OS X Moutain Lion Virtualization - VMware vs. VirtualBox Oracle VM VirtualBox versus VMware Fusion 4 on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion from a Retina MacBook Pro mid-2012. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS guest each time these results are looking at OpenGL pass-through performance for each virtual machine. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for a future article.
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OS X Moutain Lion Virtualization - VMware vs. VirtualBox Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution System Layer VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 Intel Core i7-3615QM @ 2.32GHz (8 Cores) innotek VirtualBox v1.2 Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC 6144MB 30GB VBOX HDD Chromium Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio VBOX monitor Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.10.0 X Server 1.11.3 vboxvideo 1.0.1 2.1 GCC 4.6 ext4 1440x900 VirtualBox 4.1.12_Ubuntur77245 Intel Core i7-3615QM @ 2.29GHz (8 Cores) Intel 440BX Intel 440BX/ZX/DX 30GB VMware Virtual S VMware SVGA II Ensoniq ES1371 Intel 82545EM Gigabit vmware 12.0.1 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4 VMware OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v Graphics Details - VirtualBox 4.1: ShadowFB System Details - Compiz was running on this system.
OS X Moutain Lion Virtualization - VMware vs. VirtualBox openarena: 800 x 600 openarena: 1024 x 768 openarena: 1440 x 900 openarena: 800 x 600 openarena: 1024 x 768 openarena: 1440 x 900 padman: 800 x 600 padman: 1024 x 768 padman: 1440 x 900 urbanterror: 800 x 600 urbanterror: 1024 x 768 urbanterror: 1440 x 900 warsow: 800 x 600 warsow: 1024 x 768 warsow: 1440 x 900 VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 37.53 37.73 48.16 23.47 22.67 19.22 40.87 40.53 40.47 22.13 21.87 21.83 41.73 41.97 42.27 3 175.87 71.50 72.43 63.87 152.28 155.07 158.53 97.13 92.30 95.70 84.30 86.23 86.93 OpenBenchmarking.org
OpenArena Resolution: 800 x 600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 37.53 3.00
OpenArena Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 VirtualBox 4.1 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 37.73
OpenArena Resolution: 1440 x 900 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1440 x 900 VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.73, N = 5 SE +/- 2.10, N = 3 48.16 175.87
OpenArena Resolution: 800 x 600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 800 x 600 VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 23.47 71.50
OpenArena Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 22.67 72.43
OpenArena Resolution: 1440 x 900 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1440 x 900 VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 1.02, N = 6 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 19.22 63.87
World of Padman Resolution: 800 x 600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 2.25, N = 6 40.87 152.28
World of Padman Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.41, N = 3 40.53 155.07
World of Padman Resolution: 1440 x 900 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1440 x 900 VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 40.47 158.53
Urban Terror Resolution: 800 x 600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 800 x 600 VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 22.13 97.13
Urban Terror Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1024 x 768 VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 1.43, N = 3 21.87 92.30
Urban Terror Resolution: 1440 x 900 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1440 x 900 VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 1.25, N = 3 21.83 95.70
Warsow Resolution: 800 x 600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 800 x 600 VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 1.10, N = 3 41.73 84.30
Warsow Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1024 x 768 VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 41.97 86.23
Warsow Resolution: 1440 x 900 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1440 x 900 VirtualBox 4.1 VMware Fusion 4.1.3 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 1.60, N = 3 42.27 86.93
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