26 November 2009

XBench figures for Fall 2009 Macbook lineup

Here's just the results for the laptops, making the comparison more interesting. I may add Macbook data, once I get it. I think the faster MB Pro with an SSD would really kick butt.

green = best score for category, red = worst.

























































































MacBook 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Air 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, SSD
RAM, gig 2 2 4 2
Overall Score 114.16 116.60 128.33 131.29
CPU 160.81 160.58 181.45 151.83
Thread 250.11 244.86 309.72 218.52
Memory 184.56 183.66 190.57 177.25
Quartz Graphics 169.17 177.97 197.14 157.63
OpenGL Graphics 77.98 82.69 90.44 70.70
User Interface 201.94 241.03 278.42 217.89
Disk, Overall 45.46 44.61 47.99 87.94
Disk, Sequential 87.52 83.58 95.06 76.62
Disk, Random 30.71 30.42 32.09 103.17



update: added the results from the gf's MacBook. the first time I ran XBench on her machine, it scored in the low 120's (overall score). This time it was lower. Just goes to show the variance of XBench results from run-to-run.

the MacBook and the low-end MBPro are really on par with one another, speed-wise. The $200 extra for the MBPro get you a firewire port, a better case, a backlit keyboard, and a smaller hard drive. hm.

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