MBP late 2013 8gb vs 16gb? performance, speed?

[MartinAppleGuy]

I just had open more than 20 apps (iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto, Pages, Keynote, Safari and Chrome with a lot of tabs open, GameCentre...that kind of thing) and I was using 5.5Gb. So that is another 2.5Gb of RAM I could use before it would then throw out all App Cache (which was 1Gb), then that is another 1Gb before the system would then start to compress RAM, where I would then have 4Gb before I started to Swap heavily to HDD. That totals up to me using around 40% of RAM (with 100% representing the point in which Swap takes place). Seeing as I usually only have one Application open at a time, 8Gb of RAM is more than enough for me, and I plan to keep my iMac for at least 5 years before I would buy another one (and I would not sell it, I'd keep it as a second monitor, or even just sit it somewhere nice) so resale never meant nothing to me either.

I can't say to what would suit you better, but hopefully my decision will help you with your own 🙂 If your like me, 8Gb is great! If you are running VM's though, go for 16Gb.

 

[Baylor2014]

Never used 16gb RAM but I have 8gb RAM in my rMBP late 2013 13", this thing is super fast and I can play games and edit video without a hiccup.

 

[MacSince1990]

Honestly, if you have to ask...

 

[joeytp]

mmm good point

Hello,
I've just sold few month ago a mid-2010 MBP 950$ at the time I was telling my self 4go was enough... Finaly I did upgrade to 8go, the moment I put it on Kijiji here in canada i've sold it in 48 hours the fact I had more ram made the sell faster then I expect...
Thank

 

[tigress666]

8gb vs 16gb on the new late 2013 mbp... the difference is a lot? it worth add 16gb??? performace, speed etc...?

I updated it because RAM is the first thing I start wanting on my computer as it ages and you cannot upgrade RAM on the rMBPs.

 

[InquisitiveAmI]

What I've always wanted to know is whether ram is more important than storage in terms of Mac (being soldered on an all 😉 )