Mac OS X 10.6

Mac OS X 10.6 is a operating system. The Mac OS X 10.6 has been tested via the Phoronix Test Suite in the configurations listed below.

OpenBenchmarking.org Results

Global Results

ptslive-30002-28981-2175 - Tests on PTS Desktop Live 2010.1, Mac OS X 10.6.2, Ubuntu 9.10, Ubuntu 10.04, Intel Pentium Dual E2220, Intel 82945G, Shuttle FM10, Intel Core 2 Duo, NVIDIA GeForce 9400, Mac mini, Intel Core i7 920, ATI Radeon HD 5700, ASRock X58 Super, Intel Core i3 530, NVIDIA G92, ECS H55H-M

prontidao - Tests on PTS Desktop Live 2010.1, Ubuntu 9.10, Ubuntu 10.04, Mac OS X 10.6.2, Pentium E5400, Intel 82G33, MEGAWARE MW-G31T-M7, Intel Core i7 920, ATI Radeon HD 5700, ASRock X58 Super, Intel Core i3 530, NVIDIA G92, ECS H55H-M, Intel Core 2 Duo, NVIDIA GeForce 9400, Mac mini

test - Tests on PTS Desktop Live 2010.1, CentOS 5.4, Mac OS X 10.6.2, SUSE LINUX 11.2, Ubuntu 10.04, Intel Xeon X3430, Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450, Dell 05KX61, AMD Opteron 2384, ATI FirePro V8750, NVIDIA, Intel Core 2 Duo, NVIDIA GeForce 9400, Mac mini, QEMU Virtual 0.11.0, Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Qumranet, Intel Core i3 530, NVIDIA G92, ECS H55H-M

First run - Tests on Mac OS X 10.6.6, Intel Core i7, ATI Radeon HD 6490M, MacBook Pro

Global OpenBenchmarking Xfer Test - Tests on Mac OS X 10.6.6, Intel Core i5, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, MacBook Pro

warsow1 - Tests on Mac OS X 10.6.6, Intel Core i7, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, Mac Pro

Base - Tests on Mac OS X 10.6.6, Intel Core i7, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, Mac Pro

ptslive-8664-32599-5234 - Tests on PTS Desktop Live 2010.1, Mac OS X 10.6.2, Ubuntu 9.10, Pentium E5500, NVIDIA Device 0dc4, Gigabyte G41M-ES2L, Intel Core 2 Duo, NVIDIA GeForce 9400, Mac mini, Intel Core i7 920, ATI Radeon HD 5700, ASRock X58 Super

badaboom - Tests on Mac OS X 10.6.5, Intel Core i7, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, MacBook Pro

test nexuiz 1065 mbp62 - Tests on Mac OS X 10.6.5, Intel Core i7, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, MacBook Pro

Test - Tests on Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 9.10, Mac OS X 10.6.2, CentOS 5.4, AMD Phenom II X3 720, GeForce GTX 260, Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3, Intel Core i3 530, NVIDIA G92, ECS H55H-M, Intel Core i7 920, ATI Radeon HD 5700, ASRock X58 Super, Intel Core 2 Duo, NVIDIA GeForce 9400, Mac mini, 2 x AMD Opteron 2384, ATI FirePro V8750, NVIDIA

opengl - Tests on Mac OS X 10.6.4, Mac OS X 10.6.5, Intel Core i7, Intel HD, MacBook Pro, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

opengl - Tests on Mac OS X 10.6.4, Intel Core i7, Intel HD, MacBook Pro

nexuiznvi - Tests on Mac OS X 10.6.4, Intel Core i7, Intel HD, MacBook Pro

Phoronix Information

Ubuntu 10.10 vs. Mac OS X 10.6.5: A Competitive Race: Back in May, we published benchmarks of Mac OS X 10.6.3 vs. Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 10.04, along with other times, looking at the performance of Apple's Mac OS X operating system relative to Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. In most of those articles though we used Mac Mini computers, but now with a new Mac Book Pro in our labs with the latest Apple/Intel hardware, along with the most recent versions of each operating system, we have carried out a new set of tests that is also more in-depth than our earlier published benchmarks.

