Retina MacBook Pro - OS X 10.7 vs. OS X 10.8 Performance Benchmarks of performance comparing Apple OS X 10.7 Lion vs. OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion on the mid-2012 Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display and Intel Core i7 2.3GHz Ivy Bridge processor with switchable Intel HD 4000 / NVIDIA Kepler graphics. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for a future article. Unfortunately Ubuntu Linux is currently borked on the Retina MacBook Pro. OS X 10.7.4: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4096 DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M + Intel HD 4000 1024MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: Mac OS X 10.7.4 (11E2068), Kernel: 11.4.1 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.10.6, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Clang 4.0 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.4, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 OS X 10.8.0: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4096 DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.8 (12A269), Kernel: 12.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 4.0 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.4, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 test: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP79, Memory: x 0 DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 96GB KINGSTON SVP100S296G, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256MB, Monitor: M2762D OS: OS X 10.8.3 (12D78), Kernel: 12.3.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.24) (based on LLVM 3.2svn)Target: x86_64-apple-darwin12.3.0Thread model: posix + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6 + CUDA 5.0, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 10.8.4: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP79, Memory: x 0 DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 96GB KINGSTON SVP100S296G, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256MB, Monitor: M2762D OS: OS X 10.8.4 (12E47), Kernel: 12.4.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn)Target: x86_64-apple-darwin12.4.0Thread model: posix + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.2 + CUDA 5.0, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 KINGSTON SVP100S296G: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP79, Memory: x 0 DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 96GB KINGSTON SVP100S296G, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256MB, Monitor: M2762D OS: OS X 10.8.4 (12E52), Kernel: 12.4.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn)Target: x86_64-apple-darwin12.4.0Thread model: posix + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.2 + CUDA 5.0, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 12e52: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP79, Memory: x 0 DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 96GB KINGSTON SVP100S296G, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256MB, Monitor: M2762D OS: OS X 10.8.4 (12E52), Kernel: 12.4.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn)Target: x86_64-apple-darwin12.4.0Thread model: posix + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.2 + CUDA 5.0, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 12e55: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP79, Memory: x 0 DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 96GB KINGSTON SVP100S296G, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256MB, Monitor: M2762D OS: OS X 10.8.4 (12E55), Kernel: 12.4.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn)Target: x86_64-apple-darwin12.4.0Thread model: posix + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.2 + CUDA 5.0, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 174.11 |================================================ OS X 10.8.0 .......... 170.99 |=============================================== test ................. 38.33 |=========== 10.8.4 ............... 37.17 |========== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 35.21 |========== 12e52 ................ 37.60 |========== 12e55 ................ 38.34 |=========== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 1645 |================================================= OS X 10.8.0 .......... 1690 |================================================== test ................. 182 |===== 10.8.4 ............... 174 |===== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 177 |===== 12e52 ................ 163 |===== 12e55 ................ 161 |===== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 26.78 |================================================= OS X 10.8.0 .......... 27.00 |================================================= test ................. 16.19 |============================= 10.8.4 ............... 15.55 |============================ KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 21.85 |======================================== 12e52 ................ 21.48 |======================================= 12e55 ................ 19.08 |=================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 26.38 |================================================ OS X 10.8.0 .......... 26.85 |================================================= test ................. 16.22 |============================== 10.8.4 ............... 15.69 |============================= KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 21.78 |======================================== 12e52 ................ 21.39 |======================================= 12e55 ................ 19.02 |=================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 219.47 |========================================== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 252.20 |================================================ test ................. 40.50 |======== 10.8.4 ............... 57.70 |=========== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 62.93 |============ 12e52 ................ 60.27 |=========== 12e55 ................ 55.20 |=========== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 140.90 |=========================== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 254.33 |================================================ test ................. 87.77 |================= 10.8.4 ............... 110.20 |===================== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 130.03 |========================= 12e52 ................ 128.43 |======================== 12e55 ................ 108.90 |===================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 131.93 |========================= OS X 10.8.0 .......... 249.80 |================================================ test ................. 88.37 |================= 10.8.4 ............... 109.10 |===================== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 130.30 |========================= 12e52 ................ 128.67 |========================= 12e55 ................ 107.37 |===================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 50.53 |========================= OS X 10.8.0 .......... 97.83 |================================================= test ................. 44.07 |====================== 10.8.4 ............... 50.80 |========================= KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 58.17 |============================= 12e52 ................ 57.70 |============================= 12e55 ................ 49.97 |========================= Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 47.83 |========================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 48.30 |========================================================== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 47.83 |========================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 47.53 |========================================================== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 48.02 |========================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 48.40 |========================================================== X-Plane 9.45 Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 105 |=================================================== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 106 |=================================================== test ................. 14 |======= 10.8.4 ............... 15 |======= KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 15 |======= 12e52 ................ 15 |======= 12e55 ................ 15 |======= X-Plane 9.45 Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 70 |================================================== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 73 |==================================================== test ................. 9 |====== 10.8.4 ............... 10 |======= KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 10 |======= 12e52 ................ 10 |======= 12e55 ................ 10 |======= X-Plane 9.45 Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 62 |=================================================== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 63 |==================================================== test ................. 8 |======= 10.8.4 ............... 