Retina MacBook Pro - OS X 10.7 vs. OS X 10.8 Performance

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. Unfortunately Ubuntu Linux is currently borked on the Retina MacBook Pro.

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Retina MacBook Pro - OS X 10.7 vs. OS X 10.8 Performance - Phoronix Test Suite

Retina MacBook Pro - OS X 10.7 vs. OS X 10.8 Performance

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. Unfortunately Ubuntu Linux is currently borked on the Retina MacBook Pro.

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Retina MacBook Pro - OS X 10.7 vs. OS X 10.8 PerformanceProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorOSKernelDisplay ServerOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionOS X 10.7.4OS X 10.8.0Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores)Apple MacBook ProIntel 72 x 4096 DDR3-1600MHz251GB APPLE SSD SM256ENVIDIA GeForce GT 650M + Intel HD 4000 1024MBColor LCDMac OS X 10.7.4 (11E2068)11.4.1 (x86_64)X Server 1.10.62.1Clang 4.0 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.4Journaled HFS+2880x1800Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512MBOS X 10.8 (12A269)12.0.0 (x86_64)OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=i686-apple-darwin11 --disable-checking --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --enable-llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~28/dst-llvmCore/Developer/usr/local --enable-werror --host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --mandir=/share/man --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- --program-prefix=llvm- --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --target=i686-apple-darwin11 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib

Retina MacBook Pro - OS X 10.7 vs. OS X 10.8 Performancenexuiz: 2880 x 1800 - Yes - Onnexuiz: 2560 x 1600 - Yes - Onxplane9: High - 2880 x 1800scimark2: Compositexplane9: High - 1920 x 1080scimark2: Fast Fourier Transformxplane9: High - 2560 x 1600warsow: 2560 x 1600warsow: 2880 x 1800warsow: 1920 x 1080urbanterror: 2880 x 1800scimark2: Monte Carloscimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiplyscimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationscimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationstream: Copystream: Scalestream: Triadstream: Addopenarena: 1920 x 1080openarena: 2560 x 1600openarena: 2880 x 1800xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Lowxonotic: 2880 x 1800 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Highxonotic: 2880 x 1800 - Hightiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 8himeno: Poisson Pressure Solverpostmark: Disk Transaction Performancebuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilebuild-php: Time To Compiletachyon: Total Timec-ray: Total Timeopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancepgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondfhourstones: Complex Connect-4 SolvingOS X 10.7.4OS X 10.8.026.3826.78621282.91105295.337047.8348.0247.8350.53436.331848.072426.291408.5214728.2814360.1316235.8115932.32219.47140.90131.93144.02140.91135.2072.1760.1554.96174.11263.11164538.3430.0714.8450.1127.704268.2010050.3726.8527.00631273.15106284.947347.5348.4048.3097.83435.321820.382403.701408.4314146.0614104.8416005.2515678.64252.20254.33249.80138.95135.73135.6471.4252.7152.48170.99286.08169033.1831.6214.7949.9527.404179.209837.93OpenBenchmarking.org

Nexuiz

Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OnOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.4612182430SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 326.8526.38

Nexuiz

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OnOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.4612182430SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 327.0026.78

X-Plane

Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2880 x 1800

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterX-Plane 9.45Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2880 x 1800OS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.41428425670SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 26362

SciMark

Computational Test: Composite

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: CompositeOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.430060090012001500SE +/- 1.87, N = 4SE +/- 3.84, N = 41273.151282.91

X-Plane

Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterX-Plane 9.45Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1920 x 1080OS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.420406080100SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3106105

SciMark

Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier TransformOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.460120180240300SE +/- 2.72, N = 4SE +/- 1.00, N = 4284.94295.33

X-Plane

Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterX-Plane 9.45Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2560 x 1600OS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.41632486480SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 27370

Warsow

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.0Resolution: 2560 x 1600OS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.41122334455SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 347.5347.83

Warsow

Resolution: 2880 x 1800

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.0Resolution: 2880 x 1800OS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.41122334455SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 548.4048.02

Warsow

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080OS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.41122334455SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 348.3047.83

Urban Terror

Resolution: 2880 x 1800

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.1Resolution: 2880 x 1800OS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.420406080100SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 397.8350.53

SciMark

Computational Test: Monte Carlo

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte CarloOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.490180270360450SE +/- 0.53, N = 4SE +/- 0.68, N = 4435.32436.33

SciMark

Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix MultiplyOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.4400800120016002000SE +/- 3.73, N = 4SE +/- 5.30, N = 41820.381848.07

SciMark

Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix FactorizationOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.45001000150020002500SE +/- 6.22, N = 4SE +/- 10.47, N = 42403.702426.29

SciMark

Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-RelaxationOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.430060090012001500SE +/- 0.51, N = 4SE +/- 2.91, N = 41408.431408.52

Stream

Type: Copy

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2009-04-11Type: CopyOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.43K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 118.54, N = 10SE +/- 31.59, N = 1014146.0614728.281. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp

Stream

Type: Scale

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2009-04-11Type: ScaleOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.43K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 29.58, N = 10SE +/- 10.54, N = 1014104.8414360.131. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp

Stream

Type: Triad

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2009-04-11Type: TriadOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.43K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 26.64, N = 10SE +/- 10.12, N = 1016005.2516235.811. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp

Stream

Type: Add

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2009-04-11Type: AddOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.43K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 24.27, N = 10SE +/- 8.89, N = 1015678.6415932.321. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080OS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.460120180240300SE +/- 1.97, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3252.20219.47

OpenArena

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 2560 x 1600OS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.460120180240300SE +/- 1.13, N = 3SE +/- 1.91, N = 3254.33140.90

OpenArena

Resolution: 2880 x 1800

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 2880 x 1800OS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.450100150200250SE +/- 1.70, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 3249.80131.93

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.4306090120150SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3138.95144.02

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: LowOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.4306090120150SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3135.73140.91

Xonotic

Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: LowOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.4306090120150SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3135.64135.20

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.41632486480SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 371.4272.17

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: HighOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.41326395265SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 352.7160.15

Xonotic

Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: HighOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.41224364860SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 352.4854.96

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8OS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.44080120160200SE +/- 1.69, N = 4SE +/- 0.84, N = 4170.99174.11

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.460120180240300SE +/- 1.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3286.08263.111. (CC) gcc options: -O3

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.4400800120016002000SE +/- 23.80, N = 5SE +/- 20.80, N = 516901645

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4Time To CompileOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.4918273645SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.61, N = 333.1838.34

Timed PHP Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To CompileOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.4714212835SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 331.6230.071. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pedantic -lpthread -lz -liconv -lm

Tachyon

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTachyon 0.98.9Total TimeOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.448121620SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 314.7914.841. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -ffast-math -ltachyon -lpthread -framework

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.41122334455SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 349.9550.111. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0eRSA 4096-bit PerformanceOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.4714212835SE +/- 0.14, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 427.4027.701. (CC) gcc options: -arch -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lssl -lcrypto

PostgreSQL pgbench

TPC-B Transactions Per Second

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11TPC-B Transactions Per SecondOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.49001800270036004500SE +/- 102.01, N = 6SE +/- 44.31, N = 34179.204268.201. (CC) gcc options: -no-cpp-precomp -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -lpgport -lpq -lm

Fhourstones

Complex Connect-4 Solving

OpenBenchmarking.orgKpos / sec, More Is BetterFhourstones 3.1Complex Connect-4 SolvingOS X 10.8.0OS X 10.7.42K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 67.99, N = 3SE +/- 7.07, N = 39837.9310050.371. (CC) gcc options: -O3

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