OS X 10.8.3 vs. Ubuntu 13.04 Linux Apple OS X versus Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04 benchmarking from an older Apple MacBook Pro with Intel Core i5 processor. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. OS X 10.8.3: 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 10.8.3 (12D78), Kernel: 12.3.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.27) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F22586C8, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ AGILITY2, Graphics: Intel Core IGP 256MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.18.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Ubuntu 12.10: Processor: Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F22586C8, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ AGILITY2, Graphics: Intel Core IGP 256MB, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Ubuntu 13.04: Processor: Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F22586C8, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ AGILITY2, Graphics: Intel Core IGP 256MB, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.5, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 22.39 |=================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 17.90 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 17.30 |======================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 17.36 |======================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 348 |========== Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 1728 |==================================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 1381 |========================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 1724 |==================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 21.91 |============================ Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 36.25 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 39.24 |=================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 39.18 |=================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 21.78 |================================= Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 30.58 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 33.25 |=================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 33.27 |=================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1440 x 900 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 20.99 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 25.15 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 27.51 |=================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 27.51 |=================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 156.97 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 138.60 |============================================ Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 155.62 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 147.07 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 122.03 |======================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 153.53 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 134.10 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 83.23 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 118.23 |============================================ Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 74.53 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 79.17 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 82.00 |=========================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 97.50 |=================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 73.60 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 81.73 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 96.60 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 98.40 |=================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 70.60 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 82.00 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 95.67 |=================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 94.40 |================================================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 7036.57 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 7626.73 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 7569.73 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 7576.90 |================================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 23214015.53 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 19362787.43 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 18847387.83 |===================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 18826292.40 |==================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 379.44 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 358.75 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 268.46 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 263.18 |=================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 141.19 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 137.79 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 138.57 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 134.01 |=============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 905.85 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 867.81 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 867.82 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 870.58 |================================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 1160.64 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 1014.06 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 1020.74 |=========================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 1007.31 |=========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 1119.18 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 807.87 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 807.34 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 806.81 |=================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 249.58 |=========== Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 1052.03 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 1102.60 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 1048.11 |=============================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 5455 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 6134 |==================================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 6091 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 6139 |==================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 128.50 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 143.83 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 101.90 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 101.60 |=================================== Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 278.17 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 288.67 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 284.71 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 282.69 |================================================= Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 54.78 |=================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 46.85 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 47.36 |============================================ Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 47.70 |============================================ OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 ........ 20.57 |================ Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS . 64.03 |=================================================== Ubuntu 12.10 ....... 64.33 |=================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 64.30 |===================================================