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 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off: 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-jan (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: 4.3.12874, 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 |========================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 2118 |========================== 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 |========================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 46.39 |========================= 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 |========================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 41.40 |========================= 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 |======================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 38.22 |======================== 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 |=============== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 87.72 |=============== 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 |=============== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 85.19 |=============== 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 |=============== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 82.42 |=============== 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 |=================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 65.28 |=================== 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 |==================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 61.65 |==================== 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 |======================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 58.60 |======================== 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 |================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 55.11 |================== 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 |=================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 50.56 |=================== 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 |======================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 46.26 |======================== 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 |========================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 2.99 |========================== 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 |============== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 6377.43 |=============== 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 |======= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 419.83 |======== 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 |=============== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 290.13 |================ 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 |===== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 59.79 |===== 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 |======= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 586.46 |======= 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 |====== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 657.68 |====== 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 |======== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 505.07 |======== 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 |======================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 439.34 |======================== 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 |========= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 5669 |========= 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 |======================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 180.68 |======================== 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 |========================= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 92.66 |========================= 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 |=============== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 78.58 |=============== 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 |================== 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 203.40 |================== 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 |============= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 50.03 |============= 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 |============= 2011 HP DV6-6110eg kernel march=k8 debug=off . 48.90 |=============