Apple Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion 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.
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Apple Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Monitor Audio Network OS Kernel Display Driver Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Desktop Display Server OpenGL Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores) Apple Mac mini Intel 6 2 x 1 GB DDR3-1333MHz 500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302 Intel HD 3000 288MB Acer P243W OS X 10.8 (12A128p) 12.0.0 (x86_64) intel Xcode 4.2.1 Journaled HFS+ 1920x1200 Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores) Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1 Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM 2048MB 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) Cirrus Logic CS4206 Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-16-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.4.0 X Server 1.11.3 intel 2.17.0 3.0 Mesa 8.0-rc2 GCC 4.6 ext4 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - Mac OS X 10.8: Python 2.7.2. - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.2+. Compiz was running on this system.
Apple Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion nexuiz: 800 x 600 - No - On nexuiz: 800 x 600 - No - Off nexuiz: 1024 x 768 - No - On nexuiz: 1024 x 768 - No - Off nexuiz: 1280 x 1024 - No - On nexuiz: 1280 x 1024 - No - Off nexuiz: 1400 x 1050 - No - On nexuiz: 1400 x 1050 - No - Off nexuiz: 1680 x 1050 - No - On nexuiz: 1680 x 1050 - No - Off nexuiz: 1600 x 1200 - No - On nexuiz: 1600 x 1200 - No - Off nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - No - On nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - No - Off urbanterror: 800 x 600 urbanterror: 1024 x 768 urbanterror: 1280 x 1024 urbanterror: 1400 x 1050 urbanterror: 1680 x 1050 urbanterror: 1600 x 1200 urbanterror: 1920 x 1080 warsow: 800 x 600 warsow: 1024 x 768 warsow: 1280 x 1024 warsow: 1400 x 1050 warsow: 1680 x 1050 warsow: 1600 x 1200 warsow: 1920 x 1080 c-ray: Total Time compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test compress-gzip: 2GB File Compression dcraw: RAW To PPM Image Conversion fhourstones: Complex Connect-4 Solving himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver scimark2: Composite scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation scimark2: Monte Carlo scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization john-the-ripper: Traditional DES john-the-ripper: MD5 john-the-ripper: Blowfish mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance postmark: Disk Transaction Performance pybench: Total For Average Test Times stream: Copy stream: Scale stream: Add stream: Triad sudokut: Total Time tscp: AI Chess Performance unpack-linux: linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 49.20 50.30 42.41 42.77 62.85 65.19 62.75 65.15 63.51 65.45 25.02 25.15 24.31 24.40 44.53 44.23 43.70 42.97 42.33 42.77 41.60 112.17 101.67 84.87 80.40 76.77 73.13 72.33 129.21 6054 28.69 29.38 8270.67 265.88 940.20 186.19 1122.88 381.85 1371.44 1638.66 3929000 6024 412 32.93 24.10 131 4427 10536.60 10515.02 11772.79 11798.48 52.67 308628 23.01 46.83 47.74 35.98 36.49 26.68 26.88 20.83 20.87 19.87 19.94 20.87 20.86 19.89 19.94 83.50 78.97 66.73 59.20 55.17 54.23 51.47 128.74 7204 40.11 24.31 9342.00 1217.73 842.70 191.21 859.39 398.81 1359.67 1404.44 3955667 11193 716 25.71 68.03 215 2614 10956.04 10900.22 11992.52 12103.50 27.31 415368 16.95 OpenBenchmarking.org
Nexuiz Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: No - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: No - Sound: On Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 49.20 46.83
Nexuiz Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: No - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 50.30 47.74
Nexuiz Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: On Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 42.41 35.98
Nexuiz Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 42.77 36.49
Nexuiz Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: On Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 62.85 26.68
Nexuiz Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 65.19 26.88
Nexuiz Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - HDR: No - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - HDR: No - Sound: On Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 62.75 20.83
Nexuiz Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - HDR: No - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 65.15 20.87
Nexuiz Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - HDR: No - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - HDR: No - Sound: On Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 63.51 19.87
Nexuiz Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - HDR: No - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 65.45 19.94
Nexuiz Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: No - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: No - Sound: On Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 25.02 20.87
