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.
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Retina MacBook Pro - OS X 10.7 vs. OS X 10.8 Performance Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Monitor OS Kernel Display Server OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores) Apple MacBook Pro Intel 7 2 x 4096 DDR3-1600MHz 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M + Intel HD 4000 1024MB Color LCD Mac OS X 10.7.4 (11E2068) 11.4.1 (x86_64) X Server 1.10.6 2.1 Clang 4.0 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.4 Journaled HFS+ 2880x1800 Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512MB OS X 10.8 (12A269) 12.0.0 (x86_64) Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores) Apple Mac mini NVIDIA MCP79 x 0 DDR3-1067MHz 96GB KINGSTON SVP100S296G NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256MB M2762D OS X 10.8.3 (12D78) 12.3.0 (x86_64) X Server 1.13.0 2.1 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 1920x1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - OS X 10.7.4: --build=i686-apple-darwin11 --disable-checking --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --enable-llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~28/dst-llvmCore/Developer/usr/local --enable-werror --host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --mandir=/share/man --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- --program-prefix=llvm- --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --target=i686-apple-darwin11 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib - OS X 10.8.0: --build=i686-apple-darwin11 --disable-checking --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --enable-llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~28/dst-llvmCore/Developer/usr/local --enable-werror --host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --mandir=/share/man --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- --program-prefix=llvm- --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --target=i686-apple-darwin11 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib - test: --build=i686-apple-darwin11 --disable-checking --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --enable-llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~148/dst-llvmCore/Developer/usr/local --enable-werror --host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --mandir=/share/man --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- --program-prefix=llvm- --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --target=i686-apple-darwin11 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib
Retina MacBook Pro - OS X 10.7 vs. OS X 10.8 Performance xplane9: High - 2560 x 1600 xplane9: High - 2880 x 1800 xplane9: High - 1920 x 1080 build-imagemagick: Time To Compile openarena: 1920 x 1080 stream: Triad stream: Add tachyon: Total Time stream: Scale build-php: Time To Compile scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply scimark2: Composite pgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Second openarena: 2560 x 1600 openarena: 2880 x 1800 urbanterror: 2880 x 1800 openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation fhourstones: Complex Connect-4 Solving scimark2: Monte Carlo nexuiz: 2560 x 1600 - Yes - On nexuiz: 2880 x 1800 - Yes - On himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - High xonotic: 2880 x 1800 - High xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Low xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High warsow: 1920 x 1080 warsow: 2880 x 1800 warsow: 2560 x 1600 xonotic: 2880 x 1800 - Low c-ray: Total Time stream: Copy postmark: Disk Transaction Performance tiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 8 OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 70 62 105 38.34 219.47 16235.81 15932.32 14.84 14360.13 30.07 2426.29 295.33 1848.07 1282.91 4268.20 140.90 131.93 50.53 27.70 1408.52 10050.37 436.33 26.78 26.38 263.11 60.15 54.96 140.91 144.02 72.17 47.83 48.02 47.83 135.20 50.11 14728.28 1645 174.11 73 63 106 33.18 252.20 16005.25 15678.64 14.79 14104.84 31.62 2403.70 284.94 1820.38 1273.15 4179.20 254.33 249.80 97.83 27.40 1408.43 9837.93 435.32 27.00 26.85 286.08 52.71 52.48 135.73 138.95 71.42 48.30 48.40 47.53 135.64 49.95 14146.06 1690 170.99 9 8 14 221.98 40.50 2878.53 2866.05 78.35 2711.36 156.43 485.04 66.05 420.71 370.96 1429.57 87.77 88.37 44.07 12.60 650.10 4957.43 233.16 16.19 16.22 174.66 251.56 2688.85 182 38.33 OpenBenchmarking.org
X-Plane Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better X-Plane 9.45 Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.00, N = 2 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 70 73 9
X-Plane Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better X-Plane 9.45 Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.00, N = 2 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 62 63 8
X-Plane Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better X-Plane 9.45 Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 105 106 14
