MIN: 15 / MAX: 281MIN: 12 / MAX: 152MIN: 8 / MAX: 115

Xonotic

Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra2012 Retina MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2010 MacBook Pro1122334455SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 349.0747.4236.6628.28MIN: 15 / MAX: 230MIN: 22 / MAX: 82MIN: 12 / MAX: 133MIN: 9 / MAX: 93

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