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.
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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 urbanterror: 1920 x 1080 nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - On nexuiz: 1600 x 1200 - Yes - On compilebench: Compile compilebench: Initial Create compilebench: Read Compiled Tree openarena: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment postmark: Disk Transaction Performance compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding c-ray: Total Time openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 42.93 17.51 18.12 33.00 32.22 134.93 73.82 104.53 40.94 29.99 54.81 129 6883 60 14 130.50 24.40 56.27 21.56 24.11 33.80 32.92 23.54 58.07 66.45 27.55 17.52 13.44 250 7243 93 37 129.69 68.03 63.43 23.99 27.05 30.56 27.90 24.26 67.90 71.25 32.17 19.83 12.85 217 7220 92 37 96.31 67.93 OpenBenchmarking.org
Urban Terror Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Mac OS X 10.7.4 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 63.43 56.27 42.93
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 Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Mac OS X 10.7.4 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 23.99 21.56 17.51
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 Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Mac OS X 10.7.4 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 27.05 24.11 18.12
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.66, N = 3 SE +/- 0.71, N = 6 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 33.80 33.00 30.56
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Mac OS X 10.7.4 Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.66, N = 6 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 32.92 32.22 27.90
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 12.10 2012-06-21 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 3.10, N = 5 SE +/- 1.77, N = 3 SE +/- 1.21, N = 3 134.93 24.26 23.54
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 12.10 2012-06-21 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 1.10, N = 6 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 73.82 67.90 58.07
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 12.10 2012-06-21 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.43, N = 3 SE +/- 0.73, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 104.53 71.25 66.45
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 12.10 2012-06-21 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.75, N = 6 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 40.94 32.17 27.55
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 12.10 2012-06-21 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.55, N = 6 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 29.99 19.83 17.52
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Mac OS X 10.7.4 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 6 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 12.85 13.44 54.81 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 Mac OS X 10.7.4 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 1.77, N = 5 SE +/- 0.75, N = 5 SE +/- 1.56, N = 10 250 217 129
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 Mac OS X 10.7.4 1600 3200 4800 6400 8000 SE +/- 3.76, N = 3 SE +/- 19.55, N = 3 SE +/- 6.69, N = 3 7243 7220 6883 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 Mac OS X 10.7.4 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 93 92 60 -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljpeg -lgomp -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljpeg -lgomp -lbz2 -lxml2 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Mac OS X 10.7.4 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 37 37 14 -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljpeg -lgomp -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljpeg -lgomp -lbz2 -lxml2 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lpthread
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Mac OS X 10.7.4 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 96.31 129.69 130.50 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21 Mac OS X 10.7.4 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.18, N = 4 SE +/- 0.18, N = 4 SE +/- 0.10, N = 4 68.03 67.93 24.40 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
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