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Mac Mini 3.1 (2009) OpenGL Performance 2x Slower than 2.1
- Thread starter Gzilirion
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Well in a 2-26 GHz Macmin3,1 I get 144 for OpenGL (XBench 1.3). Are you using the same version of everything ? 
Here you have both, while the processor is much faster and the memory too, the video seems to be a mixed bag. As a matter of fact the Genie effect seems really smooth in the mini while it is just jumpy in the macbook, ymmv.
Edit: The mini is driving a panel at 1920x1200 @ 60 Hz while the Macbook is driving the internal 1280x800 panel (@60Hz if I'm not mistaken). Have a lot of fun.
On my Macbook (2.0GHz and GMA950 Nov'06) I get:
Here you have both, while the processor is much faster and the memory too, the video seems to be a mixed bag. As a matter of fact the Genie effect seems really smooth in the mini while it is just jumpy in the macbook, ymmv.
Edit: The mini is driving a panel at 1920x1200 @ 60 Hz while the Macbook is driving the internal 1280x800 panel (@60Hz if I'm not mistaken). Have a lot of fun.
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Results 110.22
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.5.6 (9G2030)
Physical RAM 4096 MB
Model Macmini3,1
Drive Type FUJITSU MHZ2120BH G1
CPU Test 149.20
GCD Loop 252.83 13.33 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 125.25 2.98 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 104.79 3.46 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 187.68 32.68 Mops/sec
Thread Test 301.03
Computation 419.03 8.49 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 234.88 10.10 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 179.42
System 208.26
Allocate 302.44 1.11 Malloc/sec
Fill 165.86 8064.73 MB/sec
Copy 197.26 4074.39 MB/sec
Stream 157.59
Copy 151.58 3130.81 MB/sec
Scale 150.03 3099.57 MB/sec
Add 164.94 3513.61 MB/sec
Triad 165.11 3532.05 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 206.43
Line 166.07 11.06 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 216.91 64.76 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 177.51 14.47 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 174.05 4.39 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 452.37 28.30 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 144.36
Spinning Squares 144.36 183.13 frames/sec
User Interface Test 299.18
Elements 299.18 1.37 Krefresh/sec
Disk Test 30.49
Sequential 37.54
Uncached Write 45.39 27.87 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 42.21 23.88 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 24.14 7.06 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 51.52 25.89 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 25.68
Uncached Write 10.32 1.09 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 46.99 15.04 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 40.91 0.29 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 76.04 14.11 MB/sec [256K blocks]On my Macbook (2.0GHz and GMA950 Nov'06) I get:
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Results 137.96
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.5.6 (9G55)
Physical RAM 4096 MB
Model MacBook2,1
Drive Type SAMSUNG HM250JI
CPU Test 116.67
GCD Loop 233.08 12.29 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 112.63 2.68 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 76.58 2.53 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 124.10 21.61 Mops/sec
Thread Test 181.58
Computation 169.15 3.43 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 195.98 8.43 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 130.43
System 139.69
Allocate 225.95 829.78 Kalloc/sec
Fill 112.56 5473.01 MB/sec
Copy 122.46 2529.36 MB/sec
Stream 122.31
Copy 111.86 2310.47 MB/sec
Scale 114.51 2365.82 MB/sec
Add 133.54 2844.76 MB/sec
Triad 132.59 2836.38 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 148.71
Line 136.90 9.11 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 175.24 52.32 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 145.61 11.87 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 145.30 3.66 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 145.76 9.12 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 299.56
Spinning Squares 299.56 380.01 frames/sec
User Interface Test 215.06
Elements 215.06 987.02 refresh/sec
Disk Test 43.24
Sequential 57.41
Uncached Write 93.79 57.58 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 74.61 42.21 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 27.20 7.96 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 113.08 56.83 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 34.68
Uncached Write 12.33 1.31 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 111.62 35.73 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 62.43 0.44 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 107.50 19.95 MB/sec [256K blocks]Old as in 950?
I'm guessing your old Mac Mini was the 950. That has been out for ages, so the drivers are mature already. The 9400 is plenty new, so give it some time for the drivers to mature. Don't forget that drivers occasionally give a 50% boost to some games, so it'll make a difference.
I'm guessing your old Mac Mini was the 950. That has been out for ages, so the drivers are mature already. The 9400 is plenty new, so give it some time for the drivers to mature. Don't forget that drivers occasionally give a 50% boost to some games, so it'll make a difference.
My iMac with the GT 120 gets a 180 on the OpenGL test. If the GMA950 is scoring better than a GT 120, that's really sad. (However, I got the GT 120 to play games in Windows, which has great drivers.)
