Ubuntu Linux vs. OS X 10.8 vs. Windows 7 Intel Core i5-2415M testing with a Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1 and Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Linux 3.2 kernel and Ubuntu 12.10 with Linux 3.5 kernel and then Ubuntu 12.10 with Linux 3.6 and Mesa 8.1-devel and other Intel Linux graphics Git components. Last but not least, Microsoft Windows 7 Pro x64 with latest Intel graphics driver was tossed in. Compared to Apple OS X 10.8 on this mid-2011 Apple Mac Mini. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Ubuntu Linux vs. OS X 10.8 vs. Windows 7 Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git OS X 10.8.0 Windows 7 Pro Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores) Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1 Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM 2048MB 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) Cirrus Logic CS4206 Acer P243W Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.14.0 X Server 1.11.3 intel 2.17.0 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2 GCC 4.6 ext4 1920x1200 Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP Ubuntu 12.10 3.5.0-11-generic (x86_64) Unity 6.2.0 X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4) intel 2.20.3 3.0 Mesa 8.0.4 GCC 4.7 3.6.0-999-generic (x86_64) intel 2.20.4 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-bee2edb) GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1 Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores) Apple Mac mini Intel 6 2 x 1024 DDR3-1333MHz 500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302 Intel HD 3000 288MB OS X 10.8 (12A269) 12.0.0 (x86_64) Clang 4.0 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.4 Journaled HFS+ Intel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7 Intel (4 Cores) 228GB Windows NT 6.1 (x86_64) OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu 12.10 20120820: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - OS X 10.8.0: --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 Graphics Details - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 20120820, Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git: UXA System Details - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 20120820, Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git: Compiz was running on this system.
Ubuntu Linux vs. OS X 10.8 vs. Windows 7 nexuiz: 1280 x 1024 - Yes - On nexuiz: 1920 x 1200 - Yes - On nexuiz: 1600 x 1200 - Yes - On nexuiz: 800 x 600 - Yes - On xonotic: 1920 x 1200 - High xonotic: 1280 x 1024 - High xonotic: 1920 x 1200 - Low urbanterror: 1920 x 1200 xplane9: High - 1280 x 1024 xplane9: High - 1920 x 1200 lightsmark: 1920 x 1200 xonotic: 1280 x 1024 - Low tremulous: 1920 x 1200 warsow: 1920 x 1200 smokin-guns: 1920 x 1200 openarena: 1920 x 1200 openarena: 1280 x 1024 openarena: 1920 x 1200 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git OS X 10.8.0 Windows 7 Pro 29.02 21.96 23.18 46.48 27.57 38.08 63.08 64.23 26 26 30.81 93.70 87.90 22.03 74.45 34.08 41.07 74.08 31.25 23.58 24.83 51.66 30.52 45.24 70.25 69.00 30 30 34.05 91.08 107.43 23.85 72.35 38.02 45.25 84.38 13.35 9.27 10.30 24.28 34.37 49.97 78.07 67.47 30 30 35.49 93.66 101.20 26.30 78.47 22.40 37.37 87.43 37.71 18.74 20.42 31.95 32.31 40.75 101.95 43.10 39 36 108.41 26.60 66.93 28.61 20.41 22.83 42.26 49.94 68.14 103.94 40.73 113.93 30.43 44.18 135.25 OpenBenchmarking.org
Nexuiz Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On OS X 10.8.0 Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 Pro Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 37.71 31.25 29.02 28.61 13.35
Nexuiz Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 Pro OS X 10.8.0 Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 23.58 21.96 20.41 18.74 9.27
Nexuiz Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 Pro OS X 10.8.0 Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 24.83 23.18 22.83 20.42 10.30
Nexuiz Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 Pro OS X 10.8.0 Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 51.66 46.48 42.26 31.95 24.28
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: High Windows 7 Pro Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git OS X 10.8.0 Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 49.94 34.37 32.31 30.52 27.57
Xonotic Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Windows 7 Pro Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 OS X 10.8.0 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 68.14 49.97 45.24 40.75 38.08
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Low Windows 7 Pro OS X 10.8.0 Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 103.94 101.95 78.07 70.25 63.08
Urban Terror Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git Ubuntu 12.04 LTS OS X 10.8.0 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 69.00 67.47 64.23 43.10
X-Plane Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better X-Plane 9.45 Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OS X 10.8.0 Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 39 30 30 26
X-Plane Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better X-Plane 9.45 Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OS X 10.8.0 Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 36 30 30 26
Lightsmark Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Windows 7 Pro Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 40.73 35.49 34.05 30.81
Xonotic Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Windows 7 Pro OS X 10.8.0 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 2.22, N = 6 SE +/- 0.56, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 113.93 108.41 93.70 93.66 91.08
Tremulous Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tremulous 1.1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 107.43 101.20 87.90
Warsow Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OS X 10.8.0 Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 4 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 26.60 26.30 23.85 22.03
Smokin Guns Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 SE +/- 6.47, N = 6 SE +/- 4.93, N = 6 78.47 74.45 72.35
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 Pro Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 7.12, N = 6 SE +/- 6.03, N = 6 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 38.02 34.08 30.43 22.40
OpenArena Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Windows 7 Pro Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 3.97, N = 6 SE +/- 3.90, N = 6 SE +/- 3.07, N = 6 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 45.25 44.18 41.07 37.37
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Windows 7 Pro Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS OS X 10.8.0 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 10.31, N = 6 SE +/- 1.19, N = 3 SE +/- 8.38, N = 6 SE +/- 7.50, N = 6 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 135.25 87.43 84.38 74.08 66.93
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