Benchmarking of Apple OS X 10.7.4 Lion vs. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS vs. Ubuntu 12.10 for a future article on Phoronix.com. Using a mid-2011 Apple Mac Mini for the test platform. All three operating systems were benchmarked in their stock configuration for this performance comparison by Michael Larabel.
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Mac OS X 10.7.4 vs. Ubuntu Linux - Sandy Bridge Mac Mini Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Monitor Audio Network OS Kernel Display Server OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Desktop Display Driver Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores) Apple Mac mini Intel 6 2048 x 1 GB DDR3-1333MHz 500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302 Intel HD 3000 288MB Acer P243W Mac OS X 10.7.4 (11E53) 11.4.0 (x86_64) X Server 1.10.6 2.1 Clang 3.1 + Xcode 4.3.3 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 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.10.0 X Server 1.11.3 intel 2.17.0 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2 GCC 4.6 ext4 Ubuntu 12.10 3.5.0-1-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.12.0 intel 2.19.0 3.0 Mesa 8.0.3 GCC 4.7 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - Mac OS X 10.7.4: Python 2.7.1.
Mac OS X 10.7.4 vs. Ubuntu Linux - Sandy Bridge Mac Mini xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance c-ray: Total Time compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding graphics-magick: Resizing mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment urbanterror: 1920 x 1080 openarena: 1920 x 1080 nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - On nexuiz: 1600 x 1200 - Yes - On postmark: Disk Transaction Performance compilebench: Read Compiled Tree compilebench: Initial Create compilebench: Compile Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 29.99 40.94 104.53 24.40 130.50 6883 14 60 54.81 42.93 73.82 17.51 18.12 129 134.93 32.22 33.00 17.52 27.55 66.45 68.03 129.69 7243 37 93 13.44 56.27 58.07 21.56 24.11 250 23.54 32.92 33.80 19.83 32.17 71.25 67.93 96.31 7220 37 92 12.85 63.43 67.90 23.99 27.05 217 24.26 27.90 30.56 OpenBenchmarking.org
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.55, N = 6 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 29.99 17.52 19.83
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.75, N = 6 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 40.94 27.55 32.17
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.43, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.73, N = 3 104.53 66.45 71.25
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.10, N = 4 SE +/- 0.18, N = 4 SE +/- 0.18, N = 4 24.40 68.03 67.93 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 130.50 129.69 96.31 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 1600 3200 4800 6400 8000 SE +/- 6.69, N = 3 SE +/- 3.76, N = 3 SE +/- 19.55, N = 3 6883 7243 7220 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 14 37 37 -lbz2 -lxml2 -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljpeg -lgomp -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljpeg -lgomp 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 60 93 92 -lbz2 -lxml2 -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljpeg -lgomp -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljpeg -lgomp 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lpthread
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 6 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 54.81 13.44 12.85 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
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 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 42.93 56.27 63.43
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 1.10, N = 6 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 73.82 58.07 67.90
Nexuiz Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 17.51 21.56 23.99
Nexuiz Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 18.12 24.11 27.05
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 1.56, N = 10 SE +/- 1.77, N = 5 SE +/- 0.75, N = 5 129 250 217
Compile Bench Test: Read Compiled Tree OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 3.10, N = 5 SE +/- 1.21, N = 3 SE +/- 1.77, N = 3 134.93 23.54 24.26
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.66, N = 6 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 32.22 32.92 27.90
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.71, N = 6 SE +/- 0.66, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 33.00 33.80 30.56
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