MBA 13 Ultimate vs RMBP Ultimate Benchmarks

[ckeck]

I've been struggling for weeks now on which machine to keep and in the course of using both I decided to benchmark both with Geekbench and Unigine. Figured I'd post the results here for anyone else who is in the same predicament.

I love the retina display at native resolution but I hate native resolution. The air is a great size and the Samsung display is pretty good, but still no IPS. Damn you Apple for doing this to me. I don't need to play games often, but when I do I want it to work...

RMBP Geekbench Results
http://c3450601.r1.cf0.rackcdn.com/RMBP Geekbench Text.txt

Ultimate Air Geekbench Results
http://c3450601.r1.cf0.rackcdn.com/MBA Geekbench Text.txt

RMBP Unigine 3D Benchmarks
http://c3450601.r1.cf0.rackcdn.com/unigine_20120703_rmbp.html

Ultimate Air 3D Benchmarks
http://c3450601.r1.cf0.rackcdn.com/unigine_20120703_air.html

 

[mikeray]

I've been struggling for weeks now on which machine to keep and in the course of using both I decided to benchmark both with Geekbench and Unigine. Figured I'd post the results here for anyone else who is in the same predicament.

If the only complaint you have for the Air is when you play games, why don't you just used a console for that??

 

[BlueOcean]

If the only complaint you have for the Air is when you play games, why don't you just used a console for that??

With the same size SSD, the difference in price between the Air and the rMBP should let you buy a console easily, even a next gen PS/XBox I reckon. In my opinion, this is a better option for gaming, but I know it doesn't suit everyone.

 

[ckeck]

Console gaming is not gaming IMHO...I play some casual games there but no FPS (except for Halo) and obviously I can't play StarCraft and Diablo 3 on my Xbox.

Nor my older games like Quake 2/3...but these should be fine on the Air. Not ideal at all but just when traveling.

 

[macbook123]

Very informative stats. Does anybody understand why the retina is disproportionately better in the unigine tests?

 

[GBlansten]

Very informative stats. Does anybody understand why the retina is disproportionately better in the unigine tests?

It's called discrete graphics.

 

[asting]

Very informative stats. Does anybody understand why the retina is disproportionately better in the unigine tests?

It has a much faster dedicated graphics card (and they're both run at the same resolution).

 

[dojoman]

It has a much faster dedicated graphics card (and they're both run at the same resolution).

Right!!!! Genius!!!!