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. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Ubuntu 12.10 20120820: Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4), Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git: Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.6.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4), Display Driver: intel 2.20.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-bee2edb), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 OS X 10.8.0: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: Intel 6, Memory: 2 x 1024 DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 288MB, Monitor: Acer P243W 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: 1920x1200 Windows 7 Pro: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7 Intel (4 Cores), Disk: 228GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64) Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 30.81 |================================ Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 34.05 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 35.49 |===================================== Windows 7 Pro ............... 40.73 |========================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 74.08 |====================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 84.38 |========================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 87.43 |=========================== OS X 10.8.0 ................. 66.93 |==================== Windows 7 Pro ............... 135.25 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 41.07 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 45.25 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 37.37 |=================================== Windows 7 Pro ............... 44.18 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 34.08 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 38.02 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 22.40 |========================= Windows 7 Pro ............... 30.43 |================================== Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 74.45 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 72.35 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 78.47 |========================================== Tremulous 1.1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 87.90 |================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 107.43 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 101.20 |======================================= Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 64.23 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 69.00 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 67.47 |========================================= OS X 10.8.0 ................. 43.10 |========================== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 22.03 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 23.85 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 26.30 |========================================== OS X 10.8.0 ................. 26.60 |========================================== X-Plane 9.45 Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 26 |============================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 30 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 30 |=================================== OS X 10.8.0 ................. 39 |============================================= X-Plane 9.45 Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 26 |================================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 30 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 30 |====================================== OS X 10.8.0 ................. 36 |============================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 93.70 |================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 91.08 |================================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 93.66 |================================== OS X 10.8.0 ................. 108.41 |======================================= Windows 7 Pro ............... 113.93 |========================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 63.08 |========================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 70.25 |============================ Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 78.07 |=============================== OS X 10.8.0 ................. 101.95 |======================================== Windows 7 Pro ............... 103.94 |========================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 38.08 |======================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 45.24 |============================ Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 49.97 |=============================== OS X 10.8.0 ................. 40.75 |========================= Windows 7 Pro ............... 68.14 |========================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 27.57 |======================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 30.52 |========================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 34.37 |============================= OS X 10.8.0 ................. 32.31 |=========================== Windows 7 Pro ............... 49.94 |========================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 46.48 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 51.66 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 24.28 |==================== OS X 10.8.0 ................. 31.95 |========================== Windows 7 Pro ............... 42.26 |================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 29.02 |================================ Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 31.25 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 13.35 |=============== OS X 10.8.0 ................. 37.71 |========================================== Windows 7 Pro ............... 28.61 |================================ Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 23.18 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 24.83 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 10.30 |================= OS X 10.8.0 ................. 20.42 |=================================== Windows 7 Pro ............... 22.83 |======================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............ 21.96 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.10 20120820 ....... 23.58 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 20120822 + Git . 9.27 |================= OS X 10.8.0 ................. 18.74 |================================= Windows 7 Pro ............... 20.41 |====================================