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
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
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:
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
Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 54.81 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 13.44 |===========
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 12.85 |===========
OpenSSL 1.0.0e
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 24.40 |================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 68.03 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 67.93 |==============================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 14 |===================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 37 |=================================================
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 37 |=================================================
PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 129 |=========================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 250 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 217 |==========================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 29.99 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 17.52 |===========================
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 19.83 |==============================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 104.53 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 66.45 |=============================
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 71.25 |===============================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 60 |================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 93 |=================================================
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 92 |================================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 18.12 |===============================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 24.11 |=========================================
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 27.05 |==============================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 40.94 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 27.55 |===============================
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 32.17 |====================================
Urban Terror 4.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 42.93 |===============================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 56.27 |=========================================
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 63.43 |==============================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 17.51 |==================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 21.56 |=========================================
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 23.99 |==============================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 130.50 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 129.69 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 96.31 |=================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 73.82 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 58.07 |====================================
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 67.90 |==========================================
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 32.22 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 32.92 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 27.90 |=======================================
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 33.00 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 33.80 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 30.56 |==========================================
7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 6883 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 7243 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 7220 |===============================================
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Mac OS X 10.7.4 ......... 134.93 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 23.54 |========
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 . 24.26 |========