Intel Core i5 testing with a Apple MacBook Pro and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M + Intel HD 256MB on Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) via the Phoronix Test Suite. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Fedora 17 (with all stable updates as of 23 August added in) results appended to earlier Phoronix.com results for a portion of the 2010 Apple MBP results for a glimpse at no real difference with the Beefy Miracle over Ubuntu Linux compared against OS X Mountain Lion.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1209114-SU-1208245RA31
Apple MacBook Pro Late 2010 - Fedora 17
Intel Core i5 testing with a Apple MacBook Pro and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M + Intel HD 256MB on Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) via the Phoronix Test Suite. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Fedora 17 (with all stable updates as of 23 August added in) results appended to earlier Phoronix.com results for a portion of the 2010 Apple MBP results for a glimpse at no real difference with the Beefy Miracle over Ubuntu Linux compared against OS X Mountain Lion.
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
Processor: Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F22586C8, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ ILITY2, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fbdev 0.4.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821:
Processor: Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F22586C8, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ ILITY2, Graphics: Intel Core IGP, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-11-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4), Display Driver: fbdev 0.4.3, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900
Fedora 17:
Processor: Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F22586C8, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ ILITY2 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: Intel Core IGP 256MB, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n
OS: Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle), Kernel: 3.5.2-3.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.3, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0 20120507, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900
OS X 10.8.0:
Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 5, Memory: 2 x 2048 DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 120GB OCZ-AGILITY2, Graphics: Intel HD + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 288MB, Monitor: Color LCD
OS: OS X 10.8 (12A269), Kernel: 12.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.1 + Clang 4.0 + Xcode 4.4.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1440x900
KINGSTON SVP100S296G:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP79, Memory: 2 x 2048 DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 96GB KINGSTON SVP100S296G, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256MB, Monitor: M2762D
OS: OS X 10.8.2 (12C43), Kernel: 12.2.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Clang 4.0 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.4.1 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 647.56 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 623.46 |=============================================
Fedora 17 ............. 612.67 |============================================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 641.04 |===============================================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 388.44 |============================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 364.93 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 282.59 |====================================
Fedora 17 ............. 284.08 |=====================================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 278.13 |====================================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 235.11 |==============================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 140.96 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 138.90 |==============================================
Fedora 17 ............. 104.86 |===================================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 141.74 |===============================================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 67.57 |======================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 881.84 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 864.15 |=============================================
Fedora 17 ............. 867.85 |=============================================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 905.13 |===============================================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 463.87 |========================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 1033.60 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 1022.70 |============================================
Fedora 17 ............. 992.78 |===========================================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 1065.81 |==============================================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 518.44 |======================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 816.48 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 808.93 |===============================================
Fedora 17 ............. 813.77 |===============================================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 814.72 |===============================================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 657.21 |======================================
dcraw
RAW To PPM Image Conversion
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 91.87 |==============================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 92.38 |==============================
Fedora 17 ............. 94.49 |===============================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 93.46 |===============================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 143.67 |===============================================
Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 16.97 |=========================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 16.48 |========================
Fedora 17 ............. 16.75 |=========================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 32.81 |================================================
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 1048.24 |============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 1083.79 |==============================================
Fedora 17 ............. 1073.26 |==============================================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 469.66 |====================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 180.86 |========
FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 3830.66 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 3913.98 |==============================================
Fedora 17 ............. 3903.57 |==============================================
Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 161.07 |======================================
Fedora 17 ............ 159.46 |=====================================
OS X 10.8.0 .......... 160.66 |======================================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G . 204.44 |================================================
7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 6146 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 6148 |==============================================
Fedora 17 ............. 6498 |=================================================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 5848 |============================================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 2659 |====================
Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 73.21 |====================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 76.88 |=====================
Fedora 17 ............. 75.81 |====================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 102.47 |============================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 174.24 |===============================================
VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 12.39 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 11.66 |=============================================
Fedora 17 ............. 10.92 |==========================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 132.66 |=========================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 98.29 |===================
Fedora 17 ............. 107.89 |====================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 91.14 |=================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 248.42 |===============================================
FFmpeg 0.6.1
AVI To NTSC VCD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 14.98 |=============================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 14.95 |=============================
Fedora 17 ............. 15.23 |=============================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 15.21 |=============================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 25.17 |================================================
OpenSSL 1.0.0e
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 45.10 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 44.80 |================================================
Fedora 17 ............. 44.80 |================================================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 20.60 |======================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 12.60 |=============
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 184.82 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 180.35 |=============================================
Fedora 17 ............. 184.05 |==============================================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 187.78 |===============================================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 34.42 |=========
Fhourstones 3.1
Complex Connect-4 Solving
Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 7687.17 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 7560.37 |============================================
Fedora 17 ............. 7900.17 |==============================================
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 7497.73 |============================================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 5132.13 |==============================
Sudokut 0.4
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 29.10 |===============
Ubuntu 12.10 20120821 . 30.64 |===============
Fedora 17 ............. 30.37 |===============
OS X 10.8.0 ........... 57.95 |=============================
KINGSTON SVP100S296G .. 95.63 |================================================