Apple OS X 10.9 Mavericks 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. 2013 MacBook Air: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 1.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Air, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 2048 DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128F, Graphics: Intel HD 5000 1024MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.8.4 (12E3067), Kernel: 12.4.1 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 2.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 2010 MacBook Pro: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 5, Memory: 2 x 2048 DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 120GB OCZ-AGILITY2, Graphics: Intel HD + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 288MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.8.4, Kernel: 12.4.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.3, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 2011 Mac Mini: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: Intel 6, Memory: 2 x 1024 DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 288MB, Monitor: Acer P243W OS: OS X 10.8.4, Kernel: 12.4.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.3, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: Intel 6, Memory: 2 x 1024 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 288MB, Monitor: Acer P243W OS: OS X 10.9, Kernel: 13.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.3, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 1442 |====================================================== 2010 MacBook Pro . 382 |============== 2011 Mac Mini .... 125 |===== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air .............. 17.95 |====================== 2010 MacBook Pro .............. 21.83 |=========================== 2011 Mac Mini ................. 32.92 |======================================== OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini . 28.79 |=================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air .............. 17.15 |======================= 2010 MacBook Pro .............. 21.75 |============================= 2011 Mac Mini ................. 29.95 |======================================== OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini . 26.50 |=================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air .............. 16.48 |================= 2010 MacBook Pro .............. 22.28 |======================= 2011 Mac Mini ................. 39.46 |======================================== OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini . 29.22 |============================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air .............. 110.16 |================================ 2010 MacBook Pro .............. 80.04 |======================= 2011 Mac Mini ................. 134.11 |======================================= OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini . 127.19 |===================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air .............. 105.19 |=============================== 2010 MacBook Pro .............. 80.22 |======================== 2011 Mac Mini ................. 130.33 |======================================= OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini . 125.26 |===================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air .............. 98.55 |================================= 2010 MacBook Pro .............. 79.03 |=========================== 2011 Mac Mini ................. 114.86 |======================================= OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini . 109.13 |===================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air .............. 49.65 |======================= 2010 MacBook Pro .............. 38.01 |================== 2011 Mac Mini ................. 85.54 |======================================== OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini . 81.55 |====================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air .............. 45.63 |======================= 2010 MacBook Pro .............. 36.92 |=================== 2011 Mac Mini ................. 78.13 |======================================== OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini . 75.67 |======================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air .............. 43.95 |============================== 2010 MacBook Pro .............. 35.30 |======================== 2011 Mac Mini ................. 58.44 |======================================== OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini . 59.03 |======================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air .............. 40.06 |===================== 2010 MacBook Pro .............. 30.82 |================= 2011 Mac Mini ................. 74.63 |======================================== OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini . 70.25 |====================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air .............. 38.70 |======================= 2010 MacBook Pro .............. 29.85 |================== 2011 Mac Mini ................. 66.71 |======================================== OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini . 65.54 |======================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air .............. 36.66 |=============================== 2010 MacBook Pro .............. 28.28 |======================== 2011 Mac Mini ................. 47.42 |======================================== OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini . 46.90 |======================================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 0.53 |======================================= 2010 MacBook Pro . 0.73 |====================================================== 2011 Mac Mini .... 0.65 |================================================ Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 8656.33 |=================================================== 2010 MacBook Pro . 7038.40 |========================================= 2011 Mac Mini .... 8570.60 |================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 1024.03 |=================================================== 2010 MacBook Pro . 740.35 |===================================== 2011 Mac Mini .... 940.07 |=============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 343.24 |=============================================== 2010 MacBook Pro . 375.69 |=================================================== 2011 Mac Mini .... 383.55 |==================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 193.19 |==================================================== 2010 MacBook Pro . 141.24 |====================================== 2011 Mac Mini .... 182.49 |================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 1662.38 |=================================================== 2010 MacBook Pro . 904.59 |============================ 2011 Mac Mini .... 1374.72 |========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 1802.27 |=================================================== 2010 MacBook Pro . 1159.52 |================================= 2011 Mac Mini .... 1630.16 |============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 1119.05 |=================================================== 2010 MacBook Pro . 1120.72 |=================================================== 2011 Mac Mini .... 1129.45 |=================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 407.43 |==================================================== 2010 MacBook Pro . 249.70 |================================ 2011 Mac Mini .... 243.00 |=============================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 6197 |====================================================== 2010 MacBook Pro . 5455 |================================================ 2011 Mac Mini .... 6181 |====================================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 81.27 |============================================ 2010 MacBook Pro . 98.96 |===================================================== 2011 Mac Mini .... 83.08 |============================================ Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 64.51 |============================================= 2010 MacBook Pro . 75.60 |===================================================== 2011 Mac Mini .... 64.22 |============================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 118.97 |================================================ 2010 MacBook Pro . 129.36 |==================================================== 2011 Mac Mini .... 127.74 |=================================================== Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 270.30 |================================================== 2010 MacBook Pro . 278.50 |==================================================== 2011 Mac Mini .... 263.19 |================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air . 22.73 |================================================= 2010 MacBook Pro . 20.63 |============================================= 2011 Mac Mini .... 24.57 |===================================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air .............. 53.90 |====================================== 2010 MacBook Pro .............. 56.60 |======================================== 2011 Mac Mini ................. 53.53 |====================================== OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini . 28.18 |==================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2013 MacBook Air .............. 52.67 |===================================== 2010 MacBook Pro .............. 56.73 |======================================== 2011 Mac Mini ................. 30.00 |===================== OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini . 20.20 |==============