OS X 10.9 Mavericks MacBook Retina Pro Intel Core i7 testing with a Apple MacBook Pro and Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512MB on OS X 10.8.5 versus OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel. OS X 10.8.5: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512MB, Monitor: Thunderbolt Display OS: OS X 10.8.5, Kernel: 12.5.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 5.0 (clang-500.2.79) (based on LLVM 3.3svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 5.0.1, File-System: Unknown, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 OS X 10.9: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024MB, Monitor: Thunderbolt Display OS: OS X 10.9, Kernel: 13.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 5.0 (clang-500.2.79) (based on LLVM 3.3svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 5.0.1, File-System: Unknown, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 os x 10.9.2: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 500GB APPLE SSD SM0512F, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro + NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 1024MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.9.2, Kernel: 13.1.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Apple LLVM 5.0 (clang-500.2.79) (based on LLVM 3.3svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.3 + CUDA 5.5, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 OS X 10.9.2: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 500GB APPLE SSD SM0512F, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro + NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 1024MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.9.2, Kernel: 13.1.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Apple LLVM 5.0 (clang-500.2.79) (based on LLVM 3.3svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.3 + CUDA 5.5, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 OS X 10.9.3: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 500GB APPLE SSD SM0512F, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro + NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 1024MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.9.3, Kernel: 13.2.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Apple LLVM 5.1 (clang-503.0.38) (based on LLVM 3.4svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.3 + CUDA 5.5, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 Win 8.1 samsung ssd: Processor: Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Rampage III GENE, Chipset: Intel X58, Memory: 4096 + 4096 + 4096 + 12 + 12 + 12 DDR3-533MHz, Disk: 239GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.2 (x86_64) Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ......... 29.84 |============ OS X 10.9 ........... 36.06 |============== os x 10.9.2 ......... 39.98 |================ OS X 10.9.2 ......... 40.09 |================ OS X 10.9.2 ......... 40.43 |================ OS X 10.9.2 ......... 40.66 |================ OS X 10.9.3 ......... 40.04 |================ Win 8.1 samsung ssd . 125.52 |================================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ......... 26.95 |========== OS X 10.9 ........... 34.48 |============= os x 10.9.2 ......... 40.20 |=============== OS X 10.9.2 ......... 40.20 |=============== OS X 10.9.2 ......... 39.45 |=============== OS X 10.9.2 ......... 39.98 |=============== OS X 10.9.3 ......... 38.23 |============== Win 8.1 samsung ssd . 129.86 |================================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ......... 137.47 |================= OS X 10.9 ........... 137.23 |================= os x 10.9.2 ......... 259.93 |================================ OS X 10.9.2 ......... 277.63 |================================== OS X 10.9.2 ......... 277.73 |================================== OS X 10.9.2 ......... 277.67 |================================== OS X 10.9.3 ......... 161.90 |==================== Win 8.1 samsung ssd . 396.87 |================================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ......... 124.77 |================ OS X 10.9 ........... 128.40 |================ os x 10.9.2 ......... 289.73 |==================================== OS X 10.9.2 ......... 169.77 |===================== OS X 10.9.2 ......... 164.23 |==================== OS X 10.9.2 ......... 166.63 |===================== OS X 10.9.3 ......... 147.30 |================== Win 8.1 samsung ssd . 393.27 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ......... 132.92 |============================================= OS X 10.9 ........... 132.14 |============================================= Win 8.1 samsung ssd . 143.19 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ......... 132.61 |============================================= OS X 10.9 ........... 130.91 |============================================ Win 8.1 samsung ssd . 144.72 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ......... 58.67 |======================== OS X 10.9 ........... 53.42 |====================== Win 8.1 samsung ssd . 118.44 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ......... 54.77 |====================== OS X 10.9 ........... 43.08 |================== Win 8.1 samsung ssd . 119.99 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ......... 47.01 |===================== OS X 10.9 ........... 42.63 |=================== Win 8.1 samsung ssd . 108.36 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ......... 43.36 |=================== OS X 10.9 ........... 35.20 |=============== Win 8.1 samsung ssd . 112.90 |================================================= BLAKE2 20121223 Phoronix Test Suite v4.8.4 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 4.75 |=================================================== OS X 10.9 ... 4.62 |================================================= os x 10.9.2 . 5.44 |========================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 5.45 |========================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 5.46 |========================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 5.40 |========================================================== OS X 10.9.3 . 5.53 |=========================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 495.61 |==================================================== OS X 10.9 ... 450.03 |=============================================== os x 10.9.2 . 540.89 |========================================================= OS X 10.9.2 . 529.49 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 534.99 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 534.54 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.3 . 528.61 |======================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 288.64 |======================================== OS X 10.9 ... 293.28 |========================================= os x 10.9.2 . 410.27 |========================================================= OS X 10.9.2 . 410.82 |========================================================= OS X 10.9.2 . 407.96 |========================================================= OS X 10.9.2 . 409.05 |========================================================= OS X 10.9.3 . 408.52 |========================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 2211.92 |============================================= OS X 10.9 ... 2215.63 |============================================= os x 10.9.2 . 2729.25 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 2727.50 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 2699.44 |======================================================= OS X 10.9.2 . 2712.94 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.3 . 2658.63 |======================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 1897.44 |========================================= OS X 10.9 ... 1899.11 |========================================= os x 10.9.2 . 2574.92 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 2563.87 |======================================================= OS X 10.9.2 . 2594.36 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 2594.66 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.3 . 2565.62 |======================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 1404.18 |===================================================== OS X 10.9 ... 1404.55 |===================================================== os x 10.9.2 . 1473.10 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 1476.28 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 1475.43 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 1473.33 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.3 . 1466.81 |======================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 577.17 |============================== OS X 10.9 ... 576.79 |============================== os x 10.9.2 . 1089.41 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 1080.92 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 1079.12 |======================================================= OS X 10.9.2 . 1073.78 |======================================================= OS X 10.9.3 . 1080.29 |======================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 16350 |================================================= OS X 10.9 ... 17239 |==================================================== os x 10.9.2 . 19364 |========================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 19218 |========================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 19069 |========================================================= OS X 10.9.2 . 18593 |======================================================== OS X 10.9.3 . 19291 |========================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 38.84 |========================================================== OS X 10.9 ... 38.41 |========================================================= os x 10.9.2 . 30.21 |============================================= OS X 10.9.2 . 31.00 |============================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 31.10 |============================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 31.47 |=============================================== OS X 10.9.3 . 30.24 |============================================= Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ......... 427.97 |================================================= OS X 10.9 ........... 423.21 |================================================ os x 10.9.2 ......... 380.39 |============================================ OS X 10.9.2 ......... 380.26 |============================================ OS X 10.9.2 ......... 380.51 |============================================ OS X 10.9.2 ......... 380.62 |============================================ OS X 10.9.3 ......... 380.74 |============================================ Win 8.1 samsung ssd . 117.44 |============= OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 27.50 |===================================================== OS X 10.9 ... 27.60 |===================================================== os x 10.9.2 . 30.20 |========================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 30.37 |========================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 30.23 |========================================================== OS X 10.9.2 . 30.33 |========================================================== OS X 10.9.3 . 30.23 |==========================================================