Apple MacBook Pro Late 2010 Intel Core i5 testing with a Apple MacBook Pro and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M + Intel HD 256MB on Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) via the Phoronix Test Suite. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. OS X 10.6.8: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 5, Memory: 2 x 2048 DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 120GB OCZ-AGILITY2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M + Intel HD 256MB OS: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549), Kernel: 10.8.0 (i386), Display Server: X Server 1.4.2-apple56, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7.1 + Clang 1.6 + Xcode 3.2.5, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 OS X 10.7.4: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 5, Memory: 2 x 2048 DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 120GB OCZ-AGILITY2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M + Intel HD 256MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: Mac OS X 10.7.4 (11E53), Kernel: 11.4.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.10.6, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7.1 + Clang 4.0 + Xcode 4.4.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 OS X 10.8.0: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 5, Memory: 2 x 2048 DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 120GB OCZ-AGILITY2, Graphics: Intel HD + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 288MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.8 (12A269), Kernel: 12.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.1 + Clang 4.0 + Xcode 4.4.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F22586C8, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ ILITY2, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fbdev 0.4.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Ubuntu 12.10 20120821: Processor: Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F22586C8, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ ILITY2, Graphics: Intel Core IGP, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-11-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4), Display Driver: fbdev 0.4.3, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 63.88 |================ OS X 10.7.4 ........... 76.68 |=================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 187.78 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 184.82 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 180.35 |============================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 7.76 |= OS X 10.8.0 ........... 214.13 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 262.16 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 263.86 |=============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 3.65 |= OS X 10.8.0 ........... 61.69 |================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 178.37 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 178.65 |=============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 90.02 |======== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 226.35 |==================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 128.55 |============ Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 520.58 |=============================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1440 x 900 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 . 21.41 |========================================================== OS X 10.7.4 . 17.38 |=============================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 19.44 |===================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 . 155.40 |===================================================== OS X 10.7.4 . 166.93 |========================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 135.40 |============================================== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 . 45.73 |========================================================== OS X 10.7.4 . 26.20 |================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 33.70 |=========================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 7214.45 |============================================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 7251.19 |============================================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 7196.68 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 7162.97 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 7139.48 |============================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 7112.06 |============================================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 7151.72 |============================================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 7090.06 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 7099.16 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 7055.93 |============================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 7659.77 |============================================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 7690.12 |============================================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 7616.60 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 7596.61 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 7550.29 |============================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 7630.31 |============================================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 7681.37 |============================================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 7605.28 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 7562.40 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 7508.61 |============================================= FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 3958.97 |============================================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 3957.50 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 3830.66 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 3913.98 |============================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 33.01 |================================================ OS X 10.7.4 ........... 32.89 |================================================ OS X 10.8.0 ........... 32.81 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 16.97 |========================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 16.48 |======================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 7461.40 |============================================= OS X 10.7.4 ........... 7475.10 |============================================= OS X 10.8.0 ........... 7497.73 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 7687.17 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 7560.37 |============================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 627.88 |============================================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 640.39 |============================================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 641.04 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 647.56 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 623.46 |============================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 237.19 |=============================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 278.18 |==================================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 278.13 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 364.93 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 282.59 |==================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 139.85 |============================================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 142.64 |=============================================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 141.74 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 140.96 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 138.90 |============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 897.18 |=============================================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 904.13 |=============================================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 905.13 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 881.84 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 864.15 |============================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 1055.08 |============================================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 1064.81 |============================================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 1065.81 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 1033.60 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 1022.70 |============================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 810.11 |=============================================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 811.42 |=============================================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 814.72 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 816.48 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 808.93 |=============================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 1844 |================================================= OS X 10.7.4 ........... 1825 |================================================ OS X 10.8.0 ........... 1832 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 1824 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 1834 |================================================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 2.28 |========= OS X 10.7.4 ........... 2.26 |========= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 12.39 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 11.66 |============================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 469.80 |==================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 470.31 |==================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 469.66 |==================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 1048.24 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 1083.79 |============================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 5823 |============================================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 5885 |=============================================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 5848 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 6146 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 6148 |================================================= Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ...... 198.44 |==================================================== OS X 10.7.4 ...... 190.18 |================================================== OS X 10.8.0 ...... 160.66 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 161.07 |========================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 100.35 |============================================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 94.13 |=========================================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 102.47 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 73.21 |================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 76.88 |=================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 91.86 |================================= OS X 10.7.4 ........... 91.62 |================================ OS X 10.8.0 ........... 91.14 |================================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 132.66 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 98.29 |=================================== dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 99.80 |================================================ OS X 10.7.4 ........... 95.41 |============================================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 93.46 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 91.87 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 92.38 |============================================ FFmpeg 0.6.1 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 15.29 |================================================ OS X 10.7.4 ........... 15.20 |================================================ OS X 10.8.0 ........... 15.21 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 14.98 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 14.95 |=============================================== Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 50.03 |======================================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 60.49 |================================================ OS X 10.8.0 ........... 57.95 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 29.10 |======================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 30.64 |======================== Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.6.8 . 53.00 |========================================================== OS X 10.7.4 . 47.66 |==================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.6.8 ........... 20.55 |====================== OS X 10.7.4 ........... 20.60 |====================== OS X 10.8.0 ........... 20.60 |====================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 45.10 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 44.80 |================================================