Apple Mac Mini 2011: Mac OS X 10.7 vs. Ubuntu Benchmarking of 2011 Apple Mac Mini with Intel Sandy Bridge CPU and Intel Sandy Bridge graphics running a stock install of Ubuntu 11.10 compared to a clean Apple Mac OS X 10.7.2 install. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com. 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 Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (4 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: Acer P243W OS: Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C74), Kernel: 11.2.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.10.3, Display Driver: intel, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 3.0, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang: 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: Acer P243W OS: Mac OS X 10.7.2 (11C74), Kernel: 11.2.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.10.3, Display Driver: intel, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Clang 3.0 + GCC 4.2.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Bork File Encrypter 1.4 File Encryption Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 59.02 |========================================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 48.68 |======================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 7.41 |====== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 7.27 |====== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 128.22 |====================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 85.55 |========================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 85.26 |========================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 62.08 |========================================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 19643105.33 |================================ Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 . 23702070.23 |======================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Register Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1 |================================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 . 1 |================================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Integer Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1 |================================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 . 1 |================================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Floating-Point Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1 |================================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 . 1 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 134.51 |====================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 120.07 |================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 129.46 |===================================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 3.04 |========================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 33.15 |======================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 33.38 |======================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 31.70 |===================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 34.37 |======================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 33.62 |====================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 32.59 |===================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 30.53 |======== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 124.01 |================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 139.77 |====================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 6526 |======================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 6072 |===================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 6506 |======================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 33.40 |======================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 24.78 |============================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 25.22 |============================= dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 24.14 |================================ Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 29.40 |======================================= Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 7.61 |========================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 18.30 |========================================================= WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 12.44 |========================================================= FFmpeg 0.8.7 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 19.24 |========================================================= Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 9363.90 |===================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 8464.20 |================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 8248.90 |================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 116 |========================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 90 |================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 74 |========================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 46 |========================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 37 |========================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 14 |================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 90 |========================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 59 |============================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 37 |========================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 18 |==================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 1162.32 |===================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 225.16 |======= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 265.62 |======== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 1308.16 |======================================================= Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 793.92 |======================================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 1218.24 |======================================================= Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 625.82 |======================================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 1334.92 |======================================================= Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 2567.93 |======================================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 3959000 |===================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 3920667 |===================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 3908000 |===================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 11261 |======================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 6030 |===================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 10216 |=================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 717 |========================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 409 |======================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 633 |==================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 25.63 |=============================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 32.65 |======================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 31.38 |===================================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 35.53 |========================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 68.35 |======================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 24.05 |============== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 24.35 |============== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 133.00 |================ Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 . 356.67 |============================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 226 |========================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 130 |======================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 126 |======================= PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 2605 |======================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 4431 |======================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 4401 |======================================== Sample Pi Program Phoronix Test Suite v3.8.0m0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 5.18 |========================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 847.06 |================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 931.01 |====================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 933.57 |====================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 190.35 |====================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 185.79 |===================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 186.90 |===================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 861.20 |============================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 1111.84 |===================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 1109.04 |===================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 400.28 |====================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 382.09 |==================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 381.79 |==================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 1368.76 |===================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 1359.38 |===================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 1357.40 |===================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 1414.69 |================================ Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 1615.95 |===================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 1632.73 |===================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 11000.78 |==================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 10543.62 |=================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 10474.11 |================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 10933.30 |==================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 10465.79 |================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 10478.48 |=================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 12022.53 |==================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 11324.51 |================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 11717.38 |=================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 12129.89 |==================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 11452.17 |================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 11770.87 |=================================== Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 27.40 |==================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 52.68 |======================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 52.75 |======================================= Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2 Global Illumination + Image Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 7.61 |========================================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 415807 |====================================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 307560 |============================ Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 403506 |===================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................... 16.43 |=========================== Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 ....... 23.65 |======================================= Mac OS X 10.7.2 - Xcode4 Clang . 23.84 |=======================================