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 10.8 vs. Ubuntu 12.04 Benchmarks,
"Warsow 0.5 - Resolution: 1600 x 1200",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",73.8,75.3,75.7
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",72.4,73.5,73.9
"Ubuntu 11.10",33.2,33.2,33.2
"Warsow 0.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",73.1,74.5,74.7
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",71.7,73,73
"Ubuntu 11.10",33.2,33.2,33.2
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",21.9651184,22.0635463,21.9892117
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",24.4154993,24.4016062,24.3933893
"Ubuntu 11.10",1,1,1
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",20.0011213,19.9638095,19.9814638
"Warsow 0.5 - Resolution: 1280 x 1024",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",84.5,86.5,86.4
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",82.7,85.8,85.7
"Ubuntu 11.10",32.8,33.3,33.2
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: No - Sound: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",62.4006391,61.553068,61.6777885
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",25.1000388,25.2014055,25.078917
"Ubuntu 11.10",1,1,1
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",20.9414045,20.9181049,20.9284353
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",61.9780635,61.7119629,61.6780252
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",64.1439996,65.3449299,65.18803
"Ubuntu 11.10",19.6274751,19.6476523,19.6269873
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",26.1844071,26.1561187,26.2125766
"TSCP 1.81 - AI Chess Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",308732,308213,308213,308732,308559
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",308213,308559,308559,306669,308732
"Ubuntu 11.10",412877,414742,414742,415055,414742
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",415368,412258,415681,415681,415368
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",33.38,23.08,32.16,32.17,31.85,29.83
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",32,31.88,30.32
"Ubuntu 11.10",31.86,29.22,34.34,28.67,30.15,29.24
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",29.97,29.48,31.68,30.05
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",33.79,32.73,33.27
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",33.73,32.42,32.82
"Ubuntu 11.10",30.94,30.87,30.5
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",31.27,30.99,31.02
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Read Compiled Tree",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",38.54,35.65,37.01,37.27
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",63.13,43.96,34.23
"Ubuntu 11.10",29.86,27.5,36.64,29.54,32.06,31.94
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",20.86,22.4,25.39,26.64
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1280 x 1024",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",87.2,88.4,86
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",74.7,73.6,82.8,87.1,87.3,87.6
"Ubuntu 11.10",3,62.7,62.9,62.6,63.1,62.6
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",3,100.6,100,100.7,100.2,100.5
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1600 x 1200",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",74.7,74,74.1
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",73.1,73.3,73.1
"Ubuntu 11.10",3,3,3
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",52.4,52.4,52.3
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",71.9,72.2,72.5
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",70.2,70.2,70.1
"Ubuntu 11.10",3,3,3
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",52.2,52.4,52.5
"Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 - Multiple Sequence Alignment",
Lower Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",32.621881008148,31.926748037338,32.265597105026
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",32.481690883636,31.986725091934,31.983958005905
"Ubuntu 11.10",25.66489481926,25.512296915054,25.428974151611
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",25.722072124481,25.532366991043,25.556831121445
"PostMark 1.51 - Disk Transaction Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",125,130,131,135,132
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",131,130,131,131,131
"Ubuntu 11.10",229,225,227,225,225
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",217,213,213,219,219
"7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 - Compress Speed Test",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",6085,6134,6132
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",6075,6075,6079
"Ubuntu 11.10",6858,7027,6679
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",7170,7270,7123
"John The Ripper 1.7.9 - Test: Traditional DES",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",3941000,3944000,3932000
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",3942000,3943000,3939000
"Ubuntu 11.10",3957000,3952000,3948000
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",3954000,3945000,3955000
"John The Ripper 1.7.9 - Test: MD5",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",6053,6043,6067
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",6055,6061,6060
"Ubuntu 11.10",11219,11243,11246
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",11252,11252,11253
"John The Ripper 1.7.9 - Test: Blowfish",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",414,410,414
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",414,412,414
"Ubuntu 11.10",715,716,716
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",716,715,716
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",128.352,128.37,128.371
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",128.113,128.109,128.073
"Ubuntu 11.10",129.136,128.939,128.75
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",128.628,130.276,128.484
"OpenSSL 1.0.0e - RSA 4096-bit Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",24.2,23.5,24.2,24.2
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",24.9,24.9,24.5,24.2
"Ubuntu 11.10",68.5,68.1,68.2,68.3
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",68.2,68.1,67.4,68.1
"Sudokut 0.4 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Mac OS X 10.7.3",53.085274934769,52.234694004059,52.289051055908
"Mac OS X 10.8 DP1",51.732802867889,51.415899991989,51.422034025192
"Ubuntu 11.10",27.64355802536,27.503534078598,27.423979043961
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19",27.452491044998,27.219944953918,27.278404951096