Apple Mac OS X 10.8 Performance benchmarks of Apple Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Testing from Developer Preview 1 build 12A128p with the Darwin 12.0 64-bit kernel it uses and the latest Xcode. More Mac OS X 10.8 benchmarks to come when its properly released. Testing from a mid-2011 Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5 Apple Mac Mini. Mac OS X 10.8: 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: OS X 10.8 (12A128p), Kernel: 12.0.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: intel, Compiler: Xcode 4.2.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: No - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 49.20 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 50.30 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 42.41 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 42.77 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 62.85 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 65.19 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - HDR: No - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 62.75 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 65.15 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - HDR: No - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 63.51 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 65.45 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: No - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 25.02 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 25.15 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 24.31 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 24.40 |======================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 44.53 |======================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 44.23 |======================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 43.70 |======================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 42.97 |======================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 42.33 |======================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 42.77 |======================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 41.60 |======================================================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 112.17 |======================================================= Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 101.67 |======================================================= Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 84.87 |======================================================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 80.40 |======================================================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 76.77 |======================================================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 73.13 |======================================================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 72.33 |======================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 129.21 |======================================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 6054 |========================================================= Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 28.69 |======================================================== dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 29.38 |======================================================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 8270.67 |====================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 265.88 |======================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 940.20 |======================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 186.19 |======================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 1122.88 |====================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 381.85 |======================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 1371.44 |====================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 1638.66 |====================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 3929000 |====================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 6024 |========================================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 412 |========================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 32.93 |======================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 24.10 |======================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 131 |========================================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 4427 |========================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 10536.60 |===================================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 10515.02 |===================================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 11772.79 |===================================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 11798.48 |===================================================== Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 52.67 |======================================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 308628 |======================================================= Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 23.01 |========================================================