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 )