I picked up the 11" ultimate configuration yesterday. If you are looking at benchmarks to decide if you want this computer or not then you don't want it. But if you want something that is just pure fun, then go get it. Seriously, despite it's puny specs it is the most fun Mac I've used in a long time. For normal tasks it just flies. But anything CPU intensive will be a task. If that is what you do, then don't bother with the 11".
Xbench scores:
Results 141.26
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.6.4 (10F3061)
Physical RAM 4096 MB
Model MacBookAir3,1
Drive Type APPLE SSD TS128C
CPU Test 113.13
GCD Loop 186.93 9.85 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 90.43 2.15 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 74.71 2.46 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 179.71 31.29 Mops/sec
Thread Test 175.44
Computation 249.56 5.06 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 135.26 5.82 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 149.29
System 166.95
Allocate 275.12 1.01 Malloc/sec
Fill 128.83 6264.04 MB/sec
Copy 152.15 3142.59 MB/sec
Stream 135.01
Copy 129.17 2668.03 MB/sec
Scale 126.46 2612.71 MB/sec
Add 141.89 3022.47 MB/sec
Triad 144.29 3086.79 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 115.51
Line 106.68 7.10 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 121.60 36.31 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 104.68 8.53 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 122.50 3.09 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 125.42 7.85 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 107.39
Spinning Squares 107.39 136.23 frames/sec
User Interface Test 141.37
Elements 141.37 648.80 refresh/sec
Disk Test 215.00
Sequential 157.34
Uncached Write 224.81 138.03 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 278.92 157.81 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 68.21 19.96 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 366.42 184.16 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 339.38
Uncached Write 136.42 14.44 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 511.37 163.71 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 1106.35 7.84 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 626.35 116.22 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Geekbench 32 bit scores:
Platform: Mac OS X x86 (32-bit)
Compiler: GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5494)
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6.4 (Build 10F3061)
Model: MacBookAir3,1
Motherboard: Apple Inc. Mac-942452F5819B1C1B 1.0
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU U9600 @ 1.60GHz
Processor ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10
Logical Processors: 2
Physical Processors: 1
Processor Frequency: 1.60 GHz
L1 Instruction Cache: 32.0 KB
L1 Data Cache: 32.0 KB
L2 Cache: 3.00 MB
L3 Cache: 0.00 B
Bus Frequency: 800 MHz
Memory: 4.00 GB
Memory Type: 1067 MHz DDR3
SIMD: 1
BIOS: Apple Inc. MBA31.88Z.0061.B00.1009101530
Processor Model: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU U9600 @ 1.60GHz
Processor Cores: 2
Integer (Score: 1806)
Blowfish single-threaded scalar -- 1122, , 49.3 MB/sec
Blowfish multi-threaded scalar -- 2270, , 93.0 MB/sec
Text Compress single-threaded scalar -- 1248, , 3.99 MB/sec
Text Compress multi-threaded scalar -- 2262, , 7.42 MB/sec
Text Decompress single-threaded scalar -- 1114, , 4.58 MB/sec
Text Decompress multi-threaded scalar -- 2142, , 8.54 MB/sec
Image Compress single-threaded scalar -- 1140, , 9.42 Mpixels/sec
Image Compress multi-threaded scalar -- 2092, , 17.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Decompress single-threaded scalar -- 1013, , 17.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Decompress multi-threaded scalar -- 1969, , 32.1 Mpixels/sec
Lua single-threaded scalar -- 1857, , 715.1 Knodes/sec
Lua multi-threaded scalar -- 3445, , 1.33 Mnodes/sec
Floating Point (Score: 3233)
Mandelbrot single-threaded scalar -- 1192, , 793.5 Mflops
Mandelbrot multi-threaded scalar -- 2274, , 1.49 Gflops
Dot Product single-threaded scalar -- 2186, , 1.06 Gflops
Dot Product multi-threaded scalar -- 4425, , 2.02 Gflops
Dot Product single-threaded vector -- 1747, , 2.09 Gflops
Dot Product multi-threaded vector -- 3734, , 3.88 Gflops
LU Decomposition single-threaded scalar -- 469, , 417.5 Mflops
LU Decomposition multi-threaded scalar -- 954, , 836.7 Mflops
Primality Test single-threaded scalar -- 2614, , 390.4 Mflops
