macOS 10.13.4 MacBook Pro Intel vs. Windows vs. Linux
Tests for a future article.


macOS 10.13.4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Memory: 2 x 8 GB LPDDR3-2133MHz, Disk: 234GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 450 + Intel HD 530 2048MB, Monitor: Color LCD

	OS: macOS 10.13.4, Kernel: 17.5.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 9.1.0 (clang-902.0.39.2) + GCC 4.2.1, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800

Windows 10 Pro: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB 2133MHz, Disk: 234GB APPLE SSD SM0256L, Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 450 2048MB, Network: LAN7500 USB 2.0 to 10/100/1000 + Realtek USB GbE Family

	OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17134, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 22.19.170.1536, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2348.3), Vulkan: 1.0.39, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800

Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 233GB

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-17134-Microsoft (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: wslfs

Ubuntu 18.04: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C (MBP133.88Z.0242.B00.1802080916 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 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 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.0.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800

Clear Linux 22780: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C (MBP133.88Z.0242.B00.1802080916 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, 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: Clear Linux OS 22780, Kernel: 4.16.12-575.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.0.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.0-devel (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 8.1.1 20180514 + Clang 6.0.0 + LLVM 6.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800

Fedora Workstation 28: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C (MBP133.88Z.0242.B00.1802080916 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, 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: Fedora 28, Kernel: 4.16.13-300.fc28.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.2 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 8.1.1 20180502, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800


SQLite 3.22
Timed SQLite Insertions
Seconds < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 5.74   |=
Windows 10 Pro .............. 120.49 |=======================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 214.72 |=========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 107.04 |====================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 111.80 |=====================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 116.52 |======================


Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ......... 35.18  |=========
Windows 10 Pro ........ 174.51 |===============================================
Ubuntu 18.04 .......... 115.34 |===============================
Clear Linux 22780 ..... 117.64 |================================
Fedora Workstation 28 . 103.36 |============================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 6.80 |=====================================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 7.85 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 6.53 |====================================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 5.13 |============================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 5.07 |============================


BLAKE2 20170307

Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 3.96 |===================================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 4.23 |=====================================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 4.22 |=====================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 4.90 |===========================================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 4.29 |======================================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 4.40 |=======================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: http
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 13494 |===============
Windows 10 Pro .............. 14355 |================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 36682 |==========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 12932 |===============
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 9066  |==========
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 10793 |============


Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 16050911 |===========================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 16722727 |============================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 15365158 |=========================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 23582324 |=======================================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 14786630 |========================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 14964770 |=========================


Go Benchmarks
Test: build
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 23342351044 |==========================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 21932066600 |========================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 32520147167 |====================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 19783956041 |======================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 15603424122 |=================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 16148512469 |==================


Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 3196989 |=============================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 3387227 |==============================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 3231072 |=============================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 4454423 |========================================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 3097691 |============================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 3109454 |============================


Fhourstones 3.1
Complex Connect-4 Solving
Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 9288.20  |==============================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 10504.10 |==================================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 10689.87 |==================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 9613.80  |===============================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 12178.23 |=======================================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 9491.83  |==============================


LuaJIT 2.0.5
Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 1196.67 |========================================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 1152.75 |=======================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 1048.28 |===================================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 1196.57 |========================================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 1179.74 |=======================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 584.69  |=============
Windows 10 Pro .............. 513.21  |============
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 519.89  |============
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 447.10  |==========
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 1783.78 |========================================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 529.80  |============


GraphicsMagick 1.3.28
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 99  |=============================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 100 |=============================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 106 |===============================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 108 |===============================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 152 |============================================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 143 |=========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.28
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 55  |====================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 83  |===============================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 102 |======================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 85  |===============================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 119 |============================================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 118 |============================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.28
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 112 |============================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 134 |=================================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 148 |====================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 129 |================================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 179 |============================================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 176 |===========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.28
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 156 |==================================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 161 |===================================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 167 |====================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 158 |==================================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 204 |============================================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 200 |===========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.28
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 93 |=============================================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 77 |=====================================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 75 |====================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 77 |=====================================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 93 |=============================================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 90 |============================================