Nexuiz Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: No - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 25.15 20.86
Nexuiz Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: On Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 24.31 19.89
Nexuiz Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 24.40 19.94
Urban Terror Resolution: 800 x 600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 800 x 600 Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 44.53 83.50
Urban Terror Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 44.23 78.97
Urban Terror Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 43.70 66.73
Urban Terror Resolution: 1400 x 1050 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 42.97 59.20
Urban Terror Resolution: 1680 x 1050 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 42.33 55.17
Urban Terror Resolution: 1600 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 42.77 54.23
Urban Terror Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 41.60 51.47
Warsow Resolution: 800 x 600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Mac OS X 10.8 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 2.04, N = 3 112.17
Warsow Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Mac OS X 10.8 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.79, N = 3 101.67
Warsow Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Mac OS X 10.8 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.66, N = 3 84.87
Warsow Resolution: 1400 x 1050 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Mac OS X 10.8 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 80.40
Warsow Resolution: 1680 x 1050 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Mac OS X 10.8 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 76.77
Warsow Resolution: 1600 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Mac OS X 10.8 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 73.13
Warsow Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Mac OS X 10.8 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 72.33
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 129.21 128.74
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 1500 3000 4500 6000 7500 SE +/- 11.26, N = 3 SE +/- 49.15, N = 3 6054 7204
Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 28.69 40.11
dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.44, N = 5 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 29.38 24.31
Fhourstones Complex Connect-4 Solving OpenBenchmarking.org Kpos / sec, More Is Better Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 12.84, N = 3 SE +/- 9.46, N = 3 8270.67 9342.00
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.48, N = 3 265.88 1217.73
SciMark Computational Test: Composite OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 5.34, N = 4 SE +/- 0.52, N = 4 940.20 842.70
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.39, N = 4 SE +/- 0.21, N = 4 186.19 191.21
SciMark Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 2.09, N = 4 SE +/- 1.15, N = 4 1122.88 859.39
SciMark Computational Test: Monte Carlo OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 0.43, N = 4 SE +/- 1.39, N = 4 381.85 398.81
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 1.10, N = 4 SE +/- 1.13, N = 4 1371.44 1359.67
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 24.52, N = 4 SE +/- 0.93, N = 4 1638.66 1404.44
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 800K 1600K 2400K 3200K 4000K SE +/- 3214.55, N = 3 SE +/- 1452.97, N = 3 3929000 3955667
John The Ripper Test: MD5 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 28.11, N = 3 SE +/- 55.56, N = 3 6024 11193
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 150 300 450 600 750 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 412 716
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 32.93 25.71
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.21, N = 4 SE +/- 0.06, N = 4 24.10 68.03
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.32, N = 5 SE +/- 1.90, N = 5 131 215
PyBench Total For Average Test Times OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 2.65, N = 3 SE +/- 3.71, N = 3 4427 2614
Stream Type: Copy OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 44.65, N = 10 SE +/- 11.76, N = 10 10536.60 10956.04
Stream Type: Scale OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 31.30, N = 10 SE +/- 10.32, N = 10 10515.02 10900.22
Stream Type: Add OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 37.79, N = 10 SE +/- 4.29, N = 10 11772.79 11992.52
Stream Type: Triad OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 37.12, N = 10 SE +/- 7.38, N = 10 11798.48 12103.50
Sudokut Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 52.67 27.31
TSCP AI Chess Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Nodes Per Second, More Is Better TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 90K 180K 270K 360K 450K SE +/- 215.94, N = 5 SE +/- 139.98, N = 5 308628 415368
Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Mac OS X 10.8 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.29, N = 7 SE +/- 0.47, N = 8 23.01 16.95
Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4