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Results 143.66
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.6.4 (10F3061)
Physical RAM 4096 MB
Model MacBookAir3,1
Drive Type APPLE SSD TS128C
CPU Test 111.69
GCD Loop 186.65 9.84 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 86.62 2.06 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 74.91 2.47 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 179.81 31.31 Mops/sec
Thread Test 209.24
Computation 268.00 5.43 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 171.61 7.38 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 139.86
System 154.34
Allocate 259.38 952.51 Kalloc/sec
Fill 118.91 5781.57 MB/sec
Copy 139.42 2879.63 MB/sec
Stream 127.86
Copy 122.54 2531.03 MB/sec
Scale 121.55 2511.18 MB/sec
Add 134.76 2870.64 MB/sec
Triad 133.77 2861.74 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 111.20
Line 101.90 6.78 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 112.33 33.54 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 101.07 8.24 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 121.46 3.06 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 123.15 7.70 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 102.07
Spinning Squares 102.07 129.48 frames/sec
User Interface Test 126.43
Elements 126.43 580.25 refresh/sec
Disk Test 205.98
Sequential 146.18
Uncached Write 220.00 135.08 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 197.03 111.48 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 67.30 19.69 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 346.83 174.32 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 348.57
Uncached Write 149.40 15.82 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 510.58 163.46 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 1183.20 8.38 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 505.47 93.79 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Results 166.74
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.6.4 (10F3061)
Physical RAM 4096 MB
Model MacBookAir3,2
Drive Type APPLE SSD TS128C
CPU Test 132.98
GCD Loop 218.18 11.50 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 106.39 2.53 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 88.39 2.92 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 209.08 36.41 Mops/sec
Thread Test 200.37
Computation 351.76 7.13 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 140.08 6.03 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 182.42
System 207.74
Allocate 302.79 1.11 Malloc/sec
Fill 161.02 7829.35 MB/sec
Copy 202.93 4191.35 MB/sec
Stream 162.60
Copy 154.51 3191.40 MB/sec
Scale 152.75 3155.76 MB/sec
Add 173.68 3699.70 MB/sec
Triad 171.71 3673.37 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 141.87
Line 125.92 8.38 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 168.58 50.33 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 125.66 10.24 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 146.50 3.70 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 151.82 9.50 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 123.46
Spinning Squares 123.46 156.62 frames/sec
User Interface Test 181.34
Elements 181.34 832.26 refresh/sec
Disk Test 237.07
Sequential 155.84
Uncached Write 250.05 153.53 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 281.54 159.30 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 65.95 19.30 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 338.52 170.14 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 495.15
Uncached Write 288.49 30.54 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 510.67 163.48 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 1426.30 10.11 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 512.09 95.02 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Results 188.87
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.6.4 (10F569)
Physical RAM 4096 MB
Model MacBookPro5,5
Drive Type Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02
CPU Test 179.27
GCD Loop 296.01 15.60 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 144.45 3.43 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 117.84 3.89 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 283.72 49.40 Mops/sec
Thread Test 205.00
Computation 344.35 6.98 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 145.94 6.28 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 184.22
System 215.49
Allocate 266.22 977.66 Kalloc/sec
Fill 183.81 8937.20 MB/sec
Copy 211.65 4371.54 MB/sec
Stream 160.87
Copy 154.16 3184.14 MB/sec
Scale 150.57 3110.71 MB/sec
Add 170.85 3639.38 MB/sec
Triad 169.97 3636.09 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 187.52
Line 164.14 10.93 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 213.03 63.60 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 180.16 14.69 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 191.21 4.82 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 196.23 12.28 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 151.16
Spinning Squares 151.16 191.75 frames/sec
User Interface Test 247.28
Elements 247.28 1.13 Krefresh/sec
Disk Test 45.86
Sequential 102.22
Uncached Write 130.37 80.05 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 127.23 71.99 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 59.35 17.37 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 148.11 74.44 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 29.56
Uncached Write 10.25 1.09 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 79.55 25.47 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 61.57 0.44 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 111.41 20.67 MB/sec [256K blocks]
I would say add the App Store AND embed a 3G chip with a plan like the iPad and then I would be good.Add the app store and I'm good!
Thanks for posting this! Even with a spinner, the MBP is scoring better than the Airs... My MBP with 8G RAM and SSD scores in the 260's with xBench, so I would say that's a non-trivial difference. For email, web browsing, word processing, sharing images or watching a movie, sure the Air will do just fine. (But to watch a movie you need to either copy it to the flash first or carry the external DVD drive which further eats power.) But start up any imaging program and you will definitely notice the performance hit compared to a MBP...Here we go - long post!
Between yesterday and today, the SSD on the 13" MBP had been swapped out for the original 250G spinning disk.
Well - of course, however, playing around with one in the store (11" 2Gb 128) it certainly felt a lot faster than my 13" MBP with a spinner.Thanks for posting this! Even with a spinner, the MBP is scoring better than the Airs... My MBP with 8G RAM and SSD scores in the 260's with xBench, so I would say that's a non-trivial difference. For email, web browsing, word processing, sharing images or watching a movie, sure the Air will do just fine. (But to watch a movie you need to either copy it to the flash first or carry the external DVD drive which further eats power.) But start up any imaging program and you will definitely notice the performance hit compared to a MBP...
Of course - we have different needs - when I'm on a work trip, it's the 17"MBP with 8Gb and a 256Gb SSD - I need both the screen real estate and the speed, and this does a sterling job.Color me "Not Sold" for my needs -- and yes Jono, that means no Air love here . IMHO the Air should have more like a 20 hour battery -- then it at least gives me a real reason to consider it over a MBP. I realize it would weigh a bit more, but the extended time would be worth it to me.
I hear you! It is good to see Apple finally putting higher pitch displays out (well, I guess the 27 was the first). When yours comes in, please let us know how Aperture fares on it....but I'll enjoy the extra screen real-estate for programming.
No - I'm not either - certainly programming ain't that. . . . . except for sometimesI hear you! It is good to see Apple finally putting higher pitch displays out (well, I guess the 27 was the first). When yours comes in, please let us know how Aperture fares on it.
Jack, I think you are right, in that the MBP will be faster when doing serious crunching. During most of my laptop compute time, despite my IT ego, I am not doing serious crunching.
So on a pleasure trip where weight is a criteria, you carry an MB Air, iPad and iPhone??? Seems the iPad is a redundant waste of space and weight...When I'm on a pleasure trip, then the weight does really matter (hand luggage weight is often controlled in European airlines), and it's mostly there for emergency rather than action - I may use it for a little light Aperture use, but I think it should manage that okay.
Movies? iPAD
Oh no - The ipadSo on a pleasure trip where weight is a criteria, you carry an MB Air, iPad and iPhone??? Seems the iPad is a redundant waste of space and weight...
Just takes a little thought to download them before you go anywhere and you can get enough movies on a 64Gb ipad to last me a while! - again, imperative in Europe where you're crossing borders all the time.Movies in iPads and Airs: sure takes a lot of time to download those suckers--but at least the air can store more than one.
Swap 11 for 13 and 15 for 17 and it sounds almost exactly the same as my 0.02pence!My $0.02.
Hah-- and I am willing to bet a component of that proportional size disparity is perhaps driven by the fact that I am a rather small female...Swap 11 for 13 and 15 for 17 and it sounds almost exactly the same as my 0.02pence!