Timed ImageMagick Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 2.06, N = 3 38.34 33.18 221.98
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 1.97, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 219.47 252.20 40.50
Stream Type: Triad OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 10.12, N = 10 SE +/- 26.64, N = 10 SE +/- 36.74, N = 20 16235.81 16005.25 2878.53 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp
Stream Type: Add OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 8.89, N = 10 SE +/- 24.27, N = 10 SE +/- 31.96, N = 20 15932.32 15678.64 2866.05 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp
Tachyon Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 14.84 14.79 78.35 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -ffast-math -ltachyon -lpthread -framework
Stream Type: Scale OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 10.54, N = 10 SE +/- 29.58, N = 10 SE +/- 31.76, N = 20 14360.13 14104.84 2711.36 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp
Timed PHP Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 30.07 31.62 156.43 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pedantic -lpthread -lz -liconv -lm
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 10.47, N = 4 SE +/- 6.22, N = 4 SE +/- 4.45, N = 4 2426.29 2403.70 485.04
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 1.00, N = 4 SE +/- 2.72, N = 4 SE +/- 0.62, N = 4 295.33 284.94 66.05
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 5.30, N = 4 SE +/- 3.73, N = 4 SE +/- 1.92, N = 4 1848.07 1820.38 420.71
SciMark Computational Test: Composite OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 3.84, N = 4 SE +/- 1.87, N = 4 SE +/- 0.47, N = 4 1282.91 1273.15 370.96
PostgreSQL pgbench TPC-B Transactions Per Second OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 44.31, N = 3 SE +/- 102.01, N = 6 SE +/- 1.40, N = 3 4268.20 4179.20 1429.57 1. (CC) gcc options: -no-cpp-precomp -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -lpgport -lpq -lm
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 1.91, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.89, N = 3 140.90 254.33 87.77
OpenArena Resolution: 2880 x 1800 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.74, N = 3 SE +/- 1.70, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 131.93 249.80 88.37
Urban Terror Resolution: 2880 x 1800 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 50.53 97.83 44.07
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.04, N = 4 SE +/- 0.14, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 27.70 27.40 12.60 1. (CC) gcc options: -arch -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lssl -lcrypto
SciMark Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 2.91, N = 4 SE +/- 0.51, N = 4 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 1408.52 1408.43 650.10
Fhourstones Complex Connect-4 Solving OpenBenchmarking.org Kpos / sec, More Is Better Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 7.07, N = 3 SE +/- 67.99, N = 3 SE +/- 51.70, N = 3 10050.37 9837.93 4957.43 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
SciMark Computational Test: Monte Carlo OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 0.68, N = 4 SE +/- 0.53, N = 4 SE +/- 0.13, N = 4 436.33 435.32 233.16
Nexuiz Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 26.78 27.00 16.19
Nexuiz Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 26.38 26.85 16.22
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 1.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 263.11 286.08 174.66 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 60.15 52.71
Xonotic Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: High OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 54.96 52.48
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 140.91 135.73
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 144.02 138.95
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 72.17 71.42
Warsow Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 47.83 48.30
Warsow Resolution: 2880 x 1800 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.74, N = 5 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 48.02 48.40
Warsow Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 47.83 47.53
Xonotic Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Low OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 135.20 135.64
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 6.33, N = 6 50.11 49.95 251.56 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
Stream Type: Copy OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 31.59, N = 10 SE +/- 118.54, N = 10 SE +/- 39.07, N = 20 14728.28 14146.06 2688.85 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 20.80, N = 5 SE +/- 23.80, N = 5 SE +/- 10.46, N = 10 1645 1690 182
Threaded I/O Tester Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 OS X 10.7.4 OS X 10.8.0 test 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.84, N = 4 SE +/- 1.69, N = 4 SE +/- 0.94, N = 8 174.11 170.99 38.33
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