Apple OS X 10.9 Mavericks vs. Ubuntu 13.10 - OpenGL
Intel Core i5 testing with a 2011 Apple Mac Mini of Sandy Bridge generation. Comparing an Apple OS X 10.9 Mavericks developer preview to Ubuntu 13.10. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


OS X 10.9 Mavericks DP: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: Intel 6, Memory: 2 x 1024 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 288MB, Monitor: Acer P243W

	OS: OS X 10.9, Kernel: 13.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.3, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Ubuntu 13.10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.9, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.1.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.2-7ubuntu1 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 9.2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.9, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-7fd30a8), Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.2-7ubuntu1 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9 Mavericks DP .. 28.79 |==========================
Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 43.72 |========================================
Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 50.42 |==============================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9 Mavericks DP .. 26.50 |===============================
Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 33.69 |=======================================
Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 39.41 |==============================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9 Mavericks DP .. 29.22 |=============================================
Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 25.74 |========================================
Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 29.88 |==============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9 Mavericks DP .. 127.19 |=========================================
Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 139.99 |=============================================
Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 134.99 |===========================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9 Mavericks DP .. 125.26 |======================================
Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 147.81 |=============================================
Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 146.81 |=============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9 Mavericks DP .. 109.13 |======================================
Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 129.20 |=============================================
Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 129.63 |=============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9 Mavericks DP .. 81.55  |==================================
Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 102.49 |===========================================
Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 106.97 |=============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9 Mavericks DP .. 75.67 |======================================
Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 81.64 |=========================================
Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 91.20 |==============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9 Mavericks DP .. 59.03 |========================================
Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 61.65 |=========================================
Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 68.38 |==============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9 Mavericks DP .. 70.25 |========================================
Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 74.50 |===========================================
Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 79.90 |==============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9 Mavericks DP .. 65.54 |==============================================
Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 55.46 |=======================================
Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 59.14 |==========================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9 Mavericks DP .. 46.90 |==============================================
Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 39.36 |=======================================
Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 42.48 |==========================================


Urban Terror 4.2.013
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9 Mavericks DP .. 28.18 |==================
Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 71.67 |==============================================
Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 70.27 |=============================================


Urban Terror 4.2.013
Resolution: 1366 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9 Mavericks DP .. 20.20 |=============
Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 69.60 |==============================================
Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 68.57 |=============================================