MulticoreTest Intel Core 2 Duo testing with a Apple Mac mini and NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256MB on OS X 10.8.2 (12C60) via the Phoronix Test Suite. Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP89, Memory: x 0 DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 320GB Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256MB, Monitor: Cinema Display OS: OS X 10.8.2 (12C60), Kernel: 12.2.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Clang 4.1 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.5.2, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz: Processor: Unknown (1 Core), Chipset: Apple UniNorth 2 P, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 160GB SAMSUNG HM160HC + 2000GB HD204UI, Graphics: AMD Radeon 9200, Monitor: Cinema Displa, Network: Apple UniNorth 2 GMAC OS: Debian 7.0, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-powerpc (ppc), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64: Processor: Intel Core i7-2760QM @ 2.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 038C0K, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500423AS, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 4200M, Audio: IDT 92HD90BXX, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Debian 7.0, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 1.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.1-8 + LLVM 3.0 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4 Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 3307.50 |========= PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 558.91 |= i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 12324.76 |================================ Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 3240.01 |========= PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 527.91 |= i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 12078.75 |================================ Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 3721.93 |========= PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 603.58 |= i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 13284.73 |================================ Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 3667.53 |========= PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 622.12 |== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 13068.64 |================================ Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 5871.03 |================= PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 2184.13 |====== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 10771.33 |================================ BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 18353029.60 |======================= PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 3135028.27 |==== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 22968251.33 |============================= SciMark 2.0 Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 454.53 |=============== PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 71.64 |== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 1032.98 |================================= TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 181979 |============= PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 71537 |===== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 493618 |================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 219.09 |===== PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 88.93 |== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 1480.31 |================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 3244 |======== PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 686 |== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 13541 |=================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 224.01 |=== PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 2187.30 |================================= i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 81.23 |= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 184.84 |======== PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 783.89 |================================== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 42.30 |== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 194.67 |== PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 2759.40 |================================= i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 46.68 |= dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 125.28 |======= PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 570.87 |================================== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 65.39 |==== FFmpeg 1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 35.01 |==== PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 264.95 |================================== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 20.73 |=== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 177.13 |======= PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 868.09 |================================== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 89.42 |==== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 258.62 |=========== PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 773.40 |================================== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 142.76 |====== Minion 0.15 Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 176.80 |======= PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 855.09 |================================== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 89.23 |==== Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 37.28 |======== PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 163.82 |================================== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 24.72 |===== Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 64.92 |===== PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 484.20 |================================== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 17.76 |= OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 15.20 |===== PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 4.20 |= i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 108.53 |================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.40GHz ........ 402.80 |================================== PowerMac10,2 7447A 1333MHz ......... 55.87 |===== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 . 236.06 |====================