Geek Posted October 25, 2010 Posted October 25, 2010 <div class="KonaBody"><p>Wondering how the new MacBook Air 11″ and MacBook Air 13″ benchmark against the older MacBook Air and the current MacBook Pro models? Wonder no more:</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/new-macbook-air-benchmarks1.gif" alt="new macbook air benchmarks" title="new macbook air benchmarks" width="590" height="512" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9091" /></p> <p>The above results are from the GeekBench program. In short, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0047DVVZO?ie=UTF8&tag=oxd-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0047DVVZO">new MacBook Air 13″</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=oxd-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0047DVVZO" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> model with a 1.86ghz processor performs at roughly 80% of the performance of a MacBook Pro 13″, while it’s little brother the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0047DVRQW?ie=UTF8&tag=oxd-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0047DVRQW">new MacBook Air 11″</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=oxd-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0047DVRQW" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> reaches roughly 60% of the MacBook Pro 13″ performance. </p> <p>The preliminary benchmarks appeared on PrimateLabs, who says: <em>“There are two ways you can look at the new 11-inch MacBook Air; it’s either a much smaller but slower MacBook Pro, or a much faster but larger iPad,”</em></p> <p>The results aren’t too surprising considering the slower processor clock speeds and half the shipped RAM, but remember that GeekBench scores do not take into consideration GPU or SSD performance. The flash based memory of the new MacBook Air makes working with the Air actually feel snappier with things like booting and launching applications, despite running at a slower clock speed than it’s beefier Pro cousin. Using a faster hard drive can make a machine feel significantly faster, and it’s a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/31/macbook-pro-hard-drive-upgrade/">recommended upgrade to existing MacBook Pro</a> machines because of this.</p> <p>The benchmarks reiterate my view of the new MacBook Air: it’s a wonderful lightweight travel companion and general purpose machine perfect for most user tasks. If you really need to be performing hardware intensive work, you should jump to the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003GSLU3E?ie=UTF8&tag=oxd-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003GSLU3E">MacBook Pro 13″</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=oxd-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003GSLU3E" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> line for performance and portability, or the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003G2ZJTG?ie=UTF8&tag=oxd-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003G2ZJTG">MacBook Pro 15″</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=oxd-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003G2ZJTG" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> for powerhouse portable computing.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/49FsNmcKa-MBFSRt7EfvRMv2ptU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/49FsNmcKa-MBFSRt7EfvRMv2ptU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/49FsNmcKa-MBFSRt7EfvRMv2ptU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/49FsNmcKa-MBFSRt7EfvRMv2ptU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=MWSdY3Eu9is:sC3m80CG5l4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=MWSdY3Eu9is:sC3m80CG5l4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=MWSdY3Eu9is:sC3m80CG5l4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=MWSdY3Eu9is:sC3m80CG5l4:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=MWSdY3Eu9is:sC3m80CG5l4:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=MWSdY3Eu9is:sC3m80CG5l4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=MWSdY3Eu9is:sC3m80CG5l4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/MWSdY3Eu9is" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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