OS X 10.10 vs. Ubuntu 14.10 Performance OS X 10.10 Mavericks versus Ubuntu 14.10 performance benchmarks. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. OS X 10.9.5: 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 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.9.5, Kernel: 13.4.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.54) (based on LLVM 3.5svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 6.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 OS X 10.10.1: 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 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.10.1, Kernel: 14.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.54) (based on LLVM 3.5svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 6.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Ubuntu 14.10: 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, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang: 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, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0, Compiler: Clang 3.5.0-4ubuntu2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 1198 |================= OS X 10.10.1 ......... 1313 |================== Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 3545 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 3601 |================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 33.62 |======================================= OS X 10.10.1 ......... 32.50 |===================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 39.49 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 42.67 |================================================= Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 51.90 |============================================ OS X 10.10.1 ......... 47.63 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 56.20 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 57.37 |================================================= Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 19.2 MAX: 87.0 OS X 10.10.1 ......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 20.7 MAX: 88.0 Ubuntu 14.10 ......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 17.2 MAX: 27.0 Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 17.3 MAX: 27.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 100.30 |================================================ OS X 10.10.1 ......... 93.13 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 59.98 |============================= Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 59.98 |============================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 45.56 |====================================== OS X 10.10.1 ......... 43.13 |==================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 58.96 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 59.12 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 37.60 |================================ OS X 10.10.1 ......... 36.31 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 56.22 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 56.83 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 33.90 |===================================== OS X 10.10.1 ......... 33.05 |==================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 42.50 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 44.65 |================================================= PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: Covariance Computation Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .. 6.79 |========================================================== OS X 10.10.1 . 6.82 |========================================================== PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: Correlation Computation Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .. 6.81 |========================================================== OS X 10.10.1 . 6.79 |========================================================== PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 38.99 |================================================= OS X 10.10.1 ......... 39.03 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 30.42 |====================================== Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 28.82 |==================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 46.33 |================================================= OS X 10.10.1 ......... 46.42 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 16.82 |================== Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 19.75 |===================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 58 |========================================== OS X 10.10.1 ......... 57 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 71 |==================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 51 |===================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 38 |============================================= OS X 10.10.1 ......... 37 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 44 |==================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 33 |======================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 81 |==================================================== OS X 10.10.1 ......... 80 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 81 |==================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 74 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 105 |=================================================== OS X 10.10.1 ......... 104 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 104 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 90 |============================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 64 |==================================================== OS X 10.10.1 ......... 64 |==================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 53 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 50 |========================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 809.97 |================================ OS X 10.10.1 ......... 807.43 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 1205.43 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 942.11 |===================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 79.37 |=================== OS X 10.10.1 ......... 79.24 |=================== Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 196.42 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 122.00 |============================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 86.28 |====================================== OS X 10.10.1 ......... 85.79 |====================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 88.18 |======================================= Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 109.38 |================================================ Primesieve 5.4 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 491.95 |============================================ OS X 10.10.1 ......... 494.86 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 321.30 |============================ Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 542.20 |================================================ OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.9.5 .......... 38.70 |============ OS X 10.10.1 ......... 40.50 |============= Ubuntu 14.10 ......... 148.60 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.10 + Clang . 150.27 |================================================