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 2011 HP DV6-6110eg: Processor: AMD A6-3410MX APU @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 358D v33.18, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6520G 512MB (400/667MHz), Audio: AMD BeaverCreek HDMI Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Ralink RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R OS: openSUSE 13.1, Kernel: 3.14.4-1.gbebeb6f-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.5, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3.901 (1.14.4 RC 1), Display Driver: fglrx 14.10.2, OpenGL: 4.4.12874, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 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 |================================ 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 2112 |=============================================== 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 |================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 46.15 |============================================== 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 |=================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 41.30 |============================================== 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 |=================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 38.03 |============================================ 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 |==================================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 87.35 |============================ 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 |=================================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 85.14 |============================ 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 |================================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 82.11 |============================ 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 |=========================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 64.87 |=================================== 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 |=========================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 61.31 |==================================== 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 |================================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 58.66 |============================================ 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 |========================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 54.68 |================================== 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 |=========================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 50.17 |=================================== 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 |================================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 45.99 |=========================================== 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 |========= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 2.93 |=============================================== 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 |====================================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 6121.60 |=========================== 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 |=================================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 391.99 |============= 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 |=================================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 264.75 |=========================== 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 |============================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 59.60 |========= 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 |======================================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 534.26 |============= 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 |================================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 609.35 |=========== 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 |=================================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 491.96 |=============== 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 |============================================ 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 416.22 |============================================= 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 |=================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 5645 |================= 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 |==================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 180.27 |============================================= 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 |================================ 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 92.60 |============================================== 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 |========================================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 78.91 |=========================== 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 |============================================ 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 204.97 |================================= 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 |===================================== 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 |=========================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 49.97 |========================= 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 |========================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg ...... 49.03 |========================