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 AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64: Processor: AMD A6-3670 APU @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS F1A75-V, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-00M + 200GB Seagate ST3200822AS + 750GB SAMSUNG HD753LJ, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5700 1024MB, Audio: AMD ATI Juniper HDMI Audio, Monitor: LG TV, Network: D-Link DGE-528T Gigabit OS: Debian 7.0, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native: Processor: AMD A6-3670 APU @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS F1A75-V, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-00M + 200GB Seagate ST3200822AS + 750GB SAMSUNG HD753LJ, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5700 1024MB, Audio: AMD ATI Juniper HDMI Audio, Monitor: LG TV, Network: D-Link DGE-528T Gigabit OS: Debian 7.0, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native: 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 |================================ AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 7859.25 |==================== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 7816.15 |==================== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 12331.45 |================================ 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 |================================ AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 7718.39 |==================== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 7658.40 |==================== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 12082.01 |================================ 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 |================================ AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 8910.43 |===================== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 8868.26 |===================== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 13292.71 |================================ 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 |================================ AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 8781.58 |====================== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 8735.20 |===================== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 13060.74 |================================ 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 |================================ AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 7979.03 |======================== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 7969.00 |======================== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 10767.03 |================================ 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 |============================= AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 14065342.70 |================== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 14487042.43 |================== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 22987627.70 |============================= 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 |================================= AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 469.75 |=============== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 474.92 |=============== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 1030.88 |================================= 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 |================================== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 226863 |================ AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 226694 |================ i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 491867 |================================== 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 |================================= AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 500.26 |=========== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 509.95 |=========== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 1480.26 |================================= 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 |=================================== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 8798 |====================== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 8790 |====================== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 13735 |=================================== 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 |= AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 131.41 |== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 249.89 |==== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 98.33 |= 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 |== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 56.54 |== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 56.10 |== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 43.21 |== 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 |= AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 66.64 |= AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 66.15 |= i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 42.61 |= 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 |==== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 132.18 |======== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 35.83 |== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 20.27 |= 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 |=== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 22.93 |=== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 23.09 |=== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 21.49 |=== 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 |==== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 245.25 |========== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 244.09 |========== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 89.31 |=== 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 |====== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 222.90 |========== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 224.84 |========== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 142.88 |====== 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 |==== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 244.96 |========== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 243.36 |========== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 89.16 |==== 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 |===== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 36.43 |======== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 36.30 |======== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 24.84 |===== 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 |= AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 40.45 |=== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 40.34 |=== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 17.68 |= 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 |================================== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 80.83 |========================= AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 80.83 |========================= i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 108.63 |================================== 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 |==================== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz 3.2.0-4-amd64 .. 23.33 |== AMD A6-3670 2.70GHz march=native ... 24.82 |== i7-2760QM 2.40GHz march=native ..... 242.34 |====================