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, "Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",22.0256188,21.9409108,21.9192324 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",23.6557777,23.5668244,23.5145895 "OS X 10.8.0",18.8042029,18.636393,18.7769997 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",9.2734236,9.2687597,9.2587219 "Windows 7 Pro",20.4341432,20.3786801,20.4274179 "Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",23.2076843,23.1592685,23.1823367 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",24.8462886,24.8704944,24.7802786 "OS X 10.8.0",20.5545784,20.2756253,20.4317136 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",10.3089329,10.2821958,10.3129632 "Windows 7 Pro",22.8820016,22.7539349,22.8432623 "Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",29.0950992,28.9417813,29.0212786 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",31.3002452,31.2488013,31.1918743 "OS X 10.8.0",37.6410794,37.4921982,37.9850123 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",13.3735893,13.3167957,13.3575435 "Windows 7 Pro",28.6540888,28.569675,28.6135784 "Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",46.6104191,46.4381723,46.3794352 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",51.7694533,51.6197799,51.5974656 "OS X 10.8.0",31.8974065,31.8701618,32.0847848 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",24.2869478,24.2525323,24.3112538 "Windows 7 Pro",41.8991899,42.6047959,42.2797457 "Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: High", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",27.5531761,27.629727,27.5303709 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",30.4803972,30.54333,30.5388312 "OS X 10.8.0",32.5210906,32.2249657,32.1817105 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",34.3532257,34.4608154,34.2966642 "Windows 7 Pro",49.908825,49.9997621,49.9121432 "Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",38.11261,38.0408386,38.0941648 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",45.2852134,45.2306222,45.2165333 "OS X 10.8.0",40.2349086,41.2318358,40.7914964 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",50.0528207,49.8295219,50.0357325 "Windows 7 Pro",67.9924438,68.2764579,68.145862 "Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Low", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",62.9709339,63.1007052,63.1564671 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",70.2327493,70.0985601,70.4195324 "OS X 10.8.0",101.4881553,102.0481154,102.3084606 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",78.1697758,78.0854743,77.9554702 "Windows 7 Pro",103.6039588,104.3145117,103.8917391 "Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",93.7447818,93.8323052,93.5298364 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",90.673068,91.5111304,91.0702398 "OS X 10.8.0",107.3206848,109.1851254,108.7236506 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",93.1605033,93.8766478,93.9454406 "Windows 7 Pro",109.6962739,110.27753,120.8949215,110.8100414,110.9469017,120.9533564 "X-Plane 9.45 - Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1920 x 1200", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",26,26,26 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",30,30,30 "OS X 10.8.0",36,36,36 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",30,30,30 "X-Plane 9.45 - Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1280 x 1024", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",26,26,26 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",30,30,30 "OS X 10.8.0",40,39,39 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",30,30,30 "Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",21.9,22,22.2 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",22.7,24.1,24.2,24.4 "OS X 10.8.0",26.4,26.5,26.9 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",25.4,26.8,26.7 "Urban Terror 4.1 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",64.1,64.4,64.2 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",69.5,69,68.5 "OS X 10.8.0",42.9,43.2,43.2 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",67.6,67.6,67.2 "Tremulous 1.1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",87.5,88.1,88.1 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",108.3,106.7,107.3 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",102.3,101,100.3 "Smokin Guns 1.1b4 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",72.2,62,62.3,93.8,61.7,94.7 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",79.6,65,94,65.5,65.3,64.7 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",79.3,77.6,78.5 "OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",20.3,20.6,47.8,47.5,20.9,47.4 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",21.2,53.7,53.8,54.3,22.6,22.5 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",22.4,22.4,22.4 "Windows 7 Pro",30.4,30.5,30.4 "OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1280 x 1024", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",48.2,47.8,34.2,47.8,33.9,34.5 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",36.5,54.3,53.8,54.3,36.4,36.2 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",37.8,37.2,37.1 "Windows 7 Pro",25,44.6,48.6,48.9,49,49 "OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",77.5,64.3,64.2,110,64.3,64.2 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",78.2,112.4,69.1,108.5,69.3,68.8 "OS X 10.8.0",66.8,67,67 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",89.8,86,86.5 "Windows 7 Pro",186.8,123.6,125.1,125.8,125.2,125 "Lightsmark 2008 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",30.78,30.82,30.83 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120820",33.99,34.12,34.04 "Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git",35.4,35.57,35.51 "Windows 7 Pro",40.49,40.95,40.74