Benchmarks of performance comparing Apple OS X 10.7 Lion vs. OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion on the mid-2012 Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display and Intel Core i7 2.3GHz Ivy Bridge processor with switchable Intel HD 4000 / NVIDIA Kepler graphics. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for a future article. Unfortunately Ubuntu Linux is currently borked on the Retina MacBook Pro.
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Retina MacBook Pro - OS X 10.7 vs. OS X 10.8 Performance,
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",54.8208652,55.0489294,55.0107338
"OS X 10.8.0",52.2981747,52.7315753,52.3952579
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",60.0881886,60.3357315,60.0382116
"OS X 10.8.0",52.7889977,52.6200449,52.7170447
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",71.8756356,72.178194,72.4705256
"OS X 10.8.0",70.9536258,71.7126503,71.5966309
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",135.677946,134.6082498,135.3220096
"OS X 10.8.0",135.8811344,135.525775,135.5137021
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",141.0851728,141.711258,139.9284761
"OS X 10.8.0",135.6230076,135.8329594,135.738478
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",144.4855918,142.7023779,144.8729123
"OS X 10.8.0",137.6893294,139.5817991,139.5678527
"PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 - TPC-B Transactions Per Second",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",4213.198518,4355.887003,4235.516158
"OS X 10.8.0",3945.607304,4371.511602,3954.64588,4389.32573,3957.551696,4456.546609
"test",1427.101752,1429.664986,1431.943177
"OpenSSL 1.0.0e - RSA 4096-bit Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",27.7,27.8,27.7,27.6
"OS X 10.8.0",27.8,27.3,27.3,27.2
"test",12.6,12.6,12.6,12.6
"Tachyon 0.98.9 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",14.8706,14.8848,14.7579
"OS X 10.8.0",14.8494,14.7795,14.7357
"test",78.4912,77.8438,78.7227
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",49.998,50.364,49.967
"OS X 10.8.0",49.979,49.938,49.926
"test",233.518,233.469,252.919,268.378,267.699,253.406
"Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",29.884467840195,30.062469005585,30.266096115112
"OS X 10.8.0",31.581937074661,31.660722970963,31.616992950439
"test",156.14699792862,156.19680190086,156.95416498184
"Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",37.109871149063,38.969503164291,38.926692962646
"OS X 10.8.0",33.175994157791,33.11180305481,33.255627155304
"test",223.23894095421,224.74581408501,217.95684599876
"Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",263.257817,263.022259,263.039733
"OS X 10.8.0",285.125833,284.982051,288.11733
"test",175.513631,173.988471,174.487168
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",1402.4,1404.73,1412.9,1414.04
"OS X 10.8.0",1408.41,1409.63,1407.13,1408.55
"test",650.26,649.69,650.34
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",2426.46,2396.91,2437.3,2444.5
"OS X 10.8.0",2392.87,2411.65,2393.29,2416.97
"test",475.78,482.98,484.26,497.15
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",1842.6,1835.83,1856.15,1857.69
"OS X 10.8.0",1816.87,1814.23,1819.3,1831.13
"test",426.17,418.25,420.59,417.81
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",296.14,292.85,297.56,294.77
"OS X 10.8.0",279.26,290.45,288.65,281.4
"test",66.67,66.91,66.38,64.23
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Monte Carlo",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",435.02,435.28,437.51,437.52
"OS X 10.8.0",434.32,434.49,436.21,436.27
"test",233.17,233.37,232.79,233.31
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Composite",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",1280.52,1273.12,1288.28,1289.7
"OS X 10.8.0",1270.21,1275.67,1269.69,1277.02
"test",370.41,370.24,370.87,372.3
"Fhourstones 3.1 - Complex Connect-4 Solving",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",10036.8,10053.7,10060.6
"OS X 10.8.0",9973.2,9758.2,9782.4
"test",4854.1,5012.1,5006.1
"Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Add",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",15963.098,15946.6608,15883.7548,15921.4387,15968.1624,15903.8306,15963.098,15915.1456,15921.4387,15936.5623
"OS X 10.8.0",15640.6613,15589.7934,15675.9785,15599.457,15753.2545,15717.5886,15564.4833,15779.1827,15707.7781,15758.1866
"test",2912.0791,3137.4432,3048.7861,2850.1981,2883.2611,2784.0611,2885.989,2929.7078,2731.4817,2639.5179,2951.0941,2477.1645,3036.2796,2914.018,2866.1854,2891.045,2809.9794,2857.8448,2903.4697,2811.4705
"Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Triad",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",16249.1196,16238.6346,16238.6346,16271.4452,16254.3672,16173.4087,16205.956,16205.956,16276.7073,16243.8754
"OS X 10.8.0",16048.3533,15841.2615,16053.472,15903.8306,16053.472,16033.0168,15926.4767,16090.6803,16080.3987,16021.5337
"test",3118.2967,3000.933,2792.4794,3068.0675,2717.6916,2983.0581,2864.3096,2920.7821,2863.7799,2792.9442,2618.0992,2814.9298,2932.2253,3110.6361,2745.0382,2566.0102,2732.5569,2781.9452,3068.0675,3078.7178
"Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Scale",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",14362.5177,14401.0438,14380.9845,14356.3727,14382.5255,14376.3633,14324.1972,14370.2064,14362.5177,14284.5602
"OS X 10.8.0",14035.107,14292.1657,14065.9954,14122.2357,13985.3838,14165.4594,14114.81,14091.1001,13992.6739,14183.4226
"test",2686.8264,2766.9765,2630.9463,2904.5798,2930.966,2592.1768,2585.2366,2743.9532,2707.7495,2750.5324,2680.7623,2512.5466,2852.0554,2711.6336,2900.6879,2361.9901,2710.7026,2610.7319,2874.0413,2712.0719
"Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Copy",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",14665.3986,14961.2895,14644.5966,14739.4825,14835.6061,14705.569,14713.6295,14679.8346,14705.569,14631.8247
"OS X 10.8.0",14579.3752,14234.5666,14368.668,13658.0572,14330.3148,13822.629,14134.1331,13468.914,14330.3148,14533.5926
"test",2758.163,2697.1932,2718.9946,2772.979,2908.0411,2360.9099,2895.6814,2796.7271,2771.5474,2882.6212,2525.8333,2813.435,2603.7427,2705.4571,2803.3278,2402.9241,2866.6139,2572.1078,2363.3626,2557.3562
"X-Plane 9.45 - Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2880 x 1800",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",62,62
"OS X 10.8.0",63,63,63
"test",8,8,8
"X-Plane 9.45 - Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",70,70
"OS X 10.8.0",74,73,73
"test",9,9,9
"X-Plane 9.45 - Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",106,105,103
"OS X 10.8.0",106,105,108
"test",14,14,14
"Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",45.4,48.9,47.7,49.8,48.3
"OS X 10.8.0",48.4,47.7,49.1
"Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",47.8,48.2,47.5
"OS X 10.8.0",45.8,48.1,48.7
"Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",48.5,48.5,46.5
"OS X 10.8.0",47.9,48,49
"Urban Terror 4.1 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",50,50.8,50.8
"OS X 10.8.0",97.6,98.7,97.2
"test",44.3,43.9,44
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",130.5,133,132.3
"OS X 10.8.0",249.7,252.8,246.9
"test",87.2,88.8,89.1
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",141.6,137.3,143.8
"OS X 10.8.0",255.7,255.2,252.1
"test",88.8,88.5,86
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",218.2,219.7,220.5
"OS X 10.8.0",254.6,248.3,253.7
"test",40.4,40.6,40.5
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",26.6061491,26.686797,25.8405757
"OS X 10.8.0",26.8139987,26.5106681,27.215595
"test",16.1004444,16.3019095,16.2716893
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",26.3112682,26.8296117,27.2049081
"OS X 10.8.0",26.6229034,27.309439,27.0612702
"test",16.0372679,16.2247728,16.3151971
"PostMark 1.51 - Disk Transaction Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",1666,1562,1666,1666,1666
"OS X 10.8.0",1666,1666,1666,1666,1785
"test",235,141,151,134,170,182,186,201,215,204
"Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",176.528,173.084,172.897,173.927
"OS X 10.8.0",174.945,172.644,168.108,168.269
"test",44.305,36.433,38.127,37.285,39.394,35.618,37.589,37.9