Mac OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu 12.04 Benchmarks

Performance benchmarks of Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion using the Developer Preview 1 build 12A128p. Testing being done from a 2011 Apple Mac Mini with Intel Sandy Bridge processor. This is still some early Mac OS X 10.8 benchmarking of performance with more coming once OS X 10.8 is officially released in summer of 2012. Performance compared to Ubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 from the same Mac Mini setup. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel.

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Mac OS X 10.7.3

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 10.7.3 (11D50b), Kernel: 11.3.0 (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

System Notes: Python 2.7.1.

Mac OS X 10.8 DP1

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: 288MB, Monitor: Acer P243W

OS: OS X 10.8 (12A128p), Kernel: 12.0.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 288mb, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

System Notes: Python 2.7.2.

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

System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.2+. Compiz was running on this system.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0-rc2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Mac OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu 12.04 BenchmarksProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorAudioNetworkOSKernelDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDesktopMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores)Apple Mac miniIntel 62 x 1 GB DDR3-1333MHz500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302Intel HD 3000 288MBAcer P243WMac OS X 10.7.3 (11D50b)11.3.0 (x86_64)X Server 1.10.3intel2.1GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 3.0Journaled HFS+1920x1200288MBOS X 10.8 (12A128p)12.0.0 (x86_64)288mbIntel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores)Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM2048MB500GB Hitachi HTS54505Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+)Cirrus Logic CS4206Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/nUbuntu 11.103.0.0-12-generic (x86_64)Unity 4.22.0X Server 1.10.4intel 2.15.9012.1 Mesa 7.11GCC 4.6.1ext4Ubuntu 12.043.2.0-16-generic (x86_64)Unity 5.4.0X Server 1.11.3intel 2.17.03.0 Mesa 8.0-rc2GCC 4.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Mac OS X 10.7.3: Python 2.7.1.- Mac OS X 10.8 DP1: Python 2.7.2.- Ubuntu 11.10: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.2+. Compiz was running on this system.- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.2+. Compiz was running on this system.

Mac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19Logarithmic Result OverviewPhoronix Test SuiteOpenArenaOpenSSLNexuizSudokutPostMarkJohn The RipperTSCPCompile BenchTimed MAFFT Alignment7-Zip CompressionC-Ray

Mac OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu 12.04 Benchmarksopenarena: 1280 x 1024openarena: 1600 x 1200openarena: 1920 x 1080nexuiz: 1280 x 1024 - No - Offnexuiz: 1600 x 1200 - No - Offnexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - No - Offwarsow: 1280 x 1024warsow: 1600 x 1200warsow: 1920 x 1080compilebench: Initial Createcompilebench: Compilecompilebench: Read Compiled Treecompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testtscp: AI Chess Performancejohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: MD5john-the-ripper: Blowfishopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancepostmark: Disk Transaction Performancec-ray: Total Timemafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentsudokut: Total TimeMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-1987.2074.2772.2061.7961.8822.0185.8074.9374.1030.4133.2637.1261173084903939000605441324.03131128.3632.2752.5482.1873.1770.1764.8925.1324.4084.7373.2772.5731.4032.9947.1160763081463941333605941324.63131128.1032.1551.5252.823319.631133.1033.2033.2030.5830.7731.26685541443239523331123671668.28226128.9425.5427.5284.1752.3752.3726.1820.9319.9830.3031.0923.82718841487139513331125271667.95216129.1325.6027.32OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1280 x 1024Mac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-1920406080100SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 2.64, N = 6SE +/- 9.96, N = 6SE +/- 16.23, N = 687.2082.1852.8284.17

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1600 x 1200Mac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-191632486480SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 374.2773.173.0052.37

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-191632486480SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 372.2070.173.0052.37

Nexuiz

This is a benchmark of Nexuiz, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the DarkPlaces engine, which is a largely modified version of the Quake engine with extra features such as High Dynamic Range rendering and OpenGL 2.0 shaders. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: OffMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-191428425670SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 361.7964.8919.6326.18

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: No - Sound: OffMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-191428425670SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 361.8825.131.0020.93

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: OffMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19612182430SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 322.0124.401.0019.98

Warsow

This is a benchmark of Warsow, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the QFusion engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 0.5Resolution: 1280 x 1024Mac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.1020406080100SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 1.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 385.8084.7333.10

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 0.5Resolution: 1600 x 1200Mac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.1020406080100SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 374.9373.2733.20

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 0.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.101632486480SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 374.1072.5733.20

Compile Bench

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19714212835SE +/- 1.54, N = 6SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 6SE +/- 0.48, N = 430.4131.4030.5830.30

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19816243240SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 333.2632.9930.7731.09

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Read Compiled TreeMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-191122334455SE +/- 0.59, N = 4SE +/- 8.49, N = 3SE +/- 1.28, N = 6SE +/- 1.33, N = 437.1247.1131.2623.82

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-1915003000450060007500SE +/- 16.01, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 100.47, N = 3SE +/- 43.34, N = 36117607668557188

TSCP

OpenBenchmarking.orgNodes Per Second, More Is BetterTSCP 1.81AI Chess PerformanceMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-1990K180K270K360K450KSE +/- 117.33, N = 5SE +/- 378.85, N = 5SE +/- 393.35, N = 5SE +/- 657.04, N = 5308490308146414432414871

John The Ripper

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: Traditional DESMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19800K1600K2400K3200K4000KSE +/- 3605.55, N = 3SE +/- 1201.85, N = 3SE +/- 2603.42, N = 3SE +/- 3179.80, N = 33939000394133339523333951333

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: MD5Mac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-192K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 6.96, N = 3SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 8.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3605460591123611252

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: BlowfishMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19150300450600750SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3413413716716

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0eRSA 4096-bit PerformanceMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-191530456075SE +/- 0.18, N = 4SE +/- 0.17, N = 4SE +/- 0.09, N = 4SE +/- 0.18, N = 424.0324.6368.2867.95

PostMark

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-1950100150200250SE +/- 1.63, N = 5SE +/- 0.20, N = 5SE +/- 0.80, N = 5SE +/- 1.36, N = 5131131226216

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19306090120150SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3128.36128.10128.94129.13

Timed MAFFT Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19714212835SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 332.2732.1525.5425.60

Sudokut

This is a test of Sudokut, which is a Sudoku puzzle solver written in Tcl. This test measures how long it takes to solve 100 Sudoku puzzles. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSudokut 0.4Total TimeMac OS X 10.7.3Mac OS X 10.8 DP1Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-191224364860SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 352.5451.5227.5227.32

Mac OS X 10.7.3

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 10.7.3 (11D50b), Kernel: 11.3.0 (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

System Notes: Python 2.7.1.

Testing initiated at 18 February 2012 07:55 by user phoronix.

Mac OS X 10.8 DP1

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: 288MB, Monitor: Acer P243W

OS: OS X 10.8 (12A128p), Kernel: 12.0.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 288mb, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

System Notes: Python 2.7.2.

Testing initiated at 18 February 2012 11:04 by user phoronix.

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

System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.2+. Compiz was running on this system.

Testing initiated at 19 February 2012 13:15 by user phoronix.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19

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 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0-rc2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.2+. Compiz was running on this system.

Testing initiated at 19 February 2012 06:43 by user phoronix.