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
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.
OS X 10.7.4:
Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4096 DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M + Intel HD 4000 1024MB, Monitor: Color LCD
OS: Mac OS X 10.7.4 (11E2068), Kernel: 11.4.1 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.10.6, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Clang 4.0 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.4, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800
OS X 10.8.0:
Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4096 DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512MB, Monitor: Color LCD
OS: OS X 10.8 (12A269), Kernel: 12.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 4.0 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.4, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 26.78 |==========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 27.00 |==========================================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 26.38 |=========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 26.85 |==========================================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 219.47 |==================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 252.20 |=========================================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 140.90 |================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 254.33 |=========================================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 2880 x 1800
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 131.93 |==============================
OS X 10.8.0 . 249.80 |=========================================================
Urban Terror 4.1
Resolution: 2880 x 1800
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 50.53 |==============================
OS X 10.8.0 . 97.83 |==========================================================
Warsow 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 47.83 |=========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 48.30 |==========================================================
Warsow 1.0
Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 47.83 |==========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 47.53 |==========================================================
Warsow 1.0
Resolution: 2880 x 1800
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 48.02 |==========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 48.40 |==========================================================
X-Plane 9.45
Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 105 |===========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 106 |============================================================
X-Plane 9.45
Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 70 |==========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 73 |=============================================================
X-Plane 9.45
Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2880 x 1800
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 62 |============================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 63 |=============================================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 144.02 |=========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 138.95 |=======================================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 140.91 |=========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 135.73 |=======================================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 135.20 |=========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 135.64 |=========================================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 72.17 |==========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 71.42 |=========================================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 60.15 |==========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 52.71 |===================================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 54.96 |==========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 52.48 |=======================================================
Fhourstones 3.1
Complex Connect-4 Solving
Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 10050.37 |=======================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 9837.93 |======================================================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 174.11 |=========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 170.99 |========================================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 14728.28 |=======================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 14146.06 |=====================================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 14360.13 |=======================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 14104.84 |======================================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 16235.81 |=======================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 16005.25 |======================================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 15932.32 |=======================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 15678.64 |======================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 1282.91 |========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 1273.15 |========================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 436.33 |=========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 435.32 |=========================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 295.33 |=========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 284.94 |=======================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 1848.07 |========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 1820.38 |=======================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 2426.29 |========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 2403.70 |=======================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 1408.52 |========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 1408.43 |========================================================
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 263.11 |====================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 286.08 |=========================================================
OpenSSL 1.0.0e
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 27.70 |==========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 27.40 |=========================================================
PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 1645 |=========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 1690 |===========================================================
PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11
TPC-B Transactions Per Second
TPS > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 4268.20 |========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 4179.20 |=======================================================
Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 38.34 |==========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 33.18 |==================================================
Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 30.07 |=======================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 31.62 |==========================================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 50.11 |==========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 49.95 |==========================================================
Tachyon 0.98.9
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
OS X 10.7.4 . 14.84 |==========================================================
OS X 10.8.0 . 14.79 |==========================================================