Can anyone here run the 30 minute cinebench r23 test on their m1 macbook AIR and post their score? I want to see how the macbook air does in a 30 minute run which is longer than the default 10 minute and I don't trust the verges 30 minute score until I see someone else's (in fact, I think the verge just came up with those numbers to try to just sell the macbook pro).
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m1 macbook air 30 minute cinebench r23 score
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Ok, here we go, I did 2 runs, just to be thorough.
1st run from cold I got a Multi Core score of 6829.
2nd run, started straight afterwards, so it was starting from already warm (never seems to get hot), I got a Multi Core score of 6871.
Both of which are a bit higher than what I remember from the Verge review, though I could be wrong there, I haven't looked at it in a while.
*EDIT* I forgot to mention that these tests were done while connected to my 4K monitor, via a TB3 dock. Which does slow things down a little, I’m running the MBA standalone and will post those when it finishes.
Screenies:
First 30 minute run.
Second 30 minute run.
For comparisons sake, here's a normal 10 minute one I did earlier today, which in this test at least, shows that even after an hour of continuous benchmarking, the performance is basically unaffected.
1st run from cold I got a Multi Core score of 6829.
2nd run, started straight afterwards, so it was starting from already warm (never seems to get hot), I got a Multi Core score of 6871.
Both of which are a bit higher than what I remember from the Verge review, though I could be wrong there, I haven't looked at it in a while.
*EDIT* I forgot to mention that these tests were done while connected to my 4K monitor, via a TB3 dock. Which does slow things down a little, I’m running the MBA standalone and will post those when it finishes.
Screenies:
First 30 minute run.
Second 30 minute run.
For comparisons sake, here's a normal 10 minute one I did earlier today, which in this test at least, shows that even after an hour of continuous benchmarking, the performance is basically unaffected.
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Thanks y'all. so it seems the lowest it goes in the worst case is about 6200 and sustains there. I knew it. Had a feeling the verge was lying with their 5300 score of the m1 macbook air after 30 minutes. Anyone else, feel free to post your 30 minute cinebench m1 macbook air scores!
Put the laptop on a stand with an external fan blowing on the bottom and see what it gets. Poor mans MBP. 
Put the laptop on a stand with an external fan blowing on the bottom and see what it gets. Poor mans MBP.
You say poor mans, for some it’s not the price, it’s that bloody TouchBar I don’t want to live with again, for as long as I can feasibly avoid the damn thing
Ambient temps? The cooler the ambient, the longer it should be able to sustain fast operation.
Very true, I can tell you the ambient temperature in my office is 27.4 C, I think the wife is trying to cook me with the heating
Maybe I should take it outside tomorrow when it’s -1 and see how it gets on
You say poor mans, for some it’s not the price, it’s that bloody TouchBar I don’t want to live with again, for as long as I can feasibly avoid the damn thing
. Try it.. I've heard this trick actually works, and can keep the cpu cool enough to not throttle.
Of course, it does. Heck, it works for humans, too. ???
Well, it’s only natural that the cooler you keep it, the less it has to throttle. But why? If you wanted to do that, get the MacBook Pro.
For me part of it is that the MBA is fanless, 100% silent at all times and I’ve yet to feel it at anything beyond, huh that’s starting to get slightly warm.
Best of all, it’s done everything I’ve asked of it. I didn’t need it to be better than the latest threadripper, I wanted something better than my old iMac. Boy does this thing deliver compared to that, as I’ve waffled on about elsewhere.
Xcode, video editing, photo/vector work and 3D modelling are such a significant improvement, even though some are running under Rosetta, that I’m actually beyond happy with this tiny machine. I never thought I’d ever see the day when I could say, I have a MacBook Air, and it copes with my workload, yet here we are.
Hell, I can do things on this I never even imagined it would be capable of. The latest A series chips have been impressive for years. But the M1 and a desktop OS is a whole new ballgame.
I was curious since I hadn't run anything longer than 10 minutes before. I get 6845 pts. This is in clamshell mode on battery power on a 4K external monitor. This is compared to 7226 pts on the 10 minute test which was done with the display open on the charger. At some point I will run the 30 minute test again with the display open and no external monitor.
They either have a defective MacBook Air or they wrapped it in a blanket. That 5300 is off by a factor of 5. I lost just over 5% on the 30 minute test compared to the 10 minute. The Verge once again doing a bang up job on testing an Apple product.
Edit: Looking at the Verge review, first their multi core test is very low at 6803 but then even with their low starting score they lost 20% of performance on the 30 minute test? I lost 5%.
My first Air was defective. I couldn't get higher than about 6600 on the multi-core test, even starting from clean boot and stopping everything.. I returned it, and my new one gets around 7400.. So there are bad ones out there.
Kind of crappy bad luck for the Verge to get a bad one one for a review unit. They seemed to love the MBA anyway though.
Ok, here are my results from a run-through with the MBA not connected to the 4K display.
As expected, the 10 minute run is better than any of the previous results at 7260.
What is interesting is that the 30 minute run is actually a handful of points higher than even the 10 minute run when connected to the 4K monitor at 6896.
Obviously I'd expect a bit of an impact from running a 4K display, I just wasn't expecting that.
Ambient temperature during tests was 24.6°C..... Though it feels like 200°C, maybe it's time I changed out of my jammies
Screenies:
10 Minute run.
30 minute run.
As expected, the 10 minute run is better than any of the previous results at 7260.
What is interesting is that the 30 minute run is actually a handful of points higher than even the 10 minute run when connected to the 4K monitor at 6896.
Obviously I'd expect a bit of an impact from running a 4K display, I just wasn't expecting that.
Ambient temperature during tests was 24.6°C..... Though it feels like 200°C, maybe it's time I changed out of my jammies
Screenies:
10 Minute run.
30 minute run.
Just to follow up with another 30 minute test on my M1 MBA but this time with the display open and no external monitor connected but still on battery. I get 7021 pts. So I lose about 2.5% when in clamshell mode which makes sense because of slightly less surface area available for cooling over the keyboard. But no major difference. The case stays much cooler in this configuration though. Almost no heat on the bottom of the case at all.
It probably is within Apple's specs but it might mean you lost the CPU lottery. If you are within your 14 day return you might want to consider returning it. My speculation is that the heat sink is misaligned or there is a problem with the thermal paste. But it could just be the SoC is at the bottom of the acceptable specification.
In the US at least, Apple has a 14 day no questions asked return policy. If you are outside the US or outside that window, I would probably just not worry about it. The difference is still only a few percent.
yea in my country there is no return policy should i be worried? is it a defective machine?