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 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 |========================================== 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: 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 |======== 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 |========================================== 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 |============================================== 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 |============================================== 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 |========================================== 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 |============================================== 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 |=========== 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 |================================================ 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 |================================================= 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 |=============================================== 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 |================================= 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 |============================================== 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 |=============================== 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 |==================================== 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 |==============================