2010 MBA vs 2008 MBP w/ SSD

[pjfan]

Thought I would share some xbench results from my new toy. My plan is to replace my MBP 15" 2008 with the 13" MBA... so here are my original MBP w/ Intel SSD results compared to its probable successor.

2008 15" MBP 2.4 C2D w/ 4 GB RAM SSD
Results System Info
Xbench Version System Version Physical RAM Model
Drive Type CPU Test
GCD Loop Floating Point Basic vecLib FFT Floating Point Library
Thread Test Computation Lock Contention
Memory Test System
Allocate Fill Copy
Stream Copy Scale
Add
Triad Quartz Graphics Test
Line Rectangle Circle Bezier Text
OpenGL Graphics Test
198.02
170.60 279.37 136.45 113.44 268.57 260.27 460.70 181.37 187.83 225.82 382.80 174.56 202.28 160.78 153.55 151.31 170.93 169.32 181.78 148.81 200.77 183.38 191.87 194.56 145.62
1.3
10.6.3 (10D578)
4096 MB
MacBookPro5,1
INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GC
14.73 Mops/sec
3.24 Gflop/sec
3.74 Gflop/sec
46.77 Mops/sec
9.33 Mops/sec, 4 threads
7.80 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
1.41 Malloc/sec
8487.38 MB/sec
4177.95 MB/sec
3171.42 MB/sec
3125.92 MB/sec
3641.09 MB/sec
3622.09 MB/sec
9.91 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
59.94 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
14.95 Kcircles/sec [50% alph
4.84 Kbeziers/sec [50% alph
12.17 Kchars/sec
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Spinning Squares 145.62 184.73 frames/sec
Spinning Squares User Interface Test
Elements Disk Test
Sequential Uncached Write Uncached Write Uncached Read Uncached Read
Random Uncached Write Uncached Write Uncached Read Uncached Read
145.62 258.86 258.86 244.46 163.57 140.08 129.54 139.40 412.95 483.62 703.44 191.48 1670.07 972.73
184.73 frames/sec
1.19 Krefresh/sec
86.00 MB/sec [4K blocks]
73.29 MB/sec [256K blocks]
40.80 MB/sec [4K blocks]
207.55 MB/sec [256K blocks
74.47 MB/sec [4K blocks]
61.30 MB/sec [256K blocks]
11.83 MB/sec [4K blocks]
180.50 MB/sec [256K blocks
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2010 13" MBA 1.86 w/ 4GB RAM
Results System Info
Xbench Version System Version Physical RAM Model
Drive Type CPU Test
GCD Loop Floating Point Basic vecLib FFT Floating Point Library
Thread Test Computation Lock Contention
Memory Test System
Allocate Fill Copy
Stream Copy Scale
Add
Triad Quartz Graphics Test
Line Rectangle Circle Bezier Text
OpenGL Graphics Test
159.39
122.05 217.96 106.16 71.54 208.86 244.05 297.60 206.83 182.98 207.31 306.89 159.89 201.68 163.75 155.77 153.85 174.31 173.29 140.01 124.95 168.27 124.52 143.26 148.04 112.90
1.3
10.6.4 (10F3061)
4096 MB
MacBookAir3,2
APPLE SSD TS128C
11.49 Mops/sec
2.52 Gflop/sec
2.36 Gflop/sec
36.37 Mops/sec
6.03 Mops/sec, 4 threads
8.90 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
1.13 Malloc/sec
7774.14 MB/sec
4165.69 MB/sec
3217.42 MB/sec
3178.41 MB/sec
3713.21 MB/sec
3707.19 MB/sec
8.32 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
50.24 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
10.15 Kcircles/sec [50% alph
3.61 Kbeziers/sec [50% alph
9.26 Kchars/sec
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Spinning Squares 112.90 143.22 frames/sec
Spinning Squares User Interface Test
Elements Disk Test
Sequential Uncached Write Uncached Write Uncached Read Uncached Read
Random Uncached Write Uncached Write Uncached Read Uncached Read
112.90 174.19 174.19 226.24 150.19 248.14 239.17 65.03 328.49 458.30 279.10 512.74 1483.12 396.75
143.22 frames/sec
799.43 refresh/sec
152.35 MB/sec [4K blocks]
135.32 MB/sec [256K blocks
19.03 MB/sec [4K blocks]
165.10 MB/sec [256K blocks
29.55 MB/sec [4K blocks]
164.15 MB/sec [256K blocks
10.51 MB/sec [4K blocks]
73.62 MB/sec [256K blocks]
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[anthonyd]

And the comparison of the results in summary is?

 

[koobcamuk]

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End result?

 

[paddyhazard]

I'd also like to know your opinion on this. I'm soon to replace the hdd in my 2009 mbp with an ssd and want to know that the mbp is still better and that i shouldn't have sold my 13"mbp and got a 13"mba

 

[pjfan]

I'd also like to know your opinion on this. I'm soon to replace the hdd in my 2009 mbp with an ssd and want to know that the mbp is still better and that i shouldn't have sold my 13"mbp and got a 13"mba

You know - the 13" MBA fits my needs perfectly fine thus far. The portability cannot be beat, so I'm more than happy. No regrets!

For your sake, I hope you won't regret your MBA purchase; but I strongly believe your 13" MBP w/ SSD would definitely be faster. SSD is the only way to go - night and day difference.

 

[pjfan]

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end result?

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[FuNGi]

So where's the summary dude? You expect us to average your scores and judge your decision or what?

 

[paddyhazard]

You know - the 13" MBA fits my needs perfectly fine thus far. The portability cannot be beat, so I'm more than happy. No regrets!

For your sake, I hope you won't regret your MBA purchase; but I strongly believe your 13" MBP w/ SSD would definitely be faster. SSD is the only way to go - night and day difference.

sorry, I meant that I have got an ssd for my MBP which should come in about a week and I wanted to make sure I made the right choice in upgrading my MBP instead of selling it and getting a MBA. I've played around with an air and they are amazing but I don't know if the portability is worth what I would loose selling the MBP and loosing the firewire and extra usb.

Which one to you feels faster, MBP with SSD or MBA?

 

[pjfan]

So where's the summary dude? You expect us to average your scores and judge your decision or what?

No summary - just results, sorry for confusion. I didn't see many Intel SSD comparisons on MBP in this MBA forum, and thought I would share mine. I'm happy with my MBA today and believe it's the right choice for me.

paddyhazard,
As far as feel in comparison to MBP, for my day-to-day open applications so far; iwork, office, mail, calendar, chrome, firefox, webex, RDP, and Preview - I do not feel a difference yet. I'll have to see how OmniGraffle Pro works out late today or this weekend. I believe the MBP was overkill for my needs, and the new MBA will fit in just fine... the next week will tell for sure.

Worth noting - The MBA screen is very impressive. I don't feel like I've given up much screen real-estate.