macOS 10.13 vs. Ubuntu 17.10 Apple MBP Graphics
Tests for a future article.


macOS 10.13.1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Memory: 2 x 8 GB LPDDR3-2133MHz, Disk: 234GB, Graphics: Intel HD 530 + AMD Radeon Pro 450 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD

	OS: macOS 10.13.1, Kernel: 17.2.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Apple LLVM 7.3.0 (clang-703.0.29) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 7.3, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800

Ubuntu 17.10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM0256L, Graphics: AMD Radeon 2048MB, Audio: Cirrus Logic Generic, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom Limited BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800

Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM0256L, Graphics: AMD Radeon 2048MB, Audio: Cirrus Logic Generic, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom Limited BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171107, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800


Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 ......................... 36.30 |==============
Ubuntu 17.10 .......................... 81.56 |===============================
Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4 . 84.24 |================================


Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Resolution: 2880 x 1800
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 ......................... 20.39 |===============
Ubuntu 17.10 .......................... 41.94 |================================
Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4 . 42.51 |================================


Dota 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 ......................... 15.00 |==========
Ubuntu 17.10 .......................... 45.23 |==============================
Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4 . 47.47 |================================


Dota 2
Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 ......................... 8.60  |==========
Ubuntu 17.10 .......................... 24.28 |=============================
Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4 . 27.20 |================================


Portal
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 ......................... 59.77  |=========
Ubuntu 17.10 .......................... 189.54 |=============================
Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4 . 199.83 |===============================


Portal
Resolution: 2880 x 1800
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 ......................... 59.75 |===================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......................... 94.67 |===============================
Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4 . 98.75 |================================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 ......................... 42.86 |==============
Ubuntu 17.10 .......................... 98.08 |================================
Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4 . 98.62 |================================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 2880 x 1800
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 ......................... 42.88 |=================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......................... 81.52 |================================
Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4 . 82.77 |================================


Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 ......................... 148.64 |===================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......................... 246.16 |===============================
Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4 . 245.79 |===============================


Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 ......................... 81.51  |===================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......................... 131.89 |===============================
Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4 . 133.35 |===============================


Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 ......................... 67.37  |====================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......................... 104.45 |===============================
Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4 . 105.50 |===============================


Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0
Rendering Test: Text Rendering
Units Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 ......................... 17565.49 |==========================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......................... 18353.58 |===========================
Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4 . 19559.71 |=============================


Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0
Rendering Test: Image Rendering
Units Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 ......................... 492499.50  |====
Ubuntu 17.10 .......................... 3732487.78 |===========================
Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4 . 3211441.29 |=======================


Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0
Rendering Test: All Rendering Tests
Units Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 ......................... 380526.40  |=====
Ubuntu 17.10 .......................... 1982602.02 |===========================
Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4 . 1847918.55 |=========================


Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0
Rendering Test: Vector Graphics Rendering
Units Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 ......................... 352527.73  |=======
Ubuntu 17.10 .......................... 1319993.20 |===========================
Ubuntu 17.10 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4 . 1339749.34 |===========================