 Updated: Sunday, February 11, 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. We will be adding new machines on an on-going basis ... so check back once in a while.
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 |
| |
MacBook Intel - November 2006 |
| Base Machine - MacBook 13" 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo - MA699LL/A |
303 |
100% |
| MacBook 13" 2GHz Core 2 Duo - MA700LL/A |
331 |
109% |
| MacBook 13 " 2GHz Core 2 Duo - Black - MA701LL/A |
332 |
101% |
| MacBook Pros Intel - October 2006 |
| MacBook Pro 15" 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo - MA609LL |
359 |
118% |
| MacBook Pro 15" 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo - MA610LL |
385 |
127% |
| MacBook Pro 17" 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo - MA611LL/A |
385 |
127% |
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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 |
| |
MacBook Intel - November 2006 |
| Base Machine - MacBook 13" 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo - MA699LL/A |
555 |
100% |
| MacBook 13" 2GHz Core 2 Duo - MA700LL/A |
561** |
101% |
| MacBook 13 " 2GHz Core 2 Duo - Black - MA701LL/A |
606 |
109% |
| MacBook Pros Intel - October 2006 |
| MacBook Pro 15" 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo - MA609LL |
653 |
118% |
| MacBook Pro 15" 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo - MA610LL |
705 |
127% |
| MacBook Pro 17" 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo - MA611LL/A |
702 |
126% |
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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
** This score seems low to us but it was duplicated in the score below. Use caution.
| Machine - Power Mac |
Score
in Seconds |
Percentage
of Base |
| |
MacBook Intel - November 2006 |
| Base Machine- MacBook 13" 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo - MA699LL/A |
194.8 |
100% |
| MacBook 13" 2GHz Core 2 Duo - MA700LL/A |
194.6** |
100% |
| MacBook 13 " 2GHz Core 2 Duo - Black - MA701LL/A |
175.2 |
111% |
| MacBook Pros Intel - October 2006 |
| MacBook Pro 15" 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo - MA609LL |
158.3 |
123% |
| MacBook Pro 15" 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo - MA610LL |
146.9 |
133% |
| MacBook Pro 17" 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo - MA611LL/A |
146.2 |
133% |
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Power Fractal Program run at a setting of 524288
** This score seems low to us but it was duplicated in the score above. Use caution.
| Machine - Power Mac |
Score |
Percentage
of Base |
| |
MacBook Intel - November 2006 |
| Base Machine - MacBook 13" 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo - MA699LL/A |
1401 |
100% |
| MacBook 13" 2GHz Core 2 Duo - MA700LL/A |
1490 |
106% |
| MacBook 13 " 2GHz Core 2 Duo - Black - MA701LL/A |
1495 |
107% |
| MacBook Pros Intel - October 2006 |
| MacBook Pro 15" 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo - MA609LL |
3492 |
249% |
| MacBook Pro 15" 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo - MA610LL |
3645 |
260% |
| MacBook Pro 17" 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo - MA611LL/A |
3645 |
260% |
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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.
| Machine - Power Mac |
Score
in FPS |
Percentage
of Base |
| |
MacBook Intel - November 2006 |
| Base Machine - MacBook 13" 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo - MA699LL/A |
10.4 |
100% |
| MacBook 13" 2GHz Core 2 Duo - MA700LL/A |
10.5 |
101% |
| MacBook 13 " 2GHz Core 2 Duo - Black - MA701LL/A |
10.7 |
103% |
| MacBook Pros Intel - October 2006 |
| MacBook Pro 15" 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo - MA609LL |
50.8 |
488% |
| MacBook Pro 15" 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo - MA610LL |
51.9 |
499% |
| MacBook Pro 17" 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo - MA611LL/A |
51 |
490% |
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The scores above are actual scores (frames per second) ... not timed tests. Higher numbers are better. Scores based on Quake 4
Hard Drive Performance - Multi-File
| Machine - Power Mac |
Score
in Seconds |
Percentage
of Base |
| |
MacBook Intel - November 2006 |
| Base Machine - MacBook 13" 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo - MA699LL/A |
140.8 |
100% |
| MacBook 13" 2GHz Core 2 Duo - MA700LL/A |
140.5 |
100% |
| MacBook 13 " 2GHz Core 2 Duo - Black - MA701LL/A |
148.2 |
95% |
| MacBook Pros Intel - October 2006 |
| MacBook Pro 15" 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo - MA609LL |
125.1 |
113% |
| MacBook Pro 15" 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo - MA610LL |
129.7 |
109% |
| MacBook Pro 17" 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo - MA611LL/A |
127.1 |
111% |
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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.
Hard Drive Performance Single File
| Machine - Power Mac |
Score
in Seconds |
Percentage
of Base |
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MacBook Intel - November 2006 |
| Base Machine - MacBook 13" 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo - MA699LL/A |
79.3 |
100% |
| MacBook 13" 2GHz Core 2 Duo - MA700LL/A |
78.2 |
101% |
| MacBook 13 " 2GHz Core 2 Duo - Black - MA701LL/A |
77.8 |
102% |
| MacBook Pros Intel - October 2006 |
| MacBook Pro 15" 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo - MA609LL |
73.2 |
108% |
| MacBook Pro 15" 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo - MA610LL |
75.3 |
105% |
| MacBook Pro 17" 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo - MA611LL/A |
63 |
126% |
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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 |
