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Post Your Geekbench Scores for the MBA!
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Sorry, I haven't any Geekbench scores to post.
However, I was wondering if someone out there could please enlighten me as to what 'Geekbench' is?
Sorry, I haven't any Geekbench scores to post.
However, I was wondering if someone out there could please enlighten me as to what 'Geekbench' is?
*Groans*... But I can't be bothered Googling something if I can read it here.
So... gimme gimme!
Nah, I think I've figured it out. It's basically to do with processor performance as compared to some version of the Powerbook I think. Or something like that. Anyways, it looks like the MBA is hella slow, but for my needs it should do just fine.
So... gimme gimme!
Nah, I think I've figured it out. It's basically to do with processor performance as compared to some version of the Powerbook I think. Or something like that. Anyways, it looks like the MBA is hella slow, but for my needs it should do just fine.
Hella slow?
So a MBAir with a 1.6GHz C2D, 2GB RAM, and a tiny 80GB 4200 HDD gets a Geekbench score of 2000ish. My MBP with a 2.4GHz C2D, double the RAM, and a HDD that's twice as large and spinning at 7200RPM gets just shy of 3100. So a computer that's clocked 50% faster with twice the RAM and twice the HDD size and significantly improved drive speed would score about 50% better. Wow, i'm soooooo surprised.
Technically, a score of 1000 is the same as a 1.6GHz PowerMac G5, though their performance chart shows it scores a 967, not 1000, since the chart is an average of the scores for a particular model.
So a 3 pound 0.16"-0.76" thick MacBook Air with a 4200RPM 1.8" 80GB miniature drive is over twice as powerful as a 44.4 pound, 20"x8"x19" enormous tower.
Sure, hella slow.
Also, if you compare it against the latest Mac Pro, the 8 core 3.2GHz Harpertown Mac Pro scores around 9600 on the 64-bit benchmarks. the primate labs blog doesn't specify if they ran 32 or 64 bit benchmarks on the MBAir. Let's assume for argument's sake that they were 64. In that case, a 3.2GHz 8 core Mac Pro with a FRONTSIDE BUS speed equivalent to the clock speed of the slower MBAir, FB-DIMM RAM, and so on is approximately 4.5 times faster.
I'd say that for a 3lb ultraportable, being about 22% as fast as the fastest mac EVER, with 8 server grade cores clocked at twice the speed is not being a slouch.
Let's see where it compares against other machines in the mac performance chart. Remember this chart is based on an average of all the systems they have data on for that model:
-just shy of twice as high a score as a 2.1GHz iMac G5
-2.18x higher than the fastest PowerBook G4
-1.36x higher than a dual 1.8 GHz PowerMac G5
-1.26x higher than a Dual 2.0GHz PowerMac G5
- higher than the dual 2.3GHz and dual core 2.3GHz PowerMac G5s
- higher than the dual 2.5GHz PowerMac G5
- within a hair of the dual 2.7GHz PowerMac G5.
Not so shabby, is it?
i just tested my new MBA 2.13 and i got a 2541, seems low but probably due to me actually restoring using my time machine.
I brought the slow from my past machine doh! heh
I brought the slow from my past machine doh! heh
Pics or it didn't happen.
If true that is pretty impressive as my unibody macbook with a 2.4ghz clocked in with a score of 3290.
If true that is pretty impressive as my unibody macbook with a 2.4ghz clocked in with a score of 3290.
They sound reasonable to me. I have the 1.8 rev C and already am at 2600 with 32 bit Geekbench with Leopard.
i was thinking about dropping my 15" mbp 2.8 for a air....i dont use ports at all....one usb would be fine for me
i was worried about speed...but i only score a 3750 on my 15"....the air scores a little less. so the air should be perfect for me.
i do alot of web stuff and visual studio stuff in virtual machines. but i want somthing light that i can go anywhere with. i only use about 1.5gb ram max with my virtual machine running.
i think ill get the air.
i was worried about speed...but i only score a 3750 on my 15"....the air scores a little less. so the air should be perfect for me.
i do alot of web stuff and visual studio stuff in virtual machines. but i want somthing light that i can go anywhere with. i only use about 1.5gb ram max with my virtual machine running.
i think ill get the air.