OS X 10.9.2 vs. Ubuntu 14.04 - MacBook Air
OS X 10.9.2 benchmarks versus Ubuntu 14.04 LTS by Michael Larabel of some OpenGL games on the Intel Haswell based 2013 Apple MacBook Air.


OS X 10.9.2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 1.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Air, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128F, Graphics: Intel HD 5000 1024MB, Monitor: Color LCD

	OS: OS X 10.9.2, Kernel: 13.1.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 5.1 (clang-503.0.38) (based on LLVM 3.4svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 5.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

Ubuntu 14.04: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-4250U @ 1.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-35C1E88140C3E6CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-4250U @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-35C1E88140C3E6CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.0-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.2 .................. 33.63 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 24.56 |==============================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 31.94 |=======================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1366 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.2 .................. 20.00  |====
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 136.90 |============================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 198.20 |========================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.2 .................. 101.28 |============================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 94.26  |==========================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 143.04 |========================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.2 .................. 44.94 |=====================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 66.74 |===============================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 87.52 |=========================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.2 .................. 37.83 |====================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 60.69 |===============================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 79.31 |=========================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.2 .................. 33.91 |======================
Ubuntu 14.04 ................. 50.90 |=================================
Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 63.02 |=========================================