7-Zip Compression 16.02
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 17596 |===================================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 18538 |=====================================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 17465 |===================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 13525 |===========================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 21063 |==========================================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 17765 |===================================


Stockfish 9
Total Time
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 9368294 |======================================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 9004136 |=====================================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 9223310 |======================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 6009834 |=========================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 9801749 |========================================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 9563317 |=======================================


Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 130.76 |=============================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 183.34 |=========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 140.29 |===============================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 131.22 |=============================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 113.57 |=========================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 31.54 |===================================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 27.80 |===============================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 26.70 |=============================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 38.11 |==========================================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 22.86 |=========================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 23.69 |==========================


Primesieve 6.2
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 69.84  |==========================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 72.76  |===========================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 80.56  |==============================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 110.82 |=========================================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 72.23  |===========================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 72.27  |===========================


AOBench
Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 36.72 |=====================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 73.08 |==========================================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 48.04 |============================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 55.31 |================================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 36.39 |=====================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 45.54 |==========================


Gzip Compression
Linux Source Tree Archiving To .tar.gz
Seconds < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 46.42 |============================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 69.59 |==========================================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 52.36 |================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 48.06 |=============================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 7.62  |=====
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 45.96 |============================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 11.35 |======================================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 10.80 |====================================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 11.59 |======================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 12.69 |==========================================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 9.96  |=================================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 10.57 |===================================


FFmpeg 3.4.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 6.71 |==============================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 7.97 |====================================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 7.86 |===================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 9.63 |===========================================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 7.16 |================================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 7.22 |================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 63459.81 |=========================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 34336.30 |=============
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 38884.98 |===============
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 71942.80 |============================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 99618.08 |=======================================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 83299.90 |=================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 8272.94 |========================================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 5535.71 |===========================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 1018.97 |=====
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 2661.97 |=============
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 2964.31 |==============
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 2536.28 |============


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 6370.19 |========================================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 4972.53 |===============================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 1441.62 |=========
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 3851.62 |========================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 4372.37 |===========================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 3766.33 |========================


Optcarrot
Optimized Benchmark
FPS > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 72.89  |============================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 103.56 |========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 77.94  |==============================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 105.01 |=========================================


PyBench 2018-02-16
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 1948 |===========================================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 1592 |===================================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 1484 |=================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 1663 |=====================================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 1188 |==========================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 1542 |==================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 402769 |=======================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 284135 |=================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 462244 |===========================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 452308 |==========================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 703267 |=========================================
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 548460 |================================


Git
Time To Complete Common Git Commands
Seconds < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 8.34  |================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 12.61 |========================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 22.46 |==========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 7.61  |==============
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 6.46  |============
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 6.27  |============


OSBench
Test: Create Files
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 210.57  |====
Windows 10 Pro .............. 358.23  |=======
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 2139.52 |========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 17.89   |
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 14.97   |
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 26.20   |


OSBench
Test: Create Threads
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 15.66 |========
Windows 10 Pro .............. 36.45 |==================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 86.05 |==========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 14.57 |=======
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 14.71 |=======
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 15.70 |========


OSBench
Test: Launch Programs
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 464.09  |=================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 895.85  |=================================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 1073.41 |========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 68.93   |===
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 46.49   |==
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 53.68   |==


OSBench
Test: Create Processes
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 142.60 |=======
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 864.27 |=========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 24.02  |=
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 25.60  |=


OSBench
Test: Memory Allocations
Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.4 ............... 143.49 |===================================
Windows 10 Pro .............. 122.34 |=============================
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 170.30 |=========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 90.49  |======================
Clear Linux 22780 ........... 61.79  |===============
Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 101.80 |=========================