A Quick Test Of OpenGL In Mac OS X 10.6.5: In August we reviewed Apple's Enhanced OpenGL Stack that was introduced as an update to Mac OS X 10.6.4. This Snow Leopard Graphics Update 1.0 came out following Valve bringing Steam and its games to Mac OS X and collaboration via Apple, NVIDIA, and ATI/AMD to better the Mac OS X graphics stack with supporting new OpenGL extensions and making other optimizations, such as adding OpenGL occlusion queries support.

Mac OS X 10.6.3 vs. Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 10.04 Benchmarks: Last week we delivered the first of our Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 10.04 benchmarks to much anticipation, but now we have the results for Apple's Mac OS X 10.6.3 operating system to tack in too. In the first part of that Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu Linux performance examination, we looked closely at the OpenGL gaming performance across six different systems and a whole slew of tests.

Mac OS X 10.6.3 Packs Some Regressions: Yesterday we published Mac OS X 10.6.2 vs. Ubuntu 10.04 benchmarks. Overall, both the latest Mac OS X and Ubuntu Linux operating systems were competitive with one another, but there were a few strong points to each OS. As luck would have it, Apple finally introduced the Mac OS X 10.6.3 update that brought a variety of maintenance updates to Snow Leopard.

Mac OS X 10.6.2 vs. Ubuntu 10.04 Performance: While we are just weeks away from delivering the most comprehensive Mac OS X vs. Windows 7 vs. Linux benchmarks, and Apple is on the heels of releasing the major Mac OS X 10.6.3 update, for those impatient ones today we have published an extensive set of tests comparing the performance of Mac OS X 10.6.2 against a development build of Ubuntu 10.04.

Soon: Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 10.04 vs. Mac OS X 10.6, Oh My!: Just yesterday we unleashed Phoromatic 1.0 with a horde of improvements to our remote test management system and as part of that introduced the Phoromatic Ubuntu Tracker, which benchmarks Ubuntu on a daily basis looking for performance regressions across multiple systems.

Mac OS X 10.6.2 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 Benchmarks: Back in August upon the launch of Apple's Snow Leopard we delivered benchmarks comparing Mac OS X 10.5 and Mac OS X 10.6 along with initial benchmarks of how Ubuntu 9.10 was running against Mac OS X 10.6. Since that time though Ubuntu 9.10 has been officially released with various changes since last August and Apple has issued two point releases for Snow Leopard, now putting it at version 10.6.2.

Can Ubuntu 9.10 Outperform Mac OS X 10.6?: Back on Friday we published Mac OS X 10.6 benchmarks and found it to offer some terrific performance improvements, but at the same time, there were a few notable regressions. Apple engineers have been working hard at pushing technologies like Grand Central Dispatch (GCD), OpenCL, full 64-bit support, and other changes to their OS X stack to bolster its performance capabilities and reduce the overall footprint.

Mac OS X 10.6 Brings Serious Performance Gains: While our focus at Phoronix is on testing hardware under Linux, we remain friendly and interested in other BSD and UNIX operating systems too, including Mac OS X . With the launch of Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" we have been particularly interested in it considering the technological advancements that have been made in this update thanks to their large focus on improving the performance of Mac OS X.

Update On Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Benchmarks: As we mentioned earlier this week, we will be providing Mac OS X 10.6 benchmarks on launch day (well, potentially the morning after, depending upon timing). This week has been very busy in preparations for this article along with last minute work on the Phoronix Test Suite to add in a few more Mac-compatible test profiles and other work for Snow Leopard...

Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" Benchmarks: Earlier this month we shared that we would be doing a big operating system benchmark comparison consisting of Linux (perhaps a few different distributions), OpenSolaris, some BSDs, and Mac OS X. With the news today from Apple that Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" will be shipping this Friday, the 28th of August, we are now one step closer to carrying out this large OS comparison.