VMware Fusion 5.0 Benchmarks VMware Fusion 5.0 benchmarking against older VmWare Fusion 4.1 series from a 2010 Apple MacBook Pro running OS X 10.8.1. VMware Fusion 4.1.3: Processor: Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.39GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 21GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit 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: vmware 12.0.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900, System Layer: VMware VMware Fusion 5.0.1: Processor: Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.39GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 21GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit 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: vmware 12.0.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900, System Layer: VMware TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 37.20 |================================================= VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 38.17 |================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1440 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 38.78 |============================================ VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 44.28 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 95.93 |============================================== VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 101.13 |================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 800 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 40.37 |================================================== VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 32.08 |======================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 12.11 |================================================== VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 11.98 |================================================= x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 43.33 |================================================== VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 43.34 |================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 5210 |=================================================== VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 5214 |=================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 8153.34 |================================================ VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 7765.26 |============================================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 2.80 |================================================= VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 2.93 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 76.85 |================================================== VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 77.22 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 80.78 |================================================== VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 78.10 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 3299.26 |================================================ VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 3318.63 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 1967.26 |================================================ VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 1971.52 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 2103.13 |================================================ VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 2083.29 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 14.83 |================================================== VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 14.81 |================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 1273 |================================================= VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 1334 |=================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 1470.84 |================================================ VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 1479.21 |================================================ LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 74.50 |================================================== VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 74.45 |================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 285.40 |================================================= VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 286.53 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 129.68 |================================================= VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 129.68 |================================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 27.57 |================================================== VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 27.41 |================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Fusion 4.1.3 . 288 |==================================================== VMware Fusion 5.0.1 . 288 |====================================================