Mac OS X Sandy Bridge, Windows 7, Ubuntu Linux Intel Core i5 testing with a Apple Mac mini under Mac OS X 10.7 (11A2061) via the Phoronix Test Suite and its graphics performance compared to Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 11.10 with graphics updates, and Microsoft Windows 7. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. Mac OS X 10.7: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: Intel 6, Memory: 2 x 1 GB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 288MB, Monitor: DELL P2210H OS: Mac OS X 10.7 (11A2061), Kernel: 11.0.1 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.10.2, Display Driver: intel, OpenGL: 2.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Windows 7 SP1: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7 Intel (4 Cores), Disk: 217GB OS: Microsoft Windows [ 6.1.7601], Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64) Ubuntu 11.10: Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.15.901, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Ubuntu 11.10 - Git: Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.1-030201-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-455090c), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 63.70 |======================= Windows 7 SP1 ...... 136.83 |================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 116.20 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 139.17 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 61.87 |==================== Windows 7 SP1 ...... 155.03 |================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 85.90 |============================ Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 121.97 |======================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 57.57 |=================== Windows 7 SP1 ...... 150.00 |================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 57.33 |=================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 84.00 |============================ OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 54.63 |=================== Windows 7 SP1 ...... 141.37 |================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 47.70 |================= Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 75.40 |=========================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 53.70 |==================== Windows 7 SP1 ...... 135.02 |================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 42.00 |================ Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 64.17 |======================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 62.42 |======================= Windows 7 SP1 ...... 134.90 |================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 38.33 |============== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 56.80 |===================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 44.23 |========================== Windows 7 SP1 ...... 87.60 |=================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 61.70 |==================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 67.00 |======================================= Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 43.70 |============================ Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 73.03 |================================================ Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 78.40 |=================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 43.30 |================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 54.13 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 65.00 |=================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 43.00 |====================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 47.40 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 57.23 |=================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 42.33 |======================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 41.50 |======================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 53.47 |=================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 41.87 |=========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 37.30 |====================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 49.43 |=================================================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 115.70 |================================================== Windows 7 SP1 ...... 99.33 |=========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 52.70 |======================= Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 65.73 |============================ Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 105.27 |================================================== Windows 7 SP1 ...... 91.87 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 45.10 |===================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 55.03 |========================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 87.13 |=================================================== Windows 7 SP1 ...... 79.60 |=============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 32.90 |=================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 41.53 |======================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 82.77 |=================================================== Windows 7 SP1 ...... 76.47 |=============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 28.80 |================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 37.67 |======================= Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 79.93 |=================================================== Windows 7 SP1 ...... 72.67 |============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 26.23 |================= Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 34.60 |====================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7 ...... 75.10 |=================================================== Windows 7 SP1 ...... 70.27 |================================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 24.10 |================ Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 31.53 |===================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 51.63 |======================================= Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 67.47 |=================================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 35.77 |===================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 48.70 |=================================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1280 x 800 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 28.90 |===================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 39.70 |=================================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 24.83 |===================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 33.87 |=================================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 24.37 |====================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 33.13 |=================================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 18.03 |====================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 24.50 |=================================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 17.53 |===================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 23.90 |=================================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 17.00 |======================================= Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 22.23 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 22.27 |================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 33.11 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 19.80 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 24.78 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.5 Resolution: 1280 x 800 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 17.25 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 21.19 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.5 Resolution: 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 14.89 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 17.90 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 14.62 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 17.59 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.5 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 11.09 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 13.37 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 10.74 |=========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 12.69 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 10.03 |=========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 - Git . 11.85 |===================================================