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.
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
2012 Retina MacBook Pro:
Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4096 DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512MB, Monitor: Thunderbolt Display
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: Unknown, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
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
2012 iMac27 corei5:
Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: iMac, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 1 TB APPLE HDD WDC WD10EALX-408EA0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1024MB, Monitor: iMac
OS: OS X 10.9, Kernel: 13.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 5.0 (clang-500.2.79) (based on LLVM 3.3svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 5.0.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 5455 |================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 6181 |===================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 15214 |==============================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 6197 |===================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 12566 |======================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 129.36 |=============================================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 127.74 |============================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 49.86 |=================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 118.97 |=========================================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 50.33 |==================
CLOMP 3.3
Static OMP Speedup
Speedup > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 0.73 |===============================================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 0.65 |==========================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 0.35 |=======================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 0.53 |==================================
Fhourstones 3.1
Complex Connect-4 Solving
Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 7038.40 |==========================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 8570.60 |================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 9998.47 |=====================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 8656.33 |================================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 11507.57 |===========================================
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 249.70 |============================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 243.00 |===========================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 287.09 |================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 407.43 |=============================================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 313.59 |===================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 21.83 |==================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 32.92 |============================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 31.41 |==========================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 17.95 |===============
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 54.53 |==============================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 21.75 |==================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 29.95 |=========================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 31.09 |==========================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 17.15 |==============
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 55.41 |==============================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 22.28 |===================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 39.46 |=================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 31.88 |===========================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 16.48 |==============
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 54.50 |==============================================
OpenSSL 1.0.1c
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 20.63 |==================================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 24.57 |========================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 27.93 |==============================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 22.73 |=====================================
PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 382 |============
2011 Mac Mini ........... 125 |====
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 1426 |==============================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 1442 |===============================================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 218 |=======
Primesieve 4.2
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 278.50 |================================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 263.19 |==============================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 110.79 |=============
2013 MacBook Air ........ 270.30 |===============================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 390.70 |=============================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 740.35 |=========================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 940.07 |================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 1285.71 |===========================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 1024.03 |==================================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 1306.56 |============================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 375.69 |==================================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 383.55 |===================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 435.57 |========================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 343.24 |===============================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 492.26 |=============================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 141.24 |=====================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 182.49 |===========================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 288.04 |===========================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 193.19 |=============================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 300.54 |=============================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 904.59 |===================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 1374.72 |============================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 1850.81 |======================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 1662.38 |==================================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 2132.84 |============================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 1159.52 |=====================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 1630.16 |==============================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 2408.16 |============================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 1802.27 |=================================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 2088.31 |======================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 1120.72 |================================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 1129.45 |=================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 1412.79 |=========================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 1119.05 |================================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 1518.82 |============================================
Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 98.96 |==============================================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 83.08 |=======================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 38.67 |==================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 81.27 |======================================
Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 75.60 |==============================================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 64.22 |=======================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 29.34 |==================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 64.51 |=======================================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 31.30 |===================
Urban Terror 4.2.013
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 56.60 |=========================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 53.53 |=======================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 93.03 |=========================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 53.90 |========================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 102.53 |=============================================
Urban Terror 4.2.013
Resolution: 1366 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 56.73 |=========================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 30.00 |=============
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 92.83 |=========================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 52.67 |=======================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 102.70 |=============================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 80.04 |=======================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 134.11 |=======================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 137.94 |========================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 110.16 |================================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 153.45 |=============================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 80.22 |=======================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 130.33 |======================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 136.31 |========================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 105.19 |===============================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 153.87 |=============================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 79.03 |========================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 114.86 |==================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 133.94 |========================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 98.55 |=============================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 150.45 |=============================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 38.01 |====================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 85.54 |==============================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 63.52 |==================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 49.65 |===========================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 72.93 |=======================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 36.92 |======================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 78.13 |==============================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 63.12 |=====================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 45.63 |===========================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 73.00 |===========================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 35.30 |=======================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 58.44 |======================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 60.74 |========================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 43.95 |=============================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 70.28 |==============================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 30.82 |===================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 74.63 |==============================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 51.81 |================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 40.06 |=========================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 60.04 |=====================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 29.85 |=====================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 66.71 |==============================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 51.34 |===================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 38.70 |===========================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 59.73 |=========================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2010 MacBook Pro ........ 28.28 |=======================
2011 Mac Mini ........... 47.42 |======================================
2012 Retina MacBook Pro . 49.07 |========================================
2013 MacBook Air ........ 36.66 |==============================
2012 iMac27 corei5 ...... 57.14 |==============================================