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. 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 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 Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 265.88 |========= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 1217.73 |======================================== 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 19.94 |============= 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 19.87 |============= 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 20.87 |============= 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 20.83 |============== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 24.10 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 68.03 |========================================== 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 26.88 |================= 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 26.68 |================== Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 52.67 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 27.31 |====================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 44.53 |====================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 83.50 |========================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 6024 |======================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 11193 |========================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 44.23 |======================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 78.97 |========================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 412 |========================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 716 |============================================ PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 4427 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 2614 |========================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 131 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 215 |============================================ Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 43.70 |============================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 66.73 |========================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 28.69 |============================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 40.11 |========================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 42.97 |============================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 59.20 |========================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 308628 |============================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 415368 |========================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 1122.88 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 859.39 |=============================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 42.33 |================================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 55.17 |========================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 32.93 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 25.71 |================================= Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 42.77 |================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 54.23 |========================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 41.60 |================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 51.47 |========================================== 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 19.94 |================================== 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 19.89 |================================== dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 29.38 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 24.31 |=================================== 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 20.86 |=================================== 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 20.87 |=================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 6054 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 7204 |=========================================== 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 35.98 |==================================== 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 36.49 |==================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 1638.66 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 1404.44 |================================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 8270.67 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 9342.00 |======================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 940.20 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 842.70 |===================================== 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 47.74 |======================================== 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 46.83 |======================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 381.85 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 398.81 |========================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 10536.60 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 10956.04 |======================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 10515.02 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 10900.22 |======================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 186.19 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 191.21 |========================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 11798.48 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 12103.50 |======================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 11772.79 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 11992.52 |======================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 1371.44 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 1359.67 |======================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 3929000 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 3955667 |======================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 129.21 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 128.74 |========================================= Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 72.33 |======================================================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 73.13 |======================================================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 76.77 |======================================================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 80.40 |======================================================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 84.87 |======================================================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 101.67 |======================================================= Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 . 112.17 |======================================================= Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac OS X 10.8 ............... 23.01 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-02-19 . 16.95 |===============================