Benchmarks of performance comparing Apple OS X 10.7 Lion vs. OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion on the mid-2012 Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display and Intel Core i7 2.3GHz Ivy Bridge processor with switchable Intel HD 4000 / NVIDIA Kepler graphics. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for a future article.
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Apple MacBook Pro Retina - OS X 10.7.4 vs. OS X 10.8 Performance,
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",26.3112682,26.8296117,27.2049081
"Apple OS X 10.8",26.6229034,27.309439,27.0612702
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",26.6061491,26.686797,25.8405757
"Apple OS X 10.8",26.8139987,26.5106681,27.215595
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",218.2,219.7,220.5
"Apple OS X 10.8",254.6,248.3,253.7
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",141.6,137.3,143.8
"Apple OS X 10.8",255.7,255.2,252.1
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",130.5,133,132.3
"Apple OS X 10.8",249.7,252.8,246.9
"Urban Terror 4.1 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",50,50.8,50.8
"Apple OS X 10.8",97.6,98.7,97.2
"Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",48.5,48.5,46.5
"Apple OS X 10.8",47.9,48,49
"Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",47.8,48.2,47.5
"Apple OS X 10.8",45.8,48.1,48.7
"Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",45.4,48.9,47.7,49.8,48.3
"Apple OS X 10.8",48.4,47.7,49.1
"X-Plane 9.45 - Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",106,105,103
"Apple OS X 10.8",106,105,108
"X-Plane 9.45 - Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",70,70
"Apple OS X 10.8",74,73,73
"X-Plane 9.45 - Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2880 x 1800",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",62,62
"Apple OS X 10.8",63,63,63
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",144.4855918,142.7023779,144.8729123
"Apple OS X 10.8",137.6893294,139.5817991,139.5678527
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",141.0851728,141.711258,139.9284761
"Apple OS X 10.8",135.6230076,135.8329594,135.738478
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",135.677946,134.6082498,135.3220096
"Apple OS X 10.8",135.8811344,135.525775,135.5137021
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",71.8756356,72.178194,72.4705256
"Apple OS X 10.8",70.9536258,71.7126503,71.5966309
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",60.0881886,60.3357315,60.0382116
"Apple OS X 10.8",52.7889977,52.6200449,52.7170447
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",54.8208652,55.0489294,55.0107338
"Apple OS X 10.8",52.2981747,52.7315753,52.3952579
"Fhourstones 3.1 - Complex Connect-4 Solving",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",10036.8,10053.7,10060.6
"Apple OS X 10.8",9973.2,9758.2,9782.4
"Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",176.528,173.084,172.897,173.927
"Apple OS X 10.8",174.945,172.644,168.108,168.269
"Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Copy",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",14665.3986,14961.2895,14644.5966,14739.4825,14835.6061,14705.569,14713.6295,14679.8346,14705.569,14631.8247
"Apple OS X 10.8",14579.3752,14234.5666,14368.668,13658.0572,14330.3148,13822.629,14134.1331,13468.914,14330.3148,14533.5926
"Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Scale",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",14362.5177,14401.0438,14380.9845,14356.3727,14382.5255,14376.3633,14324.1972,14370.2064,14362.5177,14284.5602
"Apple OS X 10.8",14035.107,14292.1657,14065.9954,14122.2357,13985.3838,14165.4594,14114.81,14091.1001,13992.6739,14183.4226
"Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Triad",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",16249.1196,16238.6346,16238.6346,16271.4452,16254.3672,16173.4087,16205.956,16205.956,16276.7073,16243.8754
"Apple OS X 10.8",16048.3533,15841.2615,16053.472,15903.8306,16053.472,16033.0168,15926.4767,16090.6803,16080.3987,16021.5337
"Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Add",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",15963.098,15946.6608,15883.7548,15921.4387,15968.1624,15903.8306,15963.098,15915.1456,15921.4387,15936.5623
"Apple OS X 10.8",15640.6613,15589.7934,15675.9785,15599.457,15753.2545,15717.5886,15564.4833,15779.1827,15707.7781,15758.1866
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Composite",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",1280.52,1273.12,1288.28,1289.7
"Apple OS X 10.8",1270.21,1275.67,1269.69,1277.02
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Monte Carlo",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",435.02,435.28,437.51,437.52
"Apple OS X 10.8",434.32,434.49,436.21,436.27
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",296.14,292.85,297.56,294.77
"Apple OS X 10.8",279.26,290.45,288.65,281.4
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",1842.6,1835.83,1856.15,1857.69
"Apple OS X 10.8",1816.87,1814.23,1819.3,1831.13
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",2426.46,2396.91,2437.3,2444.5
"Apple OS X 10.8",2392.87,2411.65,2393.29,2416.97
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",1402.4,1404.73,1412.9,1414.04
"Apple OS X 10.8",1408.41,1409.63,1407.13,1408.55
"Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",263.257817,263.022259,263.039733
"Apple OS X 10.8",285.125833,284.982051,288.11733
"OpenSSL 1.0.0e - RSA 4096-bit Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",27.7,27.8,27.7,27.6
"Apple OS X 10.8",27.8,27.3,27.3,27.2
"PostMark 1.51 - Disk Transaction Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",1666,1562,1666,1666,1666
"Apple OS X 10.8",1666,1666,1666,1666,1785
"PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 - TPC-B Transactions Per Second",
Higher Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",4213.198518,4355.887003,4235.516158
"Apple OS X 10.8",3945.607304,4371.511602,3954.64588,4389.32573,3957.551696,4456.546609
"Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",37.109871149063,38.969503164291,38.926692962646
"Apple OS X 10.8",33.175994157791,33.11180305481,33.255627155304
"Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",29.884467840195,30.062469005585,30.266096115112
"Apple OS X 10.8",31.581937074661,31.660722970963,31.616992950439
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",49.998,50.364,49.967
"Apple OS X 10.8",49.979,49.938,49.926
"Tachyon 0.98.9 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Apple MacBook Pro Retina",14.8706,14.8848,14.7579
"Apple OS X 10.8",14.8494,14.7795,14.7357