Mac OS X 10.7.4 vs. Ubuntu Linux - Sandy Bridge Mac Mini
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.
Mac OS X 10.7.4
Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: Intel 6, Memory: 2048 x 1 GB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 288MB, Monitor: Acer P243W
OS: Mac OS X 10.7.4 (11E53), Kernel: 11.4.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.10.6, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Clang 3.1 + Xcode 4.3.3, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
System Notes: Python 2.7.1.
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.3, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
Xonotic
OpenSSL
C-Ray
This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
7-Zip Compression
GraphicsMagick
Timed MAFFT Alignment
Urban Terror
OpenArena
This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Nexuiz
This is a benchmark of Nexuiz, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the DarkPlaces engine, which is a largely modified version of the Quake engine with extra features such as High Dynamic Range rendering and OpenGL 2.0 shaders. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
PostMark
Compile Bench
Mac OS X 10.7.4
Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: Intel 6, Memory: 2048 x 1 GB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 288MB, Monitor: Acer P243W
OS: Mac OS X 10.7.4 (11E53), Kernel: 11.4.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.10.6, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Clang 3.1 + Xcode 4.3.3, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
System Notes: Python 2.7.1.
Testing initiated at 19 June 2012 09:51 by user phoronix.
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
Testing initiated at 19 June 2012 18:11 by user phoronix.
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21
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 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.3, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
Testing initiated at 21 June 2012 14:58 by user phoronix.