Primality Test multi-threaded scalar -- 3818, , 708.7 Mflops
Sharpen Image single-threaded scalar -- 3356, , 7.83 Mpixels/sec
Sharpen Image multi-threaded scalar -- 6324, , 14.6 Mpixels/sec
Blur Image single-threaded scalar -- 4214, , 3.33 Mpixels/sec
Blur Image multi-threaded scalar -- 7965, , 6.26 Mpixels/sec
Memory (Score: 1920)
Read Sequential single-threaded scalar -- 2281, , 2.79 GB/sec
Write Sequential single-threaded scalar -- 2140, , 1.46 GB/sec
Stdlib Allocate single-threaded scalar -- 1426, , 5.32 Mallocs/sec
Stdlib Write single-threaded scalar -- 1862, , 3.85 GB/sec
Stdlib Copy single-threaded scalar -- 1895, , 1.95 GB/sec
Stream (Score: 1478)
Stream Copy single-threaded scalar -- 1522, , 2.08 GB/sec
Stream Copy single-threaded vector -- 1657, , 2.15 GB/sec
Stream Scale single-threaded scalar -- 1592, , 2.07 GB/sec
Stream Scale single-threaded vector -- 1555, , 2.10 GB/sec
Stream Add single-threaded scalar -- 1183, , 1.79 GB/sec
Stream Add single-threaded vector -- 1640, , 2.28 GB/sec
Stream Triad single-threaded scalar -- 1309, , 1.81 GB/sec
Stream Triad single-threaded vector -- 1371, , 2.57 GB/sec
Geekbench 64 bit scores:
Platform: Mac OS X x86 (64-bit)
Compiler: GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5494)
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6.4 (Build 10F3061)
Model: MacBookAir3,1
Motherboard: Apple Inc. Mac-942452F5819B1C1B 1.0
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU U9600 @ 1.60GHz
Processor ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10
Logical Processors: 2
Physical Processors: 1
Processor Frequency: 1.60 GHz
L1 Instruction Cache: 32.0 KB
L1 Data Cache: 32.0 KB
L2 Cache: 3.00 MB
L3 Cache: 0.00 B
Bus Frequency: 800 MHz
Memory: 4.00 GB
Memory Type: 1067 MHz DDR3
SIMD: 1
BIOS: Apple Inc. MBA31.88Z.0061.B00.1009101530
Processor Model: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU U9600 @ 1.60GHz
Processor Cores: 2
Integer (Score: 2178)
Blowfish single-threaded scalar -- 1022, , 44.9 MB/sec
Blowfish multi-threaded scalar -- 2051, , 84.1 MB/sec
Text Compress single-threaded scalar -- 1444, , 4.62 MB/sec
Text Compress multi-threaded scalar -- 2484, , 8.15 MB/sec
Text Decompress single-threaded scalar -- 1247, , 5.13 MB/sec
Text Decompress multi-threaded scalar -- 2393, , 9.54 MB/sec
Image Compress single-threaded scalar -- 1379, , 11.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Compress multi-threaded scalar -- 2543, , 21.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Decompress single-threaded scalar -- 1403, , 23.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Decompress multi-threaded scalar -- 2742, , 44.7 Mpixels/sec
Lua single-threaded scalar -- 2413, , 929.2 Knodes/sec
Lua multi-threaded scalar -- 5018, , 1.93 Mnodes/sec
Floating Point (Score: 3377)
Mandelbrot single-threaded scalar -- 1194, , 794.4 Mflops
Mandelbrot multi-threaded scalar -- 2327, , 1.52 Gflops
Dot Product single-threaded scalar -- 2161, , 1.04 Gflops
Dot Product multi-threaded scalar -- 4254, , 1.94 Gflops
Dot Product single-threaded vector -- 1680, , 2.01 Gflops
Dot Product multi-threaded vector -- 3681, , 3.83 Gflops
LU Decomposition single-threaded scalar -- 922, , 820.7 Mflops
LU Decomposition multi-threaded scalar -- 1734, , 1.52 Gflops
Primality Test single-threaded scalar -- 3135, , 468.2 Mflops
Primality Test multi-threaded scalar -- 4504, , 836.0 Mflops
Sharpen Image single-threaded scalar -- 3378, , 7.88 Mpixels/sec
Sharpen Image multi-threaded scalar -- 6346, , 14.6 Mpixels/sec
Blur Image single-threaded scalar -- 4191, , 3.32 Mpixels/sec
Blur Image multi-threaded scalar -- 7781, , 6.12 Mpixels/sec
Memory (Score: 2044)
Read Sequential single-threaded scalar -- 2674, , 3.27 GB/sec
Write Sequential single-threaded scalar -- 2217, , 1.52 GB/sec
Stdlib Allocate single-threaded scalar -- 1580, , 5.90 Mallocs/sec
Stdlib Write single-threaded scalar -- 1838, , 3.80 GB/sec
Stdlib Copy single-threaded scalar -- 1914, , 1.97 GB/sec
Stream (Score: 1593)
Stream Copy single-threaded scalar -- 1436, , 1.96 GB/sec
Stream Copy single-threaded vector -- 1598, , 2.07 GB/sec
Stream Scale single-threaded scalar -- 1510, , 1.96 GB/sec
Stream Scale single-threaded vector -- 1621, , 2.19 GB/sec
Stream Add single-threaded scalar -- 1624, , 2.45 GB/sec
Stream Add single-threaded vector -- 1851, , 2.58 GB/sec
Stream Triad single-threaded scalar -- 1815, , 2.51 GB/sec
Stream Triad single-threaded vector -- 1296, , 2.43 GB/sec