Retina MacBook Pro - OS X 10.7 vs. OS X 10.8 Performance 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. OS X 10.7.4: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4096 DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M + Intel HD 4000 1024MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: Mac OS X 10.7.4 (11E2068), Kernel: 11.4.1 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.10.6, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Clang 4.0 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.4, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 OS X 10.8.0: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4096 DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.8 (12A269), Kernel: 12.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 4.0 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.4, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 test: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP79, Memory: x 0 DDR3-1067MHz, Disk: 96GB KINGSTON SVP100S296G, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256MB, Monitor: M2762D OS: OS X 10.8.3 (12D78), Kernel: 12.3.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.24) (based on LLVM 3.2svn)Target: x86_64-apple-darwin12.3.0Thread model: posix + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6 + CUDA 5.0, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 54.96 |========================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 52.48 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 60.15 |========================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 52.71 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 72.17 |========================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 71.42 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 135.20 |========================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 135.64 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 140.91 |========================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 135.73 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 144.02 |========================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 138.95 |======================================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 4268.20 |======================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 4179.20 |======================================================= test ........ 1429.57 |=================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 27.70 |========================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 27.40 |========================================================= test ........ 12.60 |========================== Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 14.84 |=========== OS X 10.8.0 . 14.79 |=========== test ........ 78.35 |========================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 50.11 |=========== OS X 10.8.0 . 49.95 |=========== test ........ 251.56 |========================================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 30.07 |=========== OS X 10.8.0 . 31.62 |============ test ........ 156.43 |========================================================= Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 38.34 |========== OS X 10.8.0 . 33.18 |========= test ........ 221.98 |========================================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 263.11 |==================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 286.08 |========================================================= test ........ 174.66 |=================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 1408.52 |======================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 1408.43 |======================================================== test ........ 650.10 |========================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 2426.29 |======================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 2403.70 |======================================================= test ........ 485.04 |=========== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 1848.07 |======================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 1820.38 |======================================================= test ........ 420.71 |============= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 295.33 |========================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 284.94 |======================================================= test ........ 66.05 |============= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 436.33 |========================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 435.32 |========================================================= test ........ 233.16 |============================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 1282.91 |======================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 1273.15 |======================================================== test ........ 370.96 |================ Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 10050.37 |======================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 9837.93 |====================================================== test ........ 4957.43 |=========================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 15932.32 |======================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 15678.64 |====================================================== test ........ 2866.05 |========== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 16235.81 |======================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 16005.25 |====================================================== test ........ 2878.53 |========== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 14360.13 |======================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 14104.84 |====================================================== test ........ 2711.36 |========== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 14728.28 |======================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 14146.06 |===================================================== test ........ 2688.85 |========== X-Plane 9.45 Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 62 |============================================================ OS X 10.8.0 . 63 |============================================================= test ........ 8 |======== X-Plane 9.45 Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 70 |========================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 73 |============================================================= test ........ 9 |======== X-Plane 9.45 Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 105 |=========================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 106 |============================================================ test ........ 14 |======== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 48.02 |========================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 48.40 |========================================================== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 47.83 |========================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 47.53 |========================================================== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 47.83 |========================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 48.30 |========================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 50.53 |============================== OS X 10.8.0 . 97.83 |========================================================== test ........ 44.07 |========================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 131.93 |============================== OS X 10.8.0 . 249.80 |========================================================= test ........ 88.37 |==================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 140.90 |================================ OS X 10.8.0 . 254.33 |========================================================= test ........ 87.77 |==================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 219.47 |================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 252.20 |========================================================= test ........ 40.50 |========= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 26.38 |========================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 26.85 |========================================================== test ........ 16.22 |=================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 26.78 |========================================================== OS X 10.8.0 . 27.00 |========================================================== test ........ 16.19 |=================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 1645 |========================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 1690 |=========================================================== test ........ 182 |====== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.7.4 . 174.11 |========================================================= OS X 10.8.0 . 170.99 |======================================================== test ........ 38.33 |=============