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. 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 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 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 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 Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 37.12 |================================= Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 47.11 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 31.26 |============================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 23.82 |===================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 33.26 |========================================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 32.99 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 30.77 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 31.09 |======================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 30.41 |========================================= Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 31.40 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 30.58 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 30.30 |========================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 413 |========================= Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 413 |========================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 716 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 716 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 6054 |======================= Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 6059 |======================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 11236 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 11252 |========================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 3939000 |======================================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 3941333 |======================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 3952333 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 3951333 |======================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 308490 |============================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 308146 |============================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 414432 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 414871 |========================================= Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 52.54 |========================================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 51.52 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 27.52 |====================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 27.32 |====================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 131 |========================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 131 |========================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 226 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 216 |========================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 6117 |===================================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 6076 |==================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 6855 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 7188 |=========================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 32.27 |========================================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 32.15 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 25.54 |================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 25.60 |================================= OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 24.03 |=============== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 24.63 |=============== Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 68.28 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 67.95 |========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 128.36 |========================================= Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 128.10 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 128.94 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 129.13 |========================================= Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ... 74.10 |==================================================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 . 72.57 |=================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ...... 33.20 |======================= Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ... 74.93 |==================================================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 . 73.27 |=================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ...... 33.20 |======================= Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ... 85.80 |==================================================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 . 84.73 |=================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ...... 33.10 |==================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 22.01 |====================================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 24.40 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 1.00 |== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 19.98 |================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 61.88 |========================================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 25.13 |================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 1.00 |= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 20.93 |============== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 61.79 |======================================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 64.89 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 19.63 |============= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 26.18 |================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 72.20 |========================================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 70.17 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 3.00 |== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 52.37 |============================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 74.27 |========================================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 73.17 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 3.00 |== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 52.37 |============================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.7.3 ............. 87.20 |========================================== Mac OS X 10.8 DP1 ........... 82.18 |======================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 52.82 |========================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 84.17 |=========================================