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, "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile", Higher Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",33.26,34.08,29.54,33.25,33.97,33.87 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",32.49,34.53,34.38 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",30.83,30.39,30.47 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create", Higher Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",32.78,30.27,34.14,30.25,32.41,33.45 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",32.36,33.73,32.66 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",27.46,28.03,28.21 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Read Compiled Tree", Higher Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",139.72,123.05,140.11,135.68,136.08 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",21.17,24.3,25.15 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",21.33,24.01,27.44 "PostMark 1.51 - Disk Transaction Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",129,132,131,116,132,126,130,132,130,132 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",252,247,245,255,250 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",219,217,217,215,219 "Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On", Higher Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",18.2787059,18.2028521,17.8904242 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",24.1042745,24.1064109,24.1165456 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",27.0808721,27.0270835,27.0518683 "Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On", Higher Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",17.5969506,17.4399139,17.5067299 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",21.5721455,21.5548283,21.5396959 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",23.9841341,23.9153466,24.0624877 "OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",79.3,72.6,72.9,72.9,72.6,72.6 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",57.9,58.1,58.2 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",67.8,67.8,68.1 "Urban Terror 4.1 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",42.9,43,42.9 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",56.1,55.9,56.8 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",63.4,63.5,63.4 "Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 - Multiple Sequence Alignment", Lower Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",55.597230911255,54.481603145599,54.361950874329 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",13.308168888092,14.135182142258,14.271483898163,13.02050113678,12.945252180099,12.967427015305 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",13.108881950378,12.768131017685,12.682250022888 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Resizing", Higher Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",60,60,60 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",93,93,93 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",92,92,92 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding", Higher Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",14,14,14 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",37,37,37 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",37,37,37 "7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 - Compress Speed Test", Higher Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",6871,6894,6885 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",7250,7237,7243 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",7226,7184,7251 "C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time", Lower Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",130.501,130.511,130.483 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",130.307,128.718,130.037 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",96.32,96.264,96.339 "OpenSSL 1.0.0e - RSA 4096-bit Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",24.3,24.3,24.7,24.3 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",68.2,68.2,67.5,68.2 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",67.4,68.1,68,68.2 "Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low", Higher Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",104.2277648,103.9862048,105.365595 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",66.6468992,66.4338688,66.2685526 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",72.6552542,70.2354536,70.8511456 "Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High", Higher Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",39.8536164,43.3190721,38.6094866,42.8318406,41.141576,39.9065497 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",27.530724,27.5191379,27.6009485 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",32.2087744,32.2544223,32.0391588 "Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra", Higher Results Are Better "Mac OS X 10.7.4",30.2230712,31.1948218,27.8629176,30.0541818,31.5166227,29.0647511 "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",17.4846056,17.5599945,17.5190875 "Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-21",19.8706202,19.8348289,19.778637