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 10.10.1: 

	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 + Linux 3.18: 

	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: 3.18.0-999-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 + Clang 3.5.0-4ubuntu2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

Ubuntu 14.10 + Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev: 

	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: 3.18.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.916, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel (git-60f011a 2014-11-25 utopic-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.9.1 + Clang 3.5.0-4ubuntu2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768


Urban Terror 4.2.013
Resolution: 1366 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.10.1 .............................. 47.63 |========================
Ubuntu 14.10 .............................. 56.20 |============================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Linux 3.18 ................. 53.60 |===========================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 49.70 |=========================


Urban Terror 4.2.013
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
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 + Linux 3.18 ................. MIN: 2.0  AVG: 18.2  MAX: 38.0 
Ubuntu 14.10 + Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . MIN: 3.0  AVG: 21.7  MAX: 55.0 


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.10.1 .............................. 43.13 |====================
Ubuntu 14.10 .............................. 58.96 |============================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Linux 3.18 ................. 59.04 |============================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 57.91 |===========================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.10.1 .............................. 36.31 |==================
Ubuntu 14.10 .............................. 56.22 |============================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Linux 3.18 ................. 55.79 |============================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 51.67 |==========================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.10.1 .............................. 33.05 |=====================
Ubuntu 14.10 .............................. 42.50 |===========================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Linux 3.18 ................. 43.61 |============================
Ubuntu 14.10 + Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 39.72 |==========================