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.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
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Mac OS X 10.7.4 vs. Ubuntu Linux - Sandy Bridge Mac Mini,
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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