 Updated: Thursday, February 15, 2007
Processor Performance
Processor Performance Multi-Processor
Graphics Performance
Game Performance
Drive Performance
Past Results
Below you will find performance results for the currently shipping machines. This will, hopefully, give you an feel for the relative performances.
Don't see performance information on the Mac you are interested in? Send a request for a performance comparison between any two Macs.
"Real World" Tests
For timed scores, lower numbers are better. For the CineBench & Game scores higher numbers are better. Of course the higher the percentage, the better the performance.
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Processor
| Machine - Power Mac |
Score |
Percentage
of Base |
| |
| Mac minis Intel - February 2006 |
| Base Machine - Mac mini 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo - MA205LL/A |
212 |
100% |
| Mac mini 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo - MA206LL/A |
258 |
122% |
| Mac minis Intel - September 2006 |
| Mac mini 1.66GHz Core Duo - MA607LL/A |
257 |
121% |
| Mac mini 1.83GHz Core Duo - MA608LL/A |
282 |
133% |
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CineBench 9.5 consists of a series of tests. This one, tests basic single CPU processing performance. . You can download the CineBench program to run on your own machine and compare scores. We used the 9.5 version of CineBench. The scores above are actual scores ... not timed tests. Higher numbers are better
| Machine - Power Mac |
Score |
Percentage
of Base |
| |
| Mac minis Intel - February 2006 |
| Base Machine - Mac mini 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo - MA205LL/A |
212 |
100% |
| Mac mini 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo - MA206LL/A |
471 |
222% |
| Mac minis Intel - September 2006 |
| Mac mini 1.66GHz Core Duo - MA607LL/A |
471 |
222% |
| Mac mini 1.83GHz Core Duo - MA608LL/A |
518 |
244% |
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This is the same test as above, however it will take advantage of Multiple processors if they are present. The scores above are actual scores ... not timed tests. Higher numbers are better
| Machine - Power Mac |
Score
in Seconds |
Percentage
of Base |
| |
| Mac minis Intel - February 2006 |
| Base Machine - Mac mini 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo - MA205LL/A |
562.3 |
100% |
| Mac mini 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo - MA206LL/A |
257.3 |
219% |
| Mac minis Intel - September 2006 |
| Mac mini 1.66GHz Core Duo - MA607LL/A |
251.5 |
224% |
| Mac mini 1.83GHz Core Duo - MA608LL/A |
227.7 |
247% |
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| Machine - Power Mac |
Score |
Percentage
of Base |
| |
| Mac minis Intel - February 2006 |
| Base Machine - Mac mini 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo - MA205LL/A |
671 |
100% |
| Mac mini 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo - MA206LL/A |
803 |
120% |
| Mac minis Intel - September 2006 |
| Mac mini 1.66GHz Core Duo - MA607LL/A |
1147** |
171% |
| Mac mini 1.83GHz Core Duo - MA608LL/A |
1193** |
178% |
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This part of the CineBench program relies on the graphics card for graphics rendering. Download the program and run your own test.
**Note these scores may be higher because of improvements in the software that manages the graphics card, rather than the card hardware. All four machines have the same graphics card
| Machine - Power Mac |
Score
in FPS |
Percentage
of Base |
| |
| Mac minis Intel - February 2006 |
| Base Machine - Mac mini 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo - MA205LL/A |
17 |
100% |
| Mac mini 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo - MA206LL/A |
20 |
118% |
| Mac minis Intel - September 2006 |
| Mac mini 1.66GHz Core Duo - MA607LL/A |
21 |
124% |
| Mac mini 1.83GHz Core Duo - MA608LL/A |
22 |
129% |
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The scores above are actual scores (frames per second) ... not timed tests. Higher numbers are better. Scores based on Evo 4x4
Hard Drive Performance - Multi-File
| Machine - Power Mac |
Score
in Seconds |
Percentage
of Base |
| |
| Mac minis Intel - February 2006 |
| Base Machine - Mac mini 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo - MA205LL/A |
152 |
100% |
| Mac mini 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo - MA206LL/A |
113.4 |
134% |
| Mac minis Intel - September 2006 |
| Mac mini 1.66GHz Core Duo - MA607LL/A |
123.9 |
123% |
| Mac mini 1.83GHz Core Duo - MA608LL/A |
159.6 ** |
95% |
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The copy folder test not only stresses drive performance but also takes advantage of faster processing capability & caching schemes. A 900MB folder full of files is copied.
** We would like to see this score difference confirmed elsewhere before we have full confidence in this result
Hard Drive Performance Single File
| Machine - Power Mac |
Score
in Seconds |
Percentage
of Base |
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| Mac minis Intel - February 2006 |
| Base Machine - Mac mini 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo - MA205LL/A |
74.8 |
100% |
| Mac mini 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo - MA206LL/A |
79.9 |
94% |
| Mac minis Intel - September 2006 |
| Mac mini 1.66GHz Core Duo - MA607LL/A |
77.2 |
97% |
| Mac mini 1.83GHz Core Duo - MA608LL/A |
77.6 |
96% |
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In the single file test the the processor & caching capability of the machine is less of a factor. Single 1.2GB file is duplicated
Don't see performance information on the Mac you are interested in? Send a request for a performance comparison between any two Macs.
Disclaimer performance benchmarks are only a guide to relative performance, and to a certain extent limited. The only performance benchmark that will have full meaning for you, will be the one you run, on your new machine, using your applications and employing your work flow. Given this, while we believe that the information we will provide you will give a general guide to relative performance, and we will endeavor to make sure that it is as accurate as possible, we offer no implied or actual guarantee that this is so. People who need mission critical data, should be doing performance testing in-house.
Results for previous machines |