9 |======= KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 9 |======= 12e52 ................ 9 |======= 12e55 ................ 8 |======= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 14728.28 |============================================== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 14146.06 |============================================ test ................. 2688.85 |======== 10.8.4 ............... 3091.81 |========== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 3094.99 |========== 12e52 ................ 3045.75 |========== 12e55 ................ 2962.63 |========= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 14360.13 |============================================== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 14104.84 |============================================= test ................. 2711.36 |========= 10.8.4 ............... 3041.22 |========== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 3058.75 |========== 12e52 ................ 2997.12 |========== 12e55 ................ 2916.80 |========= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 16235.81 |============================================== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 16005.25 |============================================= test ................. 2878.53 |======== 10.8.4 ............... 3381.33 |========== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 3392.65 |========== 12e52 ................ 3313.38 |========= 12e55 ................ 3217.89 |========= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 15932.32 |============================================== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 15678.64 |============================================= test ................. 2866.05 |======== 10.8.4 ............... 3345.12 |========== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 3350.50 |========== 12e52 ................ 3273.83 |========= 12e55 ................ 3201.55 |========= Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 10050.37 |============================================== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 9837.93 |============================================= test ................. 4957.43 |======================= 10.8.4 ............... 5111.67 |======================= KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 5206.70 |======================== 12e52 ................ 5193.63 |======================== 12e55 ................ 5113.50 |======================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 1282.91 |=============================================== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 1273.15 |=============================================== test ................. 370.96 |============== 10.8.4 ............... 364.33 |============= KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 394.55 |============== 12e52 ................ 391.74 |============== 12e55 ................ 383.08 |============== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 436.33 |================================================ OS X 10.8.0 .......... 435.32 |================================================ test ................. 233.16 |========================== 10.8.4 ............... 235.45 |========================== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 233.13 |========================== 12e52 ................ 232.92 |========================== 12e55 ................ 233.84 |========================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 295.33 |================================================ OS X 10.8.0 .......... 284.94 |============================================== test ................. 66.05 |=========== 10.8.4 ............... 65.22 |=========== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 71.03 |============ 12e52 ................ 68.48 |=========== 12e55 ................ 67.59 |=========== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 1848.07 |=============================================== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 1820.38 |============================================== test ................. 420.71 |=========== 10.8.4 ............... 391.54 |========== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 485.15 |============ 12e52 ................ 482.41 |============ 12e55 ................ 451.81 |=========== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 2426.29 |=============================================== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 2403.70 |=============================================== test ................. 485.04 |========= 10.8.4 ............... 474.29 |========= KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 529.58 |========== 12e52 ................ 520.86 |========== 12e55 ................ 508.25 |========== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 1408.52 |=============================================== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 1408.43 |=============================================== test ................. 650.10 |====================== 10.8.4 ............... 655.17 |====================== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 653.88 |====================== 12e52 ................ 654.03 |====================== 12e55 ................ 653.87 |====================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 263.11 |============================================ OS X 10.8.0 .......... 286.08 |================================================ test ................. 174.66 |============================= 10.8.4 ............... 181.45 |============================== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 183.74 |=============================== 12e52 ................ 183.21 |=============================== 12e55 ................ 172.62 |============================= Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 38.34 |========== OS X 10.8.0 . 33.18 |========= test ........ 221.98 |========================================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 30.07 |======= OS X 10.8.0 .......... 31.62 |======== test ................. 156.43 |====================================== 10.8.4 ............... 169.52 |========================================= KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 151.45 |===================================== 12e52 ................ 165.17 |======================================== 12e55 ................ 196.64 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 50.11 |========= OS X 10.8.0 .......... 49.95 |========= test ................. 251.56 |=============================================== 10.8.4 ............... 228.00 |=========================================== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 226.93 |=========================================== 12e52 ................ 230.51 |=========================================== 12e55 ................ 255.79 |================================================ Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 14.84 |====== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 14.79 |====== test ................. 78.35 |================================ 10.8.4 ............... 117.95 |================================================ KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 76.15 |=============================== 12e52 ................ 75.97 |=============================== 12e55 ................ 91.75 |===================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 27.70 |================================================= OS X 10.8.0 .......... 27.40 |================================================ test ................. 12.60 |====================== 10.8.4 ............... 12.60 |====================== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 12.60 |====================== 12e52 ................ 12.60 |====================== 12e55 ................ 12.60 |====================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 .......... 4268.20 |=============================================== OS X 10.8.0 .......... 4179.20 |============================================== test ................. 1429.57 |================ 10.8.4 ............... 991.65 |=========== KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 1508.18 |================= 12e52 ................ 1502.39 |================= 12e55 ................ 1284.76 |============== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 144.02 |========================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 138.95 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 140.91 |========================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 135.73 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 135.20 |========================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 135.64 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 72.17 |========================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 71.42 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 60.15 |========================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 52.71 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 54.96 |========================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 52.48 |=======================================================