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 Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx: Processor: AMD A6-3410MX APU @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 358D v33.18, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500420AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6520G 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Ralink Device 5390 OS: Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle), Kernel: 3.5.2-3.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.5, Display Server: X Server 1.12.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.98.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11762, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0 20120507, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel: Processor: AMD A6-3410MX APU @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 358D v33.18, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500420AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6520G 512MB (400/667MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Ralink Device 5390 OS: Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle), Kernel: 3.6.2-4.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.2, Display Server: X Server 1.12.3, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11931, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20120921, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx: Processor: AMD A6-3410MX APU @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 358D v33.18, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500420AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6520G 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Ralink RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R OS: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.7.2-201.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.5, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11, OpenGL: 4.2.12002, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 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 |=================================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 1.73 | Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 1.73 | Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 1.57 | 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 |================================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 2966.19 |========================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 3027.87 |========================== Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 2849.35 |========================= 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 |==================================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 18.94 |===================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 19.64 |====================== Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 19.87 |====================== 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 |================================ Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 6677.93 |============================= Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 6677.77 |============================= Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 6207.60 |=========================== 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 |=================================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 392.90 |===================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 403.71 |====================== Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 351.59 |=================== 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 |=========================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 189.21 |================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 206.68 |==================== Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 186.91 |================== 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 |=================================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 59.58 |=============== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 59.42 |=============== Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 59.12 |=============== 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 |=================================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 580.59 |====================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 592.76 |======================= Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 502.58 |=================== 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 |================================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 647.26 |===================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 651.88 |===================== Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 520.33 |================= 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 |=================================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 487.85 |===================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 507.82 |====================== Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 489.02 |===================== 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 |================================ Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 8.39 |======================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 8.35 |======================== Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 8.39 |======================== 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 |=============== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 405.85 |============= Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 416.55 |============= Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 406.50 |============= 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 |================================= Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 5530 |=============================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 5544 |================================ Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 5403 |=============================== 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 |============================ Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 167.84 |============================= Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 201.41 |=================================== 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 |=================================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 84.55 |============================= Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 85.48 |============================= Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 86.41 |============================== 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 |======================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 105.75 |============================ Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 105.72 |============================ Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 105.79 |============================ 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 |=================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 168.61 |================================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 170.48 |=================================== Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 171.88 |=================================== 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 |====================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 24.68 |=================================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 23.70 |================================== Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 25.21 |==================================== 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 |==================================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 46.23 |============================= Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 51.34 |================================ Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 45.60 |============================ 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 |================ Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 38.20 |============================== Fedora 17 AMD-A6-3410mx newkernel . 37.23 |============================== Fedora 18 AMD-A6-3410mx ........... 39.28 |===============================