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 OS X 10.9.3 update: 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 1536MB, 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 OS X 10.9.3 13D33: 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 1536MB, 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 OS X 10.9.3 13D38: 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 1536MB, 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 OS X 10.9.3 13D43: 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 1536MB, 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-503.0.40) (based on LLVM 3.4svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.3 + CUDA 6.0, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 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 |================================================== OS X 10.9.3 update . 39.97 |================================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D33 .. 39.04 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D38 .. 39.11 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D43 .. 39.75 |================================================== 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 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 update . 38.20 |================================================ OS X 10.9.3 13D33 .. 37.78 |================================================ OS X 10.9.3 13D38 .. 38.38 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D43 .. 40.15 |=================================================== 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 |============================= OS X 10.9.3 update . 166.53 |============================== OS X 10.9.3 13D33 .. 217.57 |======================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D38 .. 221.33 |======================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D43 .. 266.93 |================================================ 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 |========================= OS X 10.9.3 update . 151.48 |========================== OS X 10.9.3 13D33 .. 254.83 |============================================ OS X 10.9.3 13D38 .. 260.40 |============================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D43 .. 146.00 |========================= 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 |========================================================= 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 |======================================================== 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 |===================================================== 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 |============================================== 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 |===================================================== 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 |=============================================== 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 |==================================================== OS X 10.9.3 update . 5.44 |=================================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D33 .. 5.45 |=================================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D38 .. 5.45 |=================================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D43 .. 5.44 |=================================================== 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 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 update . 541.90 |================================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D33 .. 530.35 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D38 .. 528.58 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D43 .. 523.38 |================================================ 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 |================================================== OS X 10.9.3 update . 410.37 |================================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D33 .. 411.55 |================================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D38 .. 412.28 |================================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D43 .. 412.53 |================================================== 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 |================================================ OS X 10.9.3 update . 2716.27 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D33 .. 2734.70 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D38 .. 2720.37 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D43 .. 2686.91 |================================================ 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 |================================================ OS X 10.9.3 update . 2588.80 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D33 .. 2601.89 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D38 .. 2597.72 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D43 .. 2586.82 |================================================= 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 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 update . 1464.15 |================================================ OS X 10.9.3 13D33 .. 1480.05 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D38 .. 1474.75 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D43 .. 1474.43 |================================================= 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 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 update . 1081.41 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D33 .. 1085.46 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D38 .. 1085.21 |================================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D43 .. 1083.66 |================================================= 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 |=================================================== OS X 10.9.3 update . 19369 |=================================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D33 .. 19252 |=================================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D38 .. 19301 |=================================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D43 .. 19231 |=================================================== 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 |======================================== OS X 10.9.3 update . 30.70 |======================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D33 .. 30.64 |======================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D38 .. 30.37 |======================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D43 .. 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 |============================================ OS X 10.9.3 update . 380.48 |============================================ OS X 10.9.3 13D33 .. 380.31 |============================================ OS X 10.9.3 13D38 .. 380.94 |============================================= OS X 10.9.3 13D43 .. 380.73 |============================================ 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 |=================================================== OS X 10.9.3 update . 30.30 |=================================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D33 .. 30.30 |=================================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D38 .. 30.33 |=================================================== OS X 10.9.3 13D43 .. 30.27 |